NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hospitals in the U.S. territories see more deaths after heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia than the states, according to a study out Tuesday.

Nearly half a million children displaced by heavy flooding in the southern Philippines could face an outbreak of diarrhoea and pneumonia, the UN said Sunday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Heavy drinkers more often end up in the hospital with pneumonia than those who go easy on the alcohol, suggests a new study from Denmark.

Former Australian prime minister Bob Hawke has been admitted to hospital for pneumonia but was recovering, the hospital said Wednesday.

International donors pledged $4.3 billion to vaccinate nearly 250 million children against life-threatening diseases such as pneumonia and diarrhoea, at a London conference Monday.

International donors pledged $4.3 billion to vaccinate nearly 250 million children against life-threatening diseases such as pneumonia and diarrhoea, at a London conference Monday.

LONDON (Reuters) - International donors led by Britain and Bill Gates pledged $4.3 billion on Monday to buy vaccines to protect children in poor countries against potential killers such as diarrheal diseases and pneumonia.

LONDON (Reuters) - International donors led by Britain and Bill Gates pledged $4.3 billion on Monday to buy vaccines to protect children in poor countries against potential killers such as diarrheal diseases and pneumonia.

Polish communist-era opposition icon and Nobel Peace laureate Lech Walesa has pneumonia and will have to stay in hospital for up to three weeks, he told AFP on Monday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Millions of children's lives and billions of dollars could be saved if vaccines were more widely available in 72 of the world's poorest countries, according to a series of studies published on Thursday.

Boosting vaccination programs for children in 72 poor and middle income countries would save the lives of 6.4 million children in 10 years, and save over $151 billion in treatment and lost productivity, two studies said Thursday.

FREETOWN (Reuters) - International health alliance GAVI is seeking $3.7 billion from a June 13 pledging conference in London to help deliver vaccines to nearly a quarter of a billion children across the world by 2015.

On June 5 1981, American epidemiologists reported a baffling event: five young gay men in Los Angeles, all previously healthy, had fallen ill with pneumonia. Two had died.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Evangelist Billy Graham is responding well to pneumonia treatment and doctors are working on plans for his transition home, hospital officials in Asheville, North Carolina, said on Friday.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Evangelist Billy Graham remained hospitalized in fair condition on Thursday with a confirmed case of pneumonia, hospital officials in Asheville, North Carolina, said.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Evangelist Billy Graham remained hospitalized in fair condition on Thursday with a confirmed case of pneumonia, hospital officials in Asheville, North Carolina, said.

Billy Graham, the high-profile evangelical preacher who has met or ministered to every US president since 1950, was hospitalized Wednesday for a medical assessment, his group said.

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - Evangelist Billy Graham was hospitalized in Asheville, North Carolina, on Wednesday and being treated for an apparent case of pneumonia.

Ailing actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has been admitted to hospital again suffering with pneumonia, in the 94-year-old's latest health scare, her spokesman has said.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ailing Hollywood actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was back in the hospital on Wednesday with pneumonia, her spokesman told Reuters.