WLWT-TV reports the deaths of two infants at University Hospital in Cincinnati due to gastrointestinal disease - and five others are also infected.

The babies in the neonatal intensive care unit were found to have necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC. The disease mostly affects premature infants and causes inflammation and destruction of the bowel or parts of the bowel

WLWT-TV reports the deaths of two infants at University Hospital in Cincinnati due to gastrointestinal disease - and five others are also infected.

The babies in the neonatal intensive care unit were found to have necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC. The disease mostly affects premature infants and causes inflammation and destruction of the bowel or parts of the bowel

Three Chicago-area children have died of a toxic shock syndrome-like illness caused by a germ caught within the community - not in the hospital, where it is usually found.

The cases show the staph germ, known as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, has become even more dangerous by causing a shock-like condition

The Indonesian health minister warns Wednesday a bird flu outbreak that has already killed four people could quickly become an epidemic.

In an effort to combat the spread of the disease, agriculture officials announced plans for mass culls of chickens throughout infected areas

British Treasury Chief Gordon Brown on Friday introduced a $4 billion program to provide lifesaving immunizations in poor countries, reports The Associated Press.

The initiative hopes to save the lives of five million children and as many adults as possible. Along with Britain, France, Italy, Spain and Sweden are also sponsoring the program