Health

LONDON — While the obesity rate among children in rich countries may have peaked, kids in developing countries are increasingly putting on unhealthy pounds, according to research released Tuesday.

In a story Oct. 9 about an experimental gene therapy for blindness, The Associated Press erroneously reported the deadline for a decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The date is Jan. 12, not Jan. 18.

The federal government has narrowed down to nine the candidates for $950 million in funding for supercluster sites.

TORONTO — Ibuprofen appears to be as effective as oral morphine for reducing mild to moderate pain in children who have had orthopedic day surgery — without the side-effects associated with the opioid, a study has found. Principal investigator Dr.

MONTREAL — Parents opposed to a supervised safe injection site near a Montreal elementary school are ready to go to court in a last-minute effort to stop it from opening.

TRENT HILLS, Ont. — An eastern Ontario mayor who aggressively campaigned for access to a pancreatic cancer treatment has died. The municipality of Trent Hills says in a statement that Hector Macmillan died on Tuesday at his home in Campbellford.

NEW YORK — Pharmacy-benefits manager Express Scripts Holding Co. will buy privately-held eviCore healthcare for $3.6 billion, bolstering its medical benefit management services. St.

NEW YORK — Pfizer may be done selling ChapStick, Advil, Robitussin and other brands that people can buy without a prescription. The pharmaceutical giant is weighing options for its consumer healthcare business.

Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will meet Thursday to consider whether to recommend approval of a gene therapy aimed at improving vision for some people with hereditary blindness. It would be the first gene therapy in the U.S.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia hospital has rewritten waiting time rules and end-of-life protocols in response to the disturbing story of how a 68-year-old man dying from pancreatic cancer languished for six hours in an ER hallway.