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Transcript of CDC Telebriefing: Update on Lung Injury Associated with E-cigarette Product Use, or Vaping
Operator: Welcome and thank you all for standing by. All participants will be on the listen-only mode until the question and answer session of today’s call. At that time you…
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Statement from CDC Director Robert R. Redfield, M.D., on lung injury and deaths associated with e-cigarette or vaping products
Today CDC announced that 530 people have experienced lung injuries associated with the use of e-cigarette or vaping products. CDC has received complete sex and age data on 373 cases.…
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CDC Telebriefing: Update on Lung Injury Associated with E-cigarette Product Use, or Vaping
What: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and state partners will give updates on the investigation into cases of lung injury associated…
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CDC Director Robert R. Redfield, M.D., travels to Tanzania
CDC Director Robert Redfield, M.D., will travel to Tanzania today, at the request of HHS Secretary Alex Azar following their recent travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda,…
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CDC’s NIOSH Debuts Small Business Traveler Safety Web Page
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has unveiled a new web page that provides valuable information and tools for small business…
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Investigation of Lung Injury Associated with E-cigarette Product Use, or Vaping
Today the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to enhance the inter-agency response to the current investigation into cases of lung…
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New CDC Obesity Prevalence Maps: Nine states report adult obesity at or above 35 percent
In 2018, nine states reported an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35 percent: Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, and West Virginia. This comes from the…
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Statement from CDC Director Robert R. Redfield, M.D., on FDA plan to remove non-tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes from market
CDC strongly supports FDA’s announcement today that it intends to finalize an enforcement policy that will clear non-tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes from the market. This is an important step in response to…
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Transcript of September 6, 2019, Telebriefing: Investigation of Pulmonary Disease Among People Who Use E-cigarettes
Operator: Welcome, and thank you for standing by. All participants are in listen-only mode until the question-and-answer session. At that time, please press star-one. Please unmute your phone and record…
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Initial State Findings Point to Clinical Similarities in Illnesses Among People Who Use E-cigarettes or “Vape”
Initial findings from the investigation into serious lung illnesses associated with e-cigarette products point to clinical similarities among those affected. Patients report similar exposures, symptoms and clinical findings and these…