5 - 20% of Americans come down with the flu during each flu season (November to March). Children are two to three times more likely than adults to get sick with the flu.
Food allergy occurs in 6-8 percent of children 4 years of age or under, and in 3.7 percent of adults.
Lyme disease is the most prevalent tickborne infectious disease in the United States.
Each year, 56,300 people in the U.S. become infected with HIV, and roughly 33 million people worldwide are living with HIV.
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