The most destructive flu epidemic of all times in recorded history occurred in 1918, with approximately 20 million deaths worldwide.
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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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Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.
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The types of cancer that alpha interferons are used to treat include hairy cell leukemia, melanoma, follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma.
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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
Naked mole-rats
Nevus mole
Star-Nosed Mole
Commonly Used Equivalents for the Apothecary and Metric Systems
pH vs. moles base added per mole acid
The complete oxidation of 1 mole of glucose generates about 30–32 moles of ATP synthesized from ...