According to research by Anne Case and Angus Deaton, there has been a in the mortality rate among middle-aged white Americans since . This is due to both rates of and, the latter of which began to be prescribed in greater numbers beginning in when Purdue Pharma began pushing their product on doctors.

The high temperature in rockport over the weekend was 55(1/4) °f. write this temperature value as a decimal number with two decimal places. the decimal form of °f is

What is the longest you should ice the injured area at one time? a. 10-20 minutes b. 30-60 minutes c. 1-2 hours d. as long as you want

In 2009, a flu pandemic was believed to have originated when viral transmission occurred from pig to human, thereby earning the designation, "swine flu." although pigs are thought to have been the breeding ground for the 2009 virus, sequences from bird, pig, and human viruses were all found within this newly identified virus. what is the most likely explanation of why this virus contained sequences from bird, pig, and human viruses? a) the virus was descended from a common ancestor of bird, pig, and human flu viruses.b) the infected individuals happened to be infected with all three virus types.c) related viruses can undergo genetic recombination if the rna genomes mix and match during viral assembly.d) the human was likely infected with various bacterial strains that contained all three rna viruses.