Officials still don’t know what’s making people sick.
52% in the past week, according to the Centers for Disease Control , but no vaping product or chemical has yet been pinpointed as the cause.Florida, Georgia and Mississippi reported their first vaping-related deaths this week.
The total number of cases is 805, a 52% increase from last week’s 530 reported cases. It is unclear when symptoms began in the new cases, as the CDC has not made that information available. Federal officials are working to determine what’s causing the illness. The CDC has mobilized an emergency response, while the Food and Drug Administration has opened a criminal investigation into the supply chain used by vaping companies.
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