Antidepressants like Prozac are commonly prescribed to treat mental health disorders, but new research suggests they could ...

Researchers say study provides sufficient rationale to further explore the therapeutic uses of SSRIs during infection.

William Hewes died aged 22 at Homerton University Hospital in January 2023 within 24 hours of being admitted after his ...

William Hewes’s family say staff at Homerton University Hospital failed to ensure the medicine was administered within an ...

New research suggests that fluoxetine, commonly used as an antidepressant, may also help protect against infections and sepsis.

Upon arriving in hospital the 22-year-old waited 90 minutes to be given antibiotics despite his mum's desperate pleas.

Sepsis, a life-threatening organ dysfunction, is responsible for an estimated 1 in 5 deaths globally and 1 in 3 deaths that ...

Salk immunologists discover Prozac, an SSRI and one of the most prescribed drugs, protects against sepsis, wherein the body's ...

Total duration of antibiotic therapy in adults hospitalized with sepsis was significantly shorter among those who received PCT-guided care vs standard care.

It's a copycat killer—often mimicking less severe conditions and delaying much-needed, timely treatments. But sepsis—an ...