ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: * * * Report finds the emergence of COVID-19 significantly changed the epidemiology of sepsis * * * The number of sepsis-related inpatient stays at non-federal acute care hospitals in the United States increased from 1.8 million in 2016 to 2.5 million in 2021, with a faster rate of increase following the em  more