Pneumonia

Walk-in clinics gaining popularity

2013-06-14 21:26:00

Tabitha Smith had been sick for about a week last November with what she thought was just a cold. When she didn't get better, her mom pushed her to see a doctor. "I told her I can't afford the doctor," says Smith, a 31-year-old social media manager who...

South Africa's president to visit ailing Nelson Mandela

2013-06-10 11:28:00

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South African President Jacob Zuma will visit the ailing Nelson Mandela in a Pretoria hospital, his spokesman said Monday, adding that this would be done discreetly "at the appropriate time." A statement from the president'...

Nelson Mandela's condition remains serious

2013-06-11 07:18:00

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Nelson Mandela passed his fourth day under intensive care Tuesday in a Pretoria hospital in serious but stable condition, according to a statement Tuesday by the South African presidency. The statement offered little new...

South Africans pray as Nelson Mandela battles lung infection

2013-06-09 09:34:00

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Former President Nelson Mandela remained in serious but stable condition in a hospital Sunday as South Africans in churches around the country prayed for him. There was no update on his condition from South Africa’s...

PASSINGS: Miller Barber, Jiroemon Kimura

2013-06-12 20:11:00

Miller Barber Champion golfer with unusual swing Miller Barber, 82, a golfer with a unique swing who made the most combined starts on the PGA and Champions tours, died Tuesday. The PGA Tour announced his death but did not provide details. He...

No improvement reported in Nelson Mandela's health

2013-06-10 04:12:00

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Former South African president Nelson Mandela spent his third day under intensive care in a Pretoria hospital Monday, with no improvement in his condition reported. "His condition is unchanged," a government statement said,...

Frank Lautenberg dies at 89; Democratic senator from New Jersey

2013-06-03 18:23:00

WASHINGTON — Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey, the last World War II veteran in the Senate and a stalwart Democrat who led congressional battles over three decades to toughen gun laws, ban smoking on planes and crack down on drunk driving,...

N.J. Sen. Frank Lautenberg dies at 89

2013-06-03 07:36:00

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), the last World War II veteran in the Senate, died Monday morning at age 89 due to complications from viral pneumonia, his office announced. Lautenberg was first elected to the Senate in 1982, retired in 2000...

Obama: Lautenberg 'improved the lives of countless Americans'

2013-06-03 11:08:00

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey, the last World War II veteran in the Senate and a stalwart Democrat who led fights to ban smoking on airplanes and to crack down on drunk driving, died Monday at age 89. His death opens the way for...

New Jersey Sen. Lautenberg dead at age 89

2013-06-03 07:17:00

U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, a multimillionaire New Jersey businessman and the last World War II veteran remaining in the Senate, has died at age 89. His office said Lautenberg died shortly after 4 a.m. EDT on Monday at a New York hospital after...

George Michael accident: Singer leaves hospital after two weeks

2013-05-29 13:06:00

George Michael has been released from the hospital where he was being treated for injuries sustained in a car accident in England nearly two weeks ago. The former Wham! frontman, whose real name is Georgios Panayiotou, was being treated for various...

Was Rudyard Kipling a plagiarist?

2013-05-29 07:23:00

A letter, written by British author Rudyard Kipling in 1895, is up for auction by Anderson Autographs, the Telegraph reported. In it, Kipling confesses to it being "extremely possible" that he "promiscuously" borrowed from the work of others while writing...

Tabitha Smith spent just $70 at an urgent care clinic near her home in La Puente, a fee that included the cost of medication to treat walking pneumonia. Last time she saw a doctor in private practice it cost her $200.

2013-06-13 00:00:00

After being found tied to a fence, he was sick with pneumonia and was hospitalized for a while, but once recovered he would use his body in play with his buddies and was always a key player in a group. (adopted, changed name)

2013-05-15 20:54:00

McGivney was a Roman Catholic priest and founder of the Knights of Columbus. He was the son of Irish immigrants to the United States.

2013-02-19 00:00:00