Bacteremia, or blood poisoning, occurs when bacteria overcome the body's immune defenses. Bacteremia can worsen into sepsis, a condition that accounts for more than 1 in 3 hospital deaths per year.

Using an innovative barcoding-style system developed with colleagues at Harvard University, Bachman, Holmes and their team were able to label bacteria with short snippets of DNA in mouse models and ...

Is Pope Francis going to live? Is he going to die? Will he remain as pope? Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News senior medical analyst, ...

The Vatican’s evening bulletin on the latest health developments for the pope were more upbeat than in recent days.

Sepsis is a medical complication triggered by any infection. It causes millions of deaths each year. The first global report ...

Pope Francis, 87, remains in critical condition as he continues to battle severe health complications, including pneumonia ...

They have warned that the main threat facing Francis would be the onset of sepsis, a serious infection of the blood that can occur as a complication of pneumonia. As of Friday, there was no evidence ...

Double pneumonia is a serious infection that can inflame and scar ... He added that the pope did not have sepsis, a ...

However, bacterial pneumonia and severe cases require medical treatment to avoid complications. Pneumonia, without proper care, can lead to serious health issues such as lung abscesses, sepsis, or ...

The rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the second trimester, ProPublica found. The surge in this life-threatening condition ...

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