WHO tells patients to seek urgent care for sepsis warning signs

US actor whose death pushed sepsis back into entertainment news

Daveigh Chase [dəˈveɪ ˈt͡ʃeɪz], née le 24 juillet 1990 à Las Vegas (Nevada) et morte le 16 juin 2026 à Los Angeles (Californie), est une actrice et chanteuse américaine. Ex-enfant star, elle est notamment connue pour son doublage de Chihiro en 2001 dans Le Voyage de Chihiro, son rôle, très jeune, en 2002, dans Le Cercle, ainsi que pour la voix de Lilo dans le film de Disney Lilo & Stitch en 2002.

cycling team that employs Wout van Aert and withdrew him from Tour de France build-up

Visma–Lease a Bike is a Dutch professional bicycle racing team, successor of the former Rabobank. The team consists of four sections: ProTeam, Women's Team, Development Team, and cyclo-cross.

Visma-Lease a Bike performance head who described the medical concern

Mathieu Heijboer is a former Dutch professional road bicycle racer and head of performance for Dutch Road Bicycle Racing squad Team Visma Lease a Bike

Belgian cyclist who needed surgery on an infected elbow to prevent possible sepsis

Wout van Aert is a Belgian professional road and cyclo-cross racer who rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike. Van Aert won three consecutive men's races at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in 2016, 2017, and 2018.

cycling event before which Wout van Aert had surgery and from whose build-up he was withdrawn

The Tour de France is an annual men's multiple-stage road cycling race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España.

defines sepsis and sets global public-health guidance

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has six regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide. Only sovereign states are eligible to join, and it is the largest intergovernmental health organization at the international level.

says sepsis warning signs should trigger urgent care

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has six regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide. Only sovereign states are eligible to join, and it is the largest intergovernmental health organization at the international level.

country descriptor for actor Daveigh Chase

The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean.

place Wout van Aert is from

Herentals is a municipality and city in the province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the city of Herentals proper and the towns of Morkhoven and Noorderwijk. In 2022, Herentals had a total population of 28,455. The total area is 48.56 km2 (18.75 sq mi). Saint Waltrude is the patron saint of the city.

cycling race won by Wout van Aert

Paris–Roubaix Juniors is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in northern France for junior cyclists ahead of the senior Paris–Roubaix classic race. It is organised by the Vélo-Club de Roubaix Lille Métropole, who organize the under-23s version, Paris–Roubaix Espoirs.

cycling category describing Visma-Lease a Bike

A UCI WorldTeam, previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the Union Cycliste Internationale's (UCI) men's cycling team of the highest category in professional road cycling—the UCI World Tour or UCI ProTour, respectively.

international critical-care guideline initiative publishing treatment recommendations

The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) is a global initiative to bring together professional organizations in reducing mortality from sepsis. The purpose of the SSC is to create an international collaborative effort to improve the treatment of sepsis and reduce the high mortality rate associated with the condition.

adopted Resolution WHA70.7 in 2017

The World Health Assembly (WHA) is the forum through which the World Health Organization (WHO) is governed by its 193 member states. It is the world's highest health policy setting body and is composed of health ministers from member states.

resolution on improving sepsis prevention, diagnosis and clinical management

published the modern Sepsis-3 definition in 2016

JAMA is a peer-reviewed medical journal published 48 times a year by the American Medical Association. It publishes original research, reviews, and editorials covering all aspects of biomedicine. The journal was established in 1883 with Nathan Smith Davis as the founding editor.

published a 2020 Global Burden of Disease analysis estimating sepsis cases and deaths

The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal, founded in England in 1823. It is one of the world's highest-impact academic journals and one of the oldest medical journals still in publication.