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Last year, a surge in RSV cases flooded U.S. hospitals with wheezing children. There are no vaccines for babies yet, though Pfizer and other companies are working on them.

Eli Lilly and Co. is seeking U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of donanemab. If cleared, it would be only the second Alzheimer’s treatment convincingly shown to delay the mind-robbing disease—after the recently approved Leqembi from Japanese drugmaker Eisai.

The research, published in the medical journal Pediatrics on Monday, is drawn from emergency room visits to U.S. and Canadian children’s hospitals.

Teresa Zurberg, who runs the program for Vancouver Coastal Health, said the hunting breed of pooches can smell the slightest presence of C. difficile on surfaces and equipment.

Body fat composition also more altered in patients getting chemotherapy compared to hormone treatment.

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Two different groups examined the issue.

The manufacturer, Ireland-based Perrigo, won’t start shipping the pill until early next year, and there will be no age restrictions on sales.