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In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
In the United States, congenital cytomegalovirus causes one child to become disabled almost every hour. CMV is the leading preventable viral cause of development disability in newborns. These disabilities include hearing or vision loss, and cerebral palsy.
Certain chemicals, after ingestion, can be converted by the body into cyanide. Most of these chemicals have been removed from the market, but some old nail polish remover, solvents, and plastics manufacturing solutions can contain these substances.