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Good Morning Pan, WED 10 Nov 2010    Nearly 59 million lack health insurance: CDC U.S. unveils larger tobacco warnings with images San Francisco approves limits on toys with fast-food meals China faces challenge implementing food safety: FDA Blood biopsy to put cancer in a test tube? Healthcare reform not top voter issue: poll Cholera now in Haiti capital, rapid spread feared Work exposure to diesel fumes tied to lung cancer Drugmakers, academics join up on mental illness No finished road for U.S. copycat biologics Nearly 59 million lack health insurance: CDC November 10, 2010 09:33 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 59 million Americans went without health insurance coverage for at least part of 2010, many of them with conditions or diseases that needed treatment, federal health officials said on Tuesday. Full Article U.S. unveils larger tobacco warnings with images November 10, 2010 09:21 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Health officials issued a proposal on Wednesday for larger tobacco warning labels, including "graphic health warnings" depicting the effects of smoking, to be required on all cigarette packages in 2012. Full Article San Francisco approves limits on toys with fast-food meals November 09, 2010 09:34 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco will soon be the first major U.S. city to restrict the fast-food industry's practice of giving away toys with children's meals, under a new law given final approval on Tuesday. Full Article China faces challenge implementing food safety: FDA November 10, 2010 06:48 AM ET SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's implementation of food safety standards is the country's biggest hindrance in exporting high quality, trusted food products overseas, an official with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday. Full Article Blood biopsy to put cancer in a test tube? November 09, 2010 05:10 PM ET CHICAGO (Reuters) - Researchers are closing in on highly sensitive devices that trap bits of cancer in the blood, offering a "liquid biopsy" that would give doctors and drug companies a better way to see if cancer drugs are working. Full Article Healthcare reform not top voter issue: poll November 09, 2010 08:25 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans who turned out to vote last week dislike healthcare reform but it was not their top concern -- the economy was. Full Article Cholera now in Haiti capital, rapid spread feared November 09, 2010 06:10 PM ET PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A cholera epidemic that has killed nearly 600 people in Haiti has gained a foothold in earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince and is expected to spread widely and quickly in the sprawling city of 3 million people, health authorities said on Tuesday. Full Article Work exposure to diesel fumes tied to lung cancer November 09, 2010 05:15 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Miners, railway workers and others with years of on-the-job exposure to diesel exhaust may have a heightened risk of developing lung cancer, a new research analysis suggests. Full Article Drugmakers, academics join up on mental illness November 09, 2010 07:04 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Nine major pharmaceutical companies have agreed to pool data on drug trials with academic institutions in an effort to improve ways of developing of new medicines to treat psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia. Full Article No finished road for U.S. copycat biologics November 10, 2010 08:45 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Patients, health insurers and others anxious for a new road to U.S. approval for cheaper biologic drugs may instead get a traffic nightmare. Full Article

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