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 […]

Mr. President, This week, America mourned the shocking loss of NASCAR champion Kyle Busch, whose family announced that severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, leading to his death at just 41 years of age. His death is yet another painful reminder that sepsis does not discriminate. It can strike the young and old, the vulnerable and […]

We have exciting news: Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) has signed on to co-sponsor the SEPSIS Act (S.1929)! Senator Banks serves on the powerful Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, which must approve the bill before it can advance to the Senate for a full vote. His support is especially meaningful as we work […]

We have long known that sepsis is a leading cause of child mortality and hospitalization in the United States. Now, a new study published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)  provides the most precise estimates to date of the toll of pediatric sepsis nationwide. Researchers analyzed 3.9 million pediatric hospitalizations […]