CDC

The CDC is confident most recent lung illnesses related to e-cigarette use are linked with illicit THC vape liquid mixed with an additive known as vitamin E acetate

Health & Wellbeing

Vaping injury cases decline, CDC concludes vitamin E oil main culprit

After months of concern, the CDC has revealed it's confident in claiming the “vast majority” of recent lung injury cases related to e-cigarette use can be linked to illicit THC vape liquids containing vitamin E acetate.

Vitamin E acetate is a promising candidate to explain for the current vaping crisis

Health & Wellbeing

CDC uncovers potential smoking gun behind vaping crisis

While cautioning that further research is needed to establish a causal link, the CDC has identified vitamin E acetate as the prime suspect responsible for e-cigarette and vaping product associated lung injury (EVALI).

The CDC reports 33 confirmed deaths connected to e-cigarette lung injury

Health & Wellbeing

Vaping crisis nears 1,500 cases, Juul pulls some e-cig flavors

A new update on the ongoing vaping crisis has revealed nearly 1,500 lung injury cases have been identified, with 33 confirmed deaths. Alongside this news, Juul announced it is suspending sales of four popular e-cigarette flavors pending FDA review.

An individual has died after a recent hospitalization associated with severe lung disease thought to be connected to e-cigarette use

Medical

First death in US tied to e-cigarette use

The death is being linked to e-cigarette use, with the CDC now reporting 200 vaping-related cases of lung disease across the US.

New research has revealed systemic vascular changes immediately after nicotine-free e-cigarette use by healthy non-smokers

Medical

Study finds nicotine-free e-cigs can damage blood vessels

New research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has shown nicotine-free e-cigarette vapor can have an immediate harmful effect on the body's vascular function.

While the incidence of antibiotic-resistant MRSA bacteria, seen here, is down, the news isn't so good with other bugs

Biology

Our last line of defense against antibiotic-resistant bacteria is beginning to fail, says ECDC

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has just reported on how well the EU is doing in the battle to keep deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria at bay. And the news isn't great.

Xenex's robots us UV radiation to kill Ebola viruses

Robotics

Xenex updates protocols for germ-zapping robots in response to Ebola threat

Xenex has created protocols that conform to those of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for its a line of robots that use UV lamps that to decontaminate hospital rooms and protective clothing exposed to the Ebola virus.