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Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:30:04 EDT

Nearly one in five pediatric hospital deaths in the United States involve sepsis, according to a new national study published in JAMA. The study also found that sepsis occurs in about one in every 75 pediatric hospitalizations and that more than one in 10 children with sepsis die during hospitalization. Based on these findings, the authors estimate that more than 18,000 hospitalized children in the United States have sepsis each year, including more than 1,800 who do not survive to discharge.

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:00:07 EDT

When disasters strike, nursing homes face uniquely high stakes. Residents often depend on power, medications, mobility assistance, and continuous care—all of which can be disrupted by hurricanes, wildfires, or other emergencies. Federal regulations require facilities to meet detailed emergency preparedness standards, and families often assume that passing inspections means residents will be protected. But does compliance translate into safety?

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:00:03 EDT

Cancer is often thought of as a single disease. Yet even tumors that arise in the same organ can follow very different genetic paths. A new study shows that these differences can sometimes be traced back to tiny changes in a single gene. Research led by senior researcher Dr. Derya Deniz Özdemir from Koç University School of Medicine and the Research Center for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM), published in Nature Genetics, reveals that mutations in one of the most frequently altered genes in cancer do not all have the same effect.