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  2. Influenza - Wikipedia

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    Influenza is usually transmissible from one day before the onset of symptoms to 5–7 days after. [11] In healthy adults, the virus is shed for up to 3–5 days. In children and the immunocompromised, the virus may be transmissible for several weeks. [10] Children ages 2–17 are considered to be the primary and most efficient spreaders of ...

  3. Pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. [3] [14] Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. [15]

  4. Malaria - Wikipedia

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    Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates and Anopheles mosquitoes. [6] [7] [3] Human malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, fatigue, vomiting, and headaches.

  5. Lowest temperature recorded on Earth - Wikipedia

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    Aerial photograph of Vostok Station, the coldest directly observed location on Earth. The location of Vostok Station in Antarctica. The lowest natural temperature ever directly recorded at ground level on Earth is −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F; 184.0 K) at the then-Soviet Vostok Station in Antarctica on 21 July 1983 by ground measurements.

  6. COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    During the start of the COVID-19 pandemic it was not clear whether young people were less likely to be infected, or less likely to develop symptoms and be tested. [52] A retrospective cohort study in China found that children and adults were just as likely to be infected. [53]

  7. Ketamine - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] The symptoms of psychosis such as going into a hole, disappearing, feeling as if melting, experiencing colors, and hallucinations are described by 6–10% of people. Dizziness, blurred vision, dry mouth, hypertension, nausea, increased or decreased body temperature, or feeling flushed are the common (>10%) non-psychiatric side ...

  8. Paracetamol - Wikipedia

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    The recommended maximum daily dose for an adult is three to four grams. [27] [39] Higher doses may lead to toxicity, including liver failure. [40] Paracetamol poisoning is the foremost cause of acute liver failure in the Western world, and accounts for most drug overdoses in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. [41 ...

  9. Intellectual disability - Wikipedia

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    As adults, they may work in a sheltered workshop. [11] About 10% of people with ID are likely to have moderate ID. People with Severe ID (IQ 20–34), accounting for 3.5% of persons with ID, or Profound ID (IQ 19 or below), accounting for 1.5% of people with ID, need more intensive support and supervision for their entire lives.