A 14-year-old boy in South Carolina tragically died from meningococcemia, a rare and rapidly progressing blood infection.

The bacteria usually causes a meningitis - inflammation of the lining around the brain and spinal cord - or a bloodstream ...

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (Hikma), the multinational pharmaceutical company, today announced the approval of a novel formulation of the first-of-its-kind, ready-to-infuse formulation of vancomycin, ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Tyzavan ™ (vancomycin injection, USP), a novel ready-to-infuse, room temperature stable formulation of vancomycin, for the treatment of various ...

Sepsis -- the body's inflammatory response to an infection -- really can kill that quickly, according to Dr. Kevin Tracey, author of a book about sepsis called "Fatal Sequence: The Killer Within." ...

A 14-year-old boy in South Carolina died within days of becoming ill with a rare bacterial infection William “Will” Hand died on June 8 from meningococcal septicemia after the infection got into his ...

Guide to a Systematic Physical Assessment in the Infant With Suspected Infection and/or Sepsis Mary A. Short, RN, MSN Disclosures Adv Neonatal Care. 2004;4 (3) 0 ...

Being cared for in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a risk factor for late-onset sepsis due to invasive medical procedures and environmental issues. [9, 10] Table 4 outlines additional ...

E.coli levels in the Midstate remain high, but some locations improved. The nonprofit Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper ...

1.A hot-air balloon carrying 21 people crashed near Praia Grande, Brazil, on June 21, 2025, after catching fire mid-air just ...