Readers like you keep news free for everyone.

More than 5,000 readers have already pitched in to keep free access to The Journal.

For the price of one cup of coffee each week you can help keep paywalls away.

Not now

# blood poisoning

All time

Sepsis linked to 11m deaths worldwide - double what was previously thought

Sepsis occurs when a person’s organs cease to function properly as the result of an out-of-control immune response to infection.

12.4k

Jan 17th 2020, 7:33 AM

Minister Kathleen Lynch discharged from hospital

The junior minister will continue her recovery from a bout of blood poisoning at home after being discharged from hospital in Cork.

9.7k

Aug 6th 2013, 9:15 PM