Gregory Rodriguez thought he had the flu when he went to the emergency room on Sept. 18, feeling feverish, nauseated and short of breath. He woke up four days later in a different hospital, with a tube down his throat connecting him to a ventilator, and two more tubes in his neck and groin, running… Read More: A Young Man Nearly Lost His Life to Vaping »
As illnesses and deaths linked to vaping continue to rise, health experts on Friday updated their advice to doctors on how best to recognize symptoms and treat patients, and warned that the start of the flu season would make it harder to arrive at the right diagnosis. “I can’t stress enough the seriousness of these… Read More: No Drop in Vaping Cases, C.D.C. Says »
BOSTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday denied an industry bid to put on hold Massachusetts’ four-month ban on the sale of vaping products, keeping intact the toughest prohibition yet in a rapidly developing response to e-cigarettes and their potential link to a lung disease. A demonstrator vapes during a protest at the Massachusetts… Read More: U.S. judge keeps intact Massachusetts’ toughest-in-nation vaping ban »
In this April 11, 2018, file photo, a high school student uses a vaping device near a school campus. AP Photo | Steven Senne The Food and Drug Administration has asked the Drug Enforcement Administration to assist in its investigation of a vaping illness that’s caused hundreds of people to fall ill in recent weeks,… Read More: FDA enlists DEA in vaping probe, will prosecute sales of… »