A very important observance takes place this month — it’s Worldwide Bereaved Sibling Month. I’ve met so many families torn apart by sepsis, and I know how important it is to remember siblings — like Rory’s little sister Kathleen. Kathleen and Rory were as thick as thieves and shared so much in their short time together. […]

A new study reveals that the sepsis alert trusted by hospitals across America misses most children who have sepsis. The major new study, published in the prestigious JAMA Pediatrics this week, has found that a widely used automated sepsis alert system for children — built into the Epic electronic health record, which is used in […]

Sepsis Doesn’t Always Begin in the Hospital. Here’s what I need you to know this Sepsis Awareness Month: Most people first hear the word sepsis in an emergency room or intensive care unit. But sepsis often begins much earlier – in a home, a school, a workplace, a doctor’s office, or somewhere else in our […]

Ahead of Sepsis Awareness Month 2026, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has shared new findings from the 2025 National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Annual Survey, which show continued progress in implementing CDC’s Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements. With backing from End Sepsis, the CDC’s Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements were established […]

END SEPSIS is proud to announce that the SEPSIS Act has earned the endorsement of the Problem Solvers Caucus, an influential group of 45 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, equally divided between Democrats and Republicans. This significant bipartisan endorsement sends a powerful message: preventing needless deaths from sepsis is not a partisan issue. It is a national […]