Health

Vaping lung death toll hits 26 as CDC investigation continues

Nearly 1,300 lung injury cases reported

By Mary Beth Griggs October 10

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Vaping health crisis: the latest on lung injuries, exploding e-cigs, and seizures

By Verge Staff October 10

Everything you ever wanted to know about the vaping health crisis

By Mary Beth Griggs October 8

Don’t use THC vapes, FDA says, as lung injury death toll increases

By Nick Statt October 4

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Juul halts advertising in United States, replaces CEO

By Mary Beth Griggs September 25

Amazon is now offering virtual health care to its employees

By Mary Beth Griggs September 24

Juul is under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors

By Makena Kelly September 23

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Walmart says it will stop selling e-cigarettes

By Adi Robertson September 20

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Banning flavored vapes won’t stop deadly lung disease

By Nicole Wetsman September 19

CBS, Viacom, and WarnerMedia ban e-cigarette advertisements amid vaping health crisis

By Nick Statt September 18

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India bans e-cigarette sales and says there’s an ‘epidemic’ of kids vaping

By Adi Robertson September 18

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CNN will stop running Juul and other e-cigarette ads after vaping deaths

By Adi Robertson September 13

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Google’s new addiction recovery website is more useful than a Google search

By Dieter Bohn September 12

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People are throwing their Juuls out windows and drenching them in water just to quit

By Ashley Carman September 11

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Trump calls on FDA to ban all flavored vapes after mystery lung illness

By Makena Kelly September 11

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Dangerous results from unproven stem cell treatments led to Google ad ban

By Max Levy September 11

Chemical contaminant identified as ‘key focus’ of investigation into vaping illness

By Justine Calma September 5

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Michigan becomes the first state to ban flavored e-cigarettes

By Mary Beth Griggs September 4

Possible Juul link to seizures kicks off FDA investigation

By Mary Beth Griggs August 29

The FTC is reportedly investigating Juul Labs over its marketing practices

By Ashley Carman August 29

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Samsung apologizes for asking women’s sex toy company to hide product at women in tech event

By Jacob Kastrenakes August 28

Pinterest will now surface reliable, science-based information when people search for vaccine-related terms

By Ashley Carman August 28

First vaper reported dead after mysterious lung disease

By Justine Calma August 23

More than 100 vapers have contracted a severe lung disease, per CDC

By Ashley Carman August 22

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Juul launches a Bluetooth e-cigarette that tracks how much you vape

By Jacob Kastrenakes and Natt Garun August 6

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A sleep expert talks insomnia, dreams, and the neuroscience of slumber

By Mary Beth Griggs July 23

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Elon Musk unveils Neuralink’s plans for brain-reading ‘threads’ and a robot to insert them

Not for humans yet

By Elizabeth Lopatto July 16

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If you bought influencer bathwater, could you test it for DNA?

By Mary Beth Griggs July 12

Amazon’s Alexa will deliver NHS medical advice in the UK

By James Vincent July 10

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These superbug-fighting viruses are making a comeback

By B David Zarley July 5

Watch fireworks obliterate mannequins on the National Mall in wild safety demonstration

By Mary Beth Griggs July 4

Data from health apps offers opportunities and obstacles to researchers

By Nicole Wetsman July 3