Reuters Health Report: September 3, 2015

Click to View in Browser Thursday, September 3, 2015 CVS says its ban on cigarette sales has reduced smoking CHICAGO (Reuters) - CVS Health Corp said on Thursday its decision to stop selling tobacco products last year led to a 1 percent decrease in cigarette sales in some states where the drugstore chain has a sizeable presence. Abortion providers ask U.S. Supreme Court to review Texas abortion rules DALLAS (Reuters) - Texas abortion providers asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to hear their challenge to the state's restrictions on abortions that they contend are aimed more at shutting clinics than protecting women's health. Liberia declared Ebola-free for second time ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Liberia was declared free of the deadly Ebola virus for a second time on Thursday and entered a 90-day period of heightened surveillance aimed at preventing a future re-emergence of the disease, the World Health Organization said. Novartis launches first U.S. 'biosimilar' drug at 15 percent discount LONDON/ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis kicked off a new era in U.S. medicine on Thursday with the launch of the first "biosimilar" copy of a biotechnology drug approved in the United States, at a discount of 15 percent to the original. Sierra Leone to vaccinate 200 people connected to Ebola victim FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone is to vaccinate around 200 people who came into direct or indirect contact with a woman who died of Ebola on Saturday, a spokeswoman for the U.N. World Health Organisation said on Wednesday.  Death toll in Legionnaires' outbreak in Illinois rises to eight CHICAGO (Reuters) - An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease has killed an eighth person in Quincy, Illinois, and sickened 41, mostly at a veterans home, health and veterans affairs officials said on Wednesday. Review examines risks, responses to in-flight medical emergencies (Reuters Health) - An airplane in flight is one of the worst places to have a medical emergency, even if there's a doctor on board. Medical supplies and drugs are limited. There's often little space for a physician to work or for anyone to render first aid. Critical resources may be hours away. Ryan White HIV/AIDS program offers needed patient support (Reuters Health) - A 25-year-old program named for Ryan White, who was expelled from school at age 13 because he had HIV, now provides essential services to nearly three-quarters of HIV-positive patients in the U.S., a new analysis shows. Some leukemia patients see durable results from Novartis therapy (Reuters) - Some leukemia patients who had exhausted other treatment options have no trace of the disease more than four years after being treated with an experimental type of therapy called CAR T cells in a small pilot study at the University of Pennsylvania. Regeneron scientists discover key to excess bone growth in rare disease CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists at U.S. biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals researching a rare genetic disease that traps sufferers in a second skeleton have discovered a treatment that shuts down excessive bone growth in mice engineered to develop the illness. Related Video Obama: world must reach climate deal in Paris 'while we still can' Kerry warns of "climate refugees" A quick-fix on the day's news delivered when you want it. 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 - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2015 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add newsletters@email.reuters.com to your address book. Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook