Vaping lung injuries top 1,000 cases as deaths rise to 18
Hundreds more Americans have been sickened by a mysterious vaping-related lung disease, and the death toll has risen to 18, according to federal health data released Thursday.
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Most vaping-related lung injuries linked to marijuana products, CDC says
State health officials said Friday that many patients sickened with mysterious lung injuries used black market marijuana vaping devices, offering the strongest clues so far into what might be making...
Contaminant found in vaping products linked to deadly lung illnesses, tests show
WASHINGTON - State and federal health officials investigating mysterious lung illnesses linked to vaping have found the same chemical in samples of marijuana products used by people sickened in different...
Deadly fungal disease may be linked to climate change, study suggests
Three years ago, U.S. health officials warned hundreds of thousands of clinicians in hospitals around the country to be on the lookout for a new, quickly spreading and highly drug-resistant...
Salmonella contamination in turkey is widespread and unidentified
Thanksgiving is less than a week away, and federal health officials are still trying to identify the source of a salmonella illness outbreak linked to raw turkey products that has...
E. coli-tainted romaine outbreak spreads to 29 states, sickens 149 people
The nationwide food poisoning outbreak from E. coli-tainted romaine lettuce has spread to 29 states and sickened 149 people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.
22 states now affected by dangerous outbreak of E. coli illness from romaine lettuce
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday that 14 more people have become sickened by the E. coli outbreak involving romaine lettuce, bringing the total to 98 people...
Dangerous E. coli outbreak from romaine lettuce expands to 19 states, including Colorado
An additional 31 people have fallen ill from E. coli-contaminated romaine lettuce, bringing the tally to 84 cases across 19 states from an outbreak whose source is still under investigation.
CDC expands E. coli outbreak warning to include all romaine lettuce from southwest Arizona
Public health officials are now telling consumers to avoid all types of romaine lettuce from southwest Arizona because of an E. coli outbreak linked to the vegetable that has spread...
An Oregon woman thought the weird sensation was a stray eyelash. It was eye worms.
Abby Beckley thought her left eye was irritated because of a stray eyelash. She rubbed her eye, flushed it with water, but when the discomfort remained, she peered into the...