Malaria was not eliminated in the United States until 1951. The term eliminated means that no new cases arise in a country for 3 years.
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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Addicts to opiates often avoid treatment because they are afraid of withdrawal. Though unpleasant, with proper management, withdrawal is rarely fatal and passes relatively quickly.
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Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
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Every 10 seconds, a person in the United States goes to the emergency room complaining of head pain. About 1.2 million visits are for acute migraine attacks.
Devices used to deliver respiratory drugs: (b) nebulizer with face
Types and locations of connective tissues.
(A) Nebulizer and (B) inhaler medication delivery devices for asthma medications.
Midsagittal section indicating locations of true and false pelves
Cancer cells can move to new locations in the body, a process called metastasis
Expulsion of fetus and afterbirth during normal delivery. The afterbirth consists of the placenta, t