US health officials said on Thursday two more deaths occurred since last week from a mysterious respiratory illness tied to vaping, taking the total toll to 54. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also reported 97 more hospitalized cases from 50 states, the District of Columbia, and two …
Read More »US vaping death toll rises to 11, over 500 have fallen ill
A vaping-related illness has claimed two more lives in the US, bringing the total number of fatalities to 11. More than 500 people are known to have fallen ill with mysterious lung disease after smoking e-cigarettes in the US, but officials said hundreds of additional cases had been reported in …
Read More »Seventh death linked to mystery vaping illness.
A man from California is the seventh person to die from a suspected vaping-related illness in the US, reports say. The man, in his 40s, had been ill for a number of weeks before he succumbed to a “severe pulmonary injury associated with vaping”, according to Tulare Country public health …
Read More »Trump plans ban on sale of flavoured e-cigarettes.
US President Donald Trump has announced that his administration will ban flavoured e-cigarettes, after a spate of vaping-related deaths. Mr Trump told reporters vaping was a “new problem”, especially for children. US Health Secretary Alex Azar said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would finalise a plan to take all …
Read More »‘Zombie-like symptoms’: McAfee warns of chemical infection through CBD vapes.
John McAfee has suggested that the recent contamination of CBD vape products could be tied to a research chemical that supposedly causes “zombie-like symptoms.” The cybersecurity expert and US presidential candidate tweeted about a claim that people are testing “infection vectors for the release of a powerful Research Chemical that …
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