A new study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), attempts to answer an important question facing health policymakers and hospitals: Does faster administration of antibiotics for sepsis patients lead to overtreating patients who don’t actually have infections? Researchers reviewed the care of nearly 10,000 patients treated by dozens of emergency physicians and […]

The new Congressional budget signed into law yesterday, includes $5 million for the CDC to expand its sepsis programs—a $2 million increase over last year’s funding. Just three years ago, sepsis had never received line-item funding in any federal budget. Since 2022, we have worked relentlessly to change that, successfully advocating for year-over-year increases that culminated […]

Yesterday, in Washington, DC, End Sepsis Team joined Congressman Tom Kean Jr.  alongside sepsis survivors to mark an important step forward in the national fight against sepsis. Sepsis Survivor, Congressman Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and  Congressman Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) introduced the SEPSIS (Securing Enhanced Programs, Systems and Initiatives for Sepsis ) Act, bipartisan legislation designed […]

It’s every parent’s worst nightmare: your child is very sick, and even after seeing the doctor or visiting the hospital, they’re not improving. You’re left wondering—is it the flu, or could it be sepsis? While flu and sepsis can appear similar at first, there are key differences that can help you recognize when it’s time […]

We have very important news to share – and an urgent opportunity to act. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released  proposed new sepsis policies – or “measures” – for public comment. These measures have been a central focus of END SEPSIS’s work for the past several years. They stem directly from congressional directives […]