Health & Wellness

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks on the health care reform bill at a health care rally in Washington on November 19, 2009. Reid said that the Senate would hold a health care test vote this Saturday. Reid was joined by Sen. Chrid Dodd (D-CT). UPI/Kevin Dietsch
Date Taken: November 19, 2009

Sen. Charles Shumer (D-NY) speaks on the health care reform bill at a health care rally in Washington on November 19, 2009. Senate Majority Leader Reid said that the Senate would hold a health care test vote this Saturday. Schumer was joined by Sen. Chrid Dodd (D-CT) (2nd-L), Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) (2nd-R) and Sen. [...]

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) speaks on the health care reform bill at a health care rally in Washington on November 19, 2009. Senate Majority Leader Reid said that the Senate would hold a health care test vote this Saturday. Harkin was joined by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) (L), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) (2nd-L) and Senate [...]

ATLANTA, Nov. 19 (UPI) — An outbreak of murine typhus was confirmed in Travis County, Texas, last year, federal health officials said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report said Thursday although murine typhus, a flea-borne disease often transmitted to humans through contact with rats, is endemic in southern Texas, only [...]

OTTAWA, Nov. 19 (UPI) — The cost of healthcare in Canada is forecast to rise 5.5 percent to $183 billion this year, the Canadian Institute for Health Information said Thursday.
“This represents a forecast increase of $241 per Canadian, bringing total health expenditure per capita to an estimated $5,452 this year,” the report said.
Hospitals remain the [...]