Your immune system protects you by fighting off invaders such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi. However, it’s possible for your immune system to overreact in a way that’s harmful to your body. This ...

When Broadway star Billy Porter, 56, went to the hospital last September for kidney stone pain, he found himself trapped in a nightmare-one that should be a wake-up call to us all. "I was dead for ...

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 ...

Sepsis is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. It can affect anyone, and is notoriously difficult to diagnose in the early stages, and to treat once it becomes life-threatening ...

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 ...

Many people who die from sepsis die of organ failure, including liver failure, which is a common, often fatal complication. For many years, the underlying causes and mechanisms of sepsis-induced liver ...

The Globe’s wedding column, The Big Day, told a devastating story of a newly married couple whose fate suddenly turned tragic. Instead, Adam’s condition deteriorated on New Year’s Day, and he was ...

Results of a new study released on Tuesday indicate that health workers in maternity wards are not consistently practicing ...

Since Froedtert Hospital adopted the test, the mortality rate for sepsis patients has decreased by 42% and hospital length of stay has been reduced by nearly two days for patients with a suspected ...

In the years since the Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion and since Texas instituted one of the country’s strictest abortion bans, the state has seen an increased rate of sepsis among ...