infant

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Shares suffered their worst single-day drop in more than two decades as management acknowledged ongoing struggles in Abbott’s nutrition division, which includes brands like Similac infant formula and Ensure nutrition supplements.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

The child had been infected as an infant when they were too young to be vaccinated, and years later developed subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE, a fatal disease that targets the brain.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

The two groups had no remaining social or reproductive ties between them; the last chimp infant with parents from different groups was born in 2015.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The company conducted three late-stage trials: two with infant patients showed positive results, and a third that studied the medicine in adults and adolescents didn’t deliver a statistically significant outcome for its primary objective.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

“It was unjust, he had by then decided, “and was acquiesced in merely from a fear of disunion, while our government was still in its infant state.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis