Indigenous children living in central Australia suffer the highest rate of potentially fatal severe pneumonia in the world, according to research released Sunday.

(Reuters) - More than two thirds of the estimated 8.8 million deaths in children under five worldwide in 2008 were caused by infectious diseases like pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria, according to a study on behalf of the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Los Angeles County Coroner: Pneumonia, not drugs, to blame for actor Corey Haim's death. Actor Corey Haim had traces of several prescription and over-the-counter drugs in his system when he died two months ago, but that's not what killed him, the Los Angeles County coroner concluded.

Actor Corey Haim had traces of several prescription and over-the-counter drugs in his system when he died two months ago, but that's not what killed him, the Los Angeles County coroner concluded.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Corey Haim died of pneumonia and heart problems, and tests during an autopsy on his body found "no significant contributing factors" from drugs, the Los Angeles coroner's office said on Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Corey Haim died of pneumonia and heart problems, and tests during an autopsy on his body found "no significant contributing factors" from drugs, the Los Angeles coroner's office said on Tuesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The infant pneumococcal vaccine introduced 10 years ago has cut rates of pneumonia, meningitis and other infections among Navajos in the U.S. -- but their risks remain higher than average, a new study finds.

The nation's hospitals are failing to protect patients from potentially fatal infections despite years of prevention campaigns, the government said Tuesday.

HHS: "very little progress" in eliminating potentially fatal hospital-acquired infections. The nation's hospitals are failing to protect patients from potentially fatal infections despite years of prevention campaigns, the government said Tuesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who carry excess pounds may also carry an excess risk of pneumonia, a new study hints.

Henry Edward Roberts, who developed and marketed early personal computer, dies in Ga.. Dr. Henry Edward Roberts, an engineer who developed a precursor to the modern personal computer, has died in Georgia.

Mezzo-soprano Blanche Thebom, 20-year star of the Metropolitan Opera, dead at 94. Blanche Thebom, a mezzo-soprano who sang more than 350 performances with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, has died at age 94.

People hospitalized with a heart attack, heart failure or pneumonia fare better if they are admitted someplace that treats a lot of those problems, a large study of Medicare patients finds.

Bigger hospitals do better job at treating heart problems, pneumonia, study suggests. People hospitalized with a heart attack, heart failure or pneumonia fare better if they are admitted someplace that treats a lot of those problems, a large study of Medicare patients finds.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Want to survive a heart attack, heart failure or pneumonia? Go to a busy hospital.

LONDON (Reuters) - Drugmakers Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline signed a landmark 10-year deal on Tuesday to supply 60 million doses a year of cut-price pneumococcal vaccines to developing nations.

A major vaccines alliance said Tuesday it had struck a deal to supply 600 million doses of potentially life saving new pneumonia vaccines at reduced prices in poor countries.

GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer Inc. made a 10-year commitment to supply developing nations with new pneumonia vaccines, the Geneva-based public-private partnership GAVI Alliance said Tuesday.

GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer supplying pneumonia vaccines to developing nations through GAVI. GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer Inc. made a 10-year commitment to supply developing nations with new pneumonia vaccines, the Geneva-based public-private partnership GAVI Alliance said Tuesday.

The GAVI vaccine alliance, which is backed by software billionaire Bill Gates, said Thursday that it needed an extra 4.3 billion dollars to save millions of lives in poor countries over the next five years.