Hand sanitizers and soaps often used in hospitals and nursing homes have been recalled due to a bacterial contamination.

Krystina Pacheco went into septic shock just days after giving birth. A Texas woman who nearly lost her life after giving birth was reunited at home this month with her now-4-month-old daughter ...

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A Texas woman who nearly lost her life after giving birth was reunited at home this month with her now-4-month-old daughter and 2-year-old son. Krystina Pacheco, 29, of Pleasanton, Texas, gave ...

A North Texas family is accusing Methodist Southlake Medical Center of failing to properly treat their son when he was sick with sepsis.

If it is not treated quickly, septic shock can lead to "tissue damage, organ failure, and even death," according to the National Institutes of Health. In septic shock, the body has dangerously low ...

Septic shock can occur in anyone, but it's more common among people who are over 65 or very young because they're at a higher risk for an infection. The WHO says that children under 5 account for ...

Amalie, on TikTok as @amalie.moira, tells PEOPLE how her Crohn's disease masked the early warning signs of septic shock and what it's been like since becoming a quadruple amputee.

It’s shocking news. “Emily in Paris” star Ashley Park is recovering after a scary bout of septic shock landed her in the hospital over the holidays. The 32-year-old actress recently shared ...

Screenshot: Pfizer, a manufacturer of naloxone, the active drug in Narcan, notes on its website, “Naloxone has been shown in some cases of septic shock to produce a rise in blood pressure that ...

“No one who’s my age should have septic shock,” the actress noted Brendan Wixted for Cosmopolitan Ashley Park is feeling lucky that she was able to recover from her health scare earlier this ...