An international team of experts recently came together to update sepsis care guidelines for adults for the first time since ...

Sepsis is a nationwide "medical emergency" for children, according to the CDC. Would you know the signs in a child?

Researchers have developed a framework that can help track cases, advance quality improvem ...

Nearly one in five pediatric hospital deaths in the United States involve sepsis, according to a new national study published in JAMA. The study also found that sepsis occurs in about one in every 75 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sepsis — the body’s extreme and life-threatening response to infection—remains a leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals, taking ...

Each year on September 13th, world sepsis day is celebrated as a collaborative effort of the Global Sepsis Alliance to organize events for sepsis awareness. World Sepsis Day is celebrated on 13th ...

Each year, more than 1.7 million adults in the United States develop sepsis, and 270,000 people die as a result. It’s a dangerous medical complication that occurs when an existing infection — such as ...

Sepsis is globally recognized as a primary contributor to morbidity and mortality. The Sepsis 3.0 definition is captured as ...

Barbara, a 52-year-old woman, appears one morning at a Baltimore hospital emergency room complaining of a sore foot. After the EMS physicians examine her, they diagnose dry gangrene of the toe and ...

A consumer advocacy organization is asking federal health officials Tuesday to halt a large medical study being conducted at major universities nationwide. Public Citizen says that the study, ...