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Click to View in Browser 05/5/2014 Novartis says Signifor LAR drug helps control acromegaly disease ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis said on Monday a final-stage trial of its Signifor LAR therapy allowed for greater disease control in patients with the endocrine disorder acromegaly than existing therapies. Fewer in U.S. lack health insurance, but issues remain: poll WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The percentage of adults in the United States who lack health insurance has fallen to its lowest rate since 2008, down to about 13 percent in April from a peak of 18 percent last year, according to a Gallup poll released on Monday. Egypt investigates suspected MERS coronavirus death ISMAILIA Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities are investigating whether a 60-year-old woman who has died in the city of Port Said had the SARS-like Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). If confirmed, it would be Egypt's first death from the virus. Drunk driving crashes involving child deaths vary by state NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many children die in alcohol-related car accidents each year and a new study suggests the majority are riding in the same car as the impaired driver. U.S. e-cigarette experiment inspires new medical device (Reuters) - When Noah Minskoff's mother died of lung cancer in 2007, e-cigarettes were just entering the U.S. market. Minskoff, who had just started medical school in Utah, wondered whether the devices might have saved his mother's life by helping her quit smoking. Later, he sent some samples to his boyhood friend Nathan Terry, a mechanical engineer, and asked for his opinion. Beijing fines 652 firms for pollution in four months BEIJING (Reuters) - Authorities in the Chinese capital fined 652 industrial facilities for breaching environmental regulations in the first four months of the year as it stepped up efforts to fight pollution. Exclusive: Specter of SARS weighs on CDC as MERS virus lands in U.S. CHICAGO (Reuters) - When the SARS outbreak arrived in Toronto on Feb. 23, 2003, carried by a woman traveling from Hong Kong, the disease quickly spread to hospital workers and patients in area hospitals, ultimately infecting 257 individuals and killing 33 people. Sanofi says Shan5 vaccine approved for purchase by UN agencies PARIS (Reuters) - French pharmaceutical company Sanofi said the World Health Organisation had given its Shan5 paediatric vaccine "prequalification status", allowing the vaccine to be bought by United Nations agencies including UNICEF. Environment as important as genes in autism, study finds LONDON (Reuters) - Environmental factors are more important than previously thought in leading to autism, as big a factor as genes, according to the largest analysis to date to look at how the brain disorder runs in families. First U.S. case of deadly MERS virus confirmed: CDC (Reuters) - A healthcare worker who had traveled to Saudi Arabia was confirmed as the first U.S. case of Middle East Respiratory Virus (MERS), an often fatal illness, raising new concerns about the rapid spread of such diseases, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday. Related Video Rotting, bloated Blue whale worries Canadian fishing community Elephant dung recycled into 'poo paper' The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS

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