Congo almost runs out of yellow fever vaccine amid epidemic

Residents read newspapers with reports of Yellow Fever, in KinshasaBy Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo has almost run out of yellow fever vaccine in Kinshasa, in the same week that the government declared an epidemic of the disease in the packed capital and two other provinces. More supplies have been promised, but health officials in the impoverished country say they have to choose between the high cost of flying them in, or a long wait for shipment by sea. The mosquito-borne hemorrhagic virus is a major concern in Kinshasa, a city of about 12 million people which has poor health services, a humid climate beloved of the insects and much stagnant water where they can breed owing to pour drainage.

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Hedge fund manager charged with insider trading in apparent suicide: police

Sanjay Valvani departs Federal Court after a hearing following his arrest in New YorkBy Nate Raymond and Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) – Sanjay Valvani, a hedge fund manager at Visium Asset Management LP who was arrested last week on insider trading charges, has been found dead in an apparent suicide, the police said on Tuesday. Valvani, 44, was discovered by his wife on Monday evening at his Brooklyn home with a wound to his neck, a New York Police Department spokeswoman said. Valvani was arrested last Wednesday and accused of having fraudulently made $25 million by getting advanced information about U.S. Food and Drug Administration approvals of generic drug applications.

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