In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
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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.
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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
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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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HIV testing reach is still limited. An estimated 40% of people with HIV (more than 14 million) remain undiagnosed and do not know their infection status.
