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 ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have uncovered how a molecule found on certain bacteria may drive blood clotting in sepsis, a life-threatening condition that causes about 8 million ...

Sepsis is relevant to almost everything that happens in the hospital. It’s common, infinitely possible, and deadly. Falling behind is unforgiveable, while keeping up necessitates antibiotics — a lot ...

While our immune systems typically do a great job containing pathogens and clearing infections, they can occasionally overreact. When the immune response to infection becomes excessive, it causes ...

The immune system typically can ramp up the body's defenses to clear out an invading threat without issue. Glitches can happen, however, with sepsis occurring when the mustered army of cells also ...

Deaths from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and sepsis spiked in the US during the COVID pandemic, and subsequently declined, according to new data presented at the American College of ...

A life-threatening condition called sepsis kills hundreds of people in American jails and prisons each year, a USA TODAY investigation has found, but inmates with a history of drug use are at ...

On the Thursday, November 20, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: A USA TODAY exclusive investigation uncovered roughly 49,000 deaths in jails and prisons over eight years, including at least 1,800 ...