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Sepsis Awareness Month: Fewer than Half of Americans Have Heard of this Devastating Illness - Media Statement

September 3, 2014

Despite the fact that sepsis affects more than a million Americans each year and kills up to half of them, a new survey published by Sepsis AllianceExternal Web Site Icon found that fewer than half of all Americans have ever even heard of the term 'sepsis'.

Original Source: https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=132608&c=308579