End Of Life Care

Ex-Surgeon General Murthy to Headline End Well 2026 Summit in LA

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Ex-Surgeon General Murthy to Headline End Well 2026 Summit in LA

Los Angeles – October 13, 2026 -- Dr. Vivek Murthy, the 19th and 21st Surgeon General of the United States, will headline the End Well 2026 Summit on November 12 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles and online, the nonprofit announced. Murthy, founder of The Together Project, will speak with CBS News National Correspondent Jamie Yuccas about loneliness and human connection during serious illness, caregiving, dying and grief.

CBO projects US deaths will exceed births from 2030

The announcement follows a Congressional Budget Office projection that annual deaths in the United States will exceed births beginning in 2030. The Summit's theme, "When Does Now Begin?", frames a day of talks and workshops on the choices people make, and the systems they encounter, before and during a crisis. End Well expects hundreds of attendees in person and thousands online.