Two new vaping-related deaths reported in Florida and Georgia.
The Food and Drug Administration should have acted sooner to curb the surge in youth vaping, the acting head of the agency, Dr. Ned Sharpless, told a House subcommittee Wednesday in his first appearance before Congress since news of severe lung illnesses linked to vaping began to circulate this summer.
State health departments in nearly every state tell NBC News that they are actively investigating more than 1,000 cases of the illnesses. That's higher than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's official case count,Eleven people have died: Two in California, two in Kansas, plus deaths in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri and Oregon. Georgia confirmed its first death Wednesday, and Florida confirmed a death Tuesday.
But there's no evidence that one ingredient can explain all of the lung illnesses. Health investigators say it's likely there are multiple causes. "There may be a particular problematic source in California, and something different going on on the East Coast," said Dr. Anne Schuchat, the CDC's principal deputy director. Schuchat also testified before the subcommittee Wednesday."The data are coming in as we speak," Schuchat said."I’m extremely frustrated with the pace of our investigation."
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