Health & Wellness

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) — U.S. health officials say they are working with vaccine producers to step up production speed and bring the H1N1 vaccine more quickly to targeted groups.
Public health officials who briefed Congress Wednesday said they believe there will not enough H1N1 vaccine to meet the needs of high-priority population groups until at [...]

LONDON, Nov. 5 (UPI) — At least 1,000 members of a remote tribe in the Amazon region in Venezuela have been infected with H1N1 flu and seven have died, Survival International says.
The group, an advocate for indigenous peoples around the world, said the presence of the H1N1 influenza virus in the area where the Yanomani [...]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) — Thousands of demonstrators in Washington, led by dozens of congressional Republicans, protested proposed healthcare reform legislation.
The demonstration at the U.S. Capitol followed a call by Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., for opponents of reform to take their complaints to Congress, and to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in particular. Bachmann billed the [...]

A man rips up the Democrats’ health care reform bill near Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s Canon building office on Capitol Hill in Washington on November 5, 2009. Several people were arrested for tearing up a copy of the bill in Pelosi’s office and in the hallway. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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Actor Jon Voight greets demonstrators during a rally against the Democrats’ health care reform bill on Capitol Hill in Washington on November 5, 2009. Thousands of protestors turned out to rally against the nearly 2000 page bill. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
Date Taken: November 5, 2009