Varicella vaccine States, mostly children, with typically 10,500–13,000 hospital admissions (range, 8,000–18,000), and 100–150 deaths each year. Though mostly children caught it, the majority of deaths (by as much as 80%) were among adults. During 2003 and the first half of 2004, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported eight deaths from varicella, six of whom were children or adolescents. These deaths and hospital admissions have substantially declined in the US due to vaccination, though the rate of shingles infection has increased as adults are less exposed to infected children (which would otherwise help protect against shingles). Ten years
Technical diving diving" has been credited to Michael Menduno, who was editor of the (now defunct) diving magazine "aquaCorps Journal". The concept and term, "technical diving", are both relatively recent advents, although divers have been engaging in what is now commonly referred to as technical diving for decades. The term "technical diving" can be traced back to the cover story of the first issue of "AquaCorps" magazine, in early 1990, titled "call it "High-Tech" Diving" by Bill Hamilton, describing the current state of recreational diving beyond the generally accepted limits, such as, deep, decompression and mixed gas diving. By mid 1991, the