Vaccines cause herd immunity. If the majority of people in a community have been vaccinated against a disease, an unvaccinated person is less likely to get the disease since others are less likely to become sick from it and spread the disease.
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Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
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When taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors, people should avoid a variety of foods, which include alcoholic beverages, bean curd, broad (fava) bean pods, cheese, fish, ginseng, protein extracts, meat, sauerkraut, shrimp paste, soups, and yeast.
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There are 20 feet of blood vessels in each square inch of human skin.
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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.