Candida auris — a multidrug - resistant fungus with high fatality rates — was first isolated only in 2009, from an ear canal specimen in Japan (auris being the Latin word for ear). (broadinstitute.org)
Texas had the third - highest fatality rate in the country for motorcyclists, behind California and Florida. (davispersonalinjury.com)
In autos, the blinders began to come off in the mid-1950s, when physicians suggested that vehicle design was as much to blame for high fatality rates as bad drivers. (scientificamerican.com)