Scientists and researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say washing hands with soap can cut the number of child deaths from pneumonia in half. The illness is the worldwide leading killer of kids under the age of 5.

It can also reduce cases of diarrhea and the skin infection, impetigo. The CDC has shown improved hygiene could save many lives, especially in poor countries

Indonesia's health minister, Siti Fadilah Supari, has said on Friday that the Indonesian man who died of severe pneumonia tested positive for bird flu.

However, they are saying the man has no history of contact with sick fowl

cientists and researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said washing hands with soap can cut the number of deaths in half of children suffering pneumonia, the worldwide leading killer of kids under the age of 5.

It can also reduce cases of diarrhea and the skin infection, impetigo. The CDC has shown improved hygiene could save many lives, especially in poor countries

Nearly six months after a devastating tsunami left over 200,000 people dead or missing in Asia and Africa, survivors are suffering from unusual lung and sinus infections, and even a paralyzing brain infection.

Reuters reports doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital revealed in the New England Journal of Medicine the case of a 17-year-old girl from Indonesia who was 2.5 kilometers inland when a wave from the Dec. 26 tsunami swept her up and carried her another kilometer

A study released Monday revealed that harmful bacteria can survive up to 24 hours on computer keyboards, threatening hospitals' increasing investments in technology. Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago conducted a study finding that keyboards can contaminate the fingers, gloved or ungloved, of doctors and nurses who could then transmit germs and bacteria to patients. Many hospitals are housing records electronically, some even installing computers in patients' rooms. The study was conducted by Dr. Gary Noskin, medical director of health-care epidemiology at the Chicago hospital. Dr. Noskin and his team contaminated keyboards with three types of bacteria commonly found in hospitals, two of which are unaffected by drugs. Both of the drug resistant bacteria strains were able to survive up to 24 hours, while the remaining strains lasted nearly an hour. The bacteria tested can cause various illnesses such as pneumonia, urinary tract infections, bloodstream infections, and other infections of the body. The study also found that touching a keyboard was enough to transmit any of the bacteria tested