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Percentage drop in U.S. death rate due to chickenpox over 12 year period after the vaccine's introduction as a routine inoculation in 1995. The drop in death rate among children, ages 2-20 was 97% in the same time period. It's important to remember that chickenpox mortality has always been rare — accounting for only 14 deaths in 2007 [via Los Angeles Times]
If you think the bathroom is the only germ haven in your office, think again. Would you believe the dirtiest spot is the sink faucet in the break room?
Karen Capato used her deceased husband’s frozen sperm to conceive twins. The Supreme Court has ruled the kids aren’t eligible for federal benefits because of their posthumous conception. Will the decision cause people to think twice about when they conceive their kids?
Tuberculosis has been brought under control in much of the world, thanks to prevention practices and powerful antibiotics. But in poor nations like Peru, the disease still kills hundreds of babies and children — and new drug-resistant cases threaten an even bigger resurgence.
