"Real Housewives of Orange County" star Vicki Gunvalson, 62, is sharing her recent health scare after she was hospitalized with sepsis, a potentially deadly disease that results from the body’s ...

Septic systems — typically an underground tank to trap toilet waste and perforated piping to let the liquid percolate into the soil — are used by nearly one in five American households and countless ...

Efforts to prevent sepsis need to be enhanced, according to researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham who published a study this month in Lancet Infectious Diseases. “This paper draws ...

A study, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, examines the impact of an infectious disease team on the early management of severe sepsis/septic shock in an emergency department. Researchers ...

The term “sepsis” has been surrounded by ambiguity and controversy. The condition has instigated legislative policies (eg, “Rory’s Regulations” — a New York state-mandated protocol for ED treatment of ...

Pneumonia or sepsis in adults that results in hospital admission is associated with a six-fold increased risk of cardiovascular disease in the first year, according to new research. Cardiovascular ...

According to a recent study, nearly 50% of patients with connective tissue disease, such as lupus, died when sepsis occurred. Patients with connective tissue diseases (CTDs) face a higher risk of ...

As people age, their bodies develop a dysfunctional immune system, which can leave older adults more susceptible to conditions like sepsis. New research from University of Minnesota researchers ...

Kawasaki disease is a rare cardiovascular disease affecting children under the age of five. If untreated, there is a chance of coronary aneurism. Diagnosis is a challenge, however, as it shares many ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most important pathogens considered when treating patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia or ventilator-associated pneumonia. Infections by P. aeruginosa are ...

The Royal Commission into the summer fires is an opportunity to start seriously reconsidering our built environment. We need to prepare for accelerating climate change, our changing natural landscape ...

Researchers are calling for an urgent overhaul of diagnostic and treatment guidelines for infections in newborn babies, after a University of Sydney-led study revealed frontline treatments for sepsis ...