The Latest: CDC: Nearly 200 in 22 states sick after vaping

 

August 25, 2019



CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on a possible vaping-related illnesses around the U.S. (all times local):

3:15 p.m.

Health officials say the number of the number of severe breathing illnesses reported in people who vape has grown to nearly 200 in 22 states.

Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the new figures Friday and confirmed that an adult in Illinois is being counted as the first death in the investigation.

An Illinois official said the death was reported to the state Thursday but gave no other details.

All of the illnesses were in teens or adults who had used...



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