Recently, the Boston Globe's Jessica Bartlett asked me about sepsis for an excellent story published a few days ago. In her story, Bartlett investigates why sepsis cases have dramatically increased in ...

New Jersey’s sepsis death rate exceeds the nationwide average. Lawmakers say they have a plan to bring it down.

Every year, sepsis kills an estimated 11 million people worldwide – that’s nearly one in five deaths globally. In the United States alone, it claims approximately 350,000 lives annually, more than ...

The sepsis definition describes three elements: infection, the host response and life-threatening organ dysfunction. Diagnosis is made based on myriad signs and symptoms, and although infection ...

Bacteria Gram positive in sputum gram stain.red background. Both sepsis and bacteremia involve bacteria in the bloodstream. Bacteremia generally is not a serious condition, but sepsis can be ...

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition triggered by the body’s extreme response to infection. It causes widespread inflammation, which can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and death. Thanks to ...

A major multi-country study has found that WHO-recommended first-line antibiotics for neonatal sepsis are likely to be ...

Discover more about the effectiveness of WHO-recommended first-line antibiotics for neonatal sepsis, according to new ...

Manjit Sangha, a 56-year-old Indian-origin woman in the UK, lost all her limbs after contracting sepsis, which doctors believe may have been triggered by a lick from her pet dog on a small cut or ...