10 Signs You May Have a Blood Infection

10 Signs You May Have a Blood Infection | ActiveBeat:

When sepsis, a condition that results when infection enters the bloodstream, occurs the immune system is greatly compromised when the body attempts to put the proper defenses in place.  However, if existing health concerns are an issue (i.e., such as cancer, a recent surgery, AIDS, or immune deficiency due to advanced age) a blood infection can be life threatening.

More children in protective services

More children in protective services | Central & North Burnett Times:

THE State Government released new child safety figures which show an increase of children in need of protection because of ice use.

The data shows the trend identified last year is continuing, and an increased number of children have come in to care as a result of parental drug use.

CPS had been in contact with Hawaii girl starved to death since

CPS had been in contact with Hawaii girl starved to death since - Hawaii News Now - KGMB and KHNL:

HILO, HAWAII (HawaiiNewsNow) -State Child Protective Services had been in contact with the family of a 9-year-old girl who starved to death on the Big Island since she was a toddler.

Weeks before death, county investigated injury to Mount Vernon 2-year-old

Weeks before death, county investigated injury to Mount Vernon 2-year-old:

Weeks before she was allegedly beaten to death by her mother’s boyfriend, 2-year-old Addison Turner was treated at a hospital for facial injuries and later examined twice by child advocates with the team that investigates claims of child abuse in Westchester County, The Journal News/lohud has learned.

Seattle Mayor Abused His Foster Son

Seattle Mayor Abused His Foster Son | The Daily Caller:

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray sexually abused his 13-year-old foster son in the early 1980s, according to recently released Oregon Child Protective Services (CPS) records.

Septicemia Statistics and the Need for Death Certificate Reform

Septicemia Statistics and the Need for Death Certificate Reform | Safe Patient Project:

Note: “Sepsis” and “Septicemia” are used interchangeably, according to the articles they are referenced in below.

Death certificates are the primary source of important vital statistics in our country – yet too many certificates fail to tell the whole story.

Over 34,000 Americans are dying from septicemia each year, a toxic bloodstream infection that is often caught in hospitals, yet many hospitals are keeping that a secret. Frequently when patients develop septicemia (often used interchangeably with “sepsis”), this results in other health problems that hospitals can list as the cause of death. Inaccurate or dishonest death certificates detract from a hospital’s need to reduce their infection rates and ultimately keep vital information from patients and family members.

Septicemia, also known as blood poisoning, is a condition caused by a serious infection that gets into the bloodstream from bacterial contamination. Symptoms include chills, high fever, dropping blood pressure, racing heart beat, confusion, weakness, pale face, sweating, and dropping oxygen levels. To put it mildly, you are very, very sick and need emergency medical attention.

Comment: But what happens when Hospitals fail to treat the Sepsis patient??? Nothing! Why aren't Hospital's being held responsible for the death's of Sepsis patient's?

New Hampshire law gives grandparents custody preference

New Hampshire law gives grandparents custody preference - NBC-2.com WBBH News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral & Naples, Florida:
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire has become the first state in the country to give preference to grandparents in custody cases involving substance abuse.

My comment: It's about time and it took a Republican Governor to do it, as I always knew it would.
A little too late for my recently deceased husband who never got to see the
grandchildren he longed for, for 11 1/2 years after being taken by DCYF in 2006. He died with a broken heart over their loss.