Sepsis is a serious condition that can become life-threatening if not treated quickly. It happens when the body reacts to an infection in a way that harms its own organs, such as the heart, lungs ...

BALTIMORE -- September is National Sepsis Awareness Month, the condition that affects over a million Americans each year and can be deadly. In May of 2021, Jackie Duda nearly died of septic shock.

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Sepsis is a life-threatening, heterogeneous disorder involving a dysregulated immune response to infection. Research to identify subtypes and targeted therapies for host dysregulation is ongoing.

The national nonprofit Sepsis Alliance says that for each hour there is a delay in treatment, the risk of sepsis progressing to septic shock and causing death rises by 4–9%. Learn more about sepsis.

A bipartisan group of senators on June 4 reintroduced the Securing Enhanced Programs, Systems, and Initiatives for Sepsis Act, a bill that would direct the CDC to lead national efforts aimed at ...

A Biden administration rule, finalized in August, ups the ante for hospitals, setting specific treatment metrics that must be met for all patients with suspected sepsis. The aim is help save some ...