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  • Snyder declares emergency in Flint over water problems

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    DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder declared a state of emergency in Flint on Tuesday over problems with lead in the city’s drinking water, the same day federal officials confirmed they’re investigating the matter that prompted a local public health emergency.

  • Conatus liver drug shows promise in mid-stage trial

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    (Reuters) – Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc said its experimental drug reduced the presence of a protein fragment in patients with liver cirrhosis in a mid-stage trial. The drug, emricasan, showed a statistically significant reduction in the protein fragment, caspase-cleaved cytokeratin 18 (cCK18), when compared with a placebo, in the overall patient population, according to the three-month…