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United States Prisoners Afflicted by Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak, Authorities Rush to Find Source

Sep 03, 2015 10:19 AM EDT

San Quentin Prison authorities are struggling to contain an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease after six inmates were discovered to have been afflicted with the disease last week. As of Wednesday, nearly a hundred inmates are reported to have been infected.

China Faces Health Risk As Pfizer Pulls Out Vaccine Product

Desiree Sison |

Apr 03, 2015 06:15 AM EDT

China is at a high risk of shortage of treatment for pneumonia after it failed to renew Pfizer's license to market its product, Prevenar.

Singapore’s Founding Minister Lee Kuan Yew Hospitalized Due To Serious Illness

Raymond Legaspi |

Feb 22, 2015 11:26 PM EST

Lee Kuan Yew, who is Singapore's most senior statesman and the founding minister seen as responsible for the city-state's economic miracle, is being treated in a hospital for a grave case of pneumonia.

Olympian And WWII Veteran Louis Zamperini Dies At 97

Bianca Ortega |

Jul 04, 2014 02:46 AM EDT

Olympic distance runner and World War II (WWII) veteran Louis Zamperini died at age 97 on Wednesday after 40 days of a battling a deadly bout of pneumonia.