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In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
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As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.
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Today, nearly 8 out of 10 pregnant women living with HIV (about 1.1 million), receive antiretrovirals.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.