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Liberian voter turnout low as Ebola overshadows senate election

By James Harding Giahyue MONROVIA (Reuters) – Turnout for Liberian parliamentary elections on Saturday appeared to be low as concerns about Ebola kept many voters at home. Polling stations were largely empty after voting began at 8 a.m. (3.00 a.m. ET) in the seafront capital Monrovia, with voters occasionally drifting in, despite precautions put in place by the National Elections Commission (NEC). Staff with temperature guns at polling stations checked voters for any signs of the hemorrhagic fever, which is spread via bodily fluids. …

Eli Lilly and Adocia agree to develop ultra-rapid insulin

PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. drugmaker Eli Lilly and French biotech Adocia said on Friday they agreed a worldwide licensing partnership to develop ultra-rapid insulin to treat patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. Under the deal, Adocia will receive an upfront fee of $50 million, potential future payments of up to $280 million if BioChaperone Lispro reaches certain development and regulatory milestones, and sales milestones up to $240 million, the companies said in a statement. (Reporting by James Regan; Editing by Blaise Robinson)

Simple steps to avoid hemorrhoids

Article written by Coleanse. Hemorrhoids can be caused by many reasons including lack of fiber in the diet. There are simple steps …

UK proposes rules for embryos made from 3 people

LONDON (AP) — New rules proposed in Britain would make it the first country to allow embryos to be made from the DNA of three people in order to prevent mothers from passing on potentially fatal genetic diseases to their babies.

Judge halts Alzheimer’s drug swap until July

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered an Irish drug manufacturer to halt its plans to discontinue its widely used Alzheimer’s medication, allegedly in an effort to drive patients to a newer patented drug.

Four killed after 18-wheeler hits halted Mississippi highway traffic

(Reuters) – Four people were killed early on Saturday after an 18-wheel truck smashed into a row of vehicles that had stopped on a Mississippi Interstate highway to avoid hitting debris spilled by an overturned pickup truck trailer, state police said. A father and his daughter in one car and two young men in another car died in the nearly dozen-car wreck on Interstate 10 in coastal Hancock County, near the Louisiana border, just after midnight, Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Johnny Poulos said. “It’s a tragic situation,” Poulos said. …