A single course of antibiotics raises the risk of developing sepsis by 70 per cent for a year after taking them, a new study of NHS patients has revealed. Experts found that the risk of sepsis, which ...

McMaster University researcher Fatima Sheikh is part of a team developing a national action plan on sepsis identification.

In a potential paradigm change for sepsis diagnostics, a new test predicted sepsis soon after infection in mice—well before blood clotting and organ failure—enabling early antibiotic treatment and ...

More than a year after Newfoundland musician Mark Hiscock died unexpectedly from sepsis, his family is still reeling from the ...

A multi-centric study in India begins to combat antimicrobial-resistant neonatal sepsis, aiming to save newborn lives through ...

"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 ...

Antidepressants like Prozac are commonly prescribed to treat mental health disorders, but new research suggests they could also protect against serious infections and life-threatening sepsis.

Why do some people recover easily from bacterial infections while others rapidly deteriorate into life-threatening sepsis? According to a new study, the answer may lie not only in the invading ...

Globally, sepsis infection is the leading cause of death in children, taking more than 3.4 million lives per year, according to the Sepsis Alliance — and 85% of these deaths occur before age 5. Sepsis ...

The NASCAR star, 41, died on May 21 after suffering from pneumonia Key Takeaways Kyle Busch, 41, was a NASCAR champion with more wins than any driver in the sport's history when he died at 41 of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a veteran high school teacher, Sherri Moody is used to getting a cold about once a year. So when she started feeling sick on a ...