THE infection scandal at a Glasgow super-hospital has dominated headlines for over a decade after several deaths were linked to the site.

The spectre of medical errors is a critically important subject, one that is as old as organised medical practice itself. What is striking, however, is not merely their longevity but their alarming ...

Quinton Aaron, who rose to fame portraying Michael Oher in the 2009 film The Blind Side, was hospitalized and placed on life ...

A normal newborn screening ruled out many different causes, and the health of the 1-month-old prior to the event made it ...

At the end of Episode 4, the doctor worried his patient had 'something worse' than the antibiotic resistant infection.

The Chicago Department of Public Health has issued a new alert after two people recently died from a form of meningitis, and ...

Sepsis, a condition in which the immune system spirals out of control in response to an infection, is one of the most life-threatening health concerns a horse can face.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major unrecognized cause of deadly sepsis among people with HIV in Africa, a sweeping new study reveals. Beginning treatment for TB immediately – even before sepsis patients are ...

"The Blind Side" star Quinton Aaron is alert and recovering from a spinal stroke, his family says. The actor was intubated ...

To allow a chance for survival, that source of infection had to go. Both lungs were removed and the patient switched to ECMO ...

A new drug developed by Australian researchers has shown promising results in reducing sepsis in a Phase II clinical trial involving 180 patients. The carbohydrate-based treatment works by calming a ...

Doctors in Chicago saved the life of a young Missouri man with a rare infection that had liquefied his lungs, hooking him up to what they have called a total artificial lung. The patient, whose name ...