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Since 1988, the CDC has reported a 99% reduction in bacterial meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae, due to the introduction of the vaccine against it.
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In 1835 it was discovered that a disease of silkworms known as muscardine could be transferred from one silkworm to another, and was caused by a fungus.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.