The average US adult ingests an estimated 7 to 9 mg of aluminum daily through food and water.
More than two-thirds of all cases (594) in South Carolina have occurred in children ages 5 to 17.
Relative to people of healthy weight, those with class 3 obesity were 3 times more likely to be hospitalized for or die of infection.
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