Vaping: What the Hell is Going On?!

Oct 25, 2019 · 35m

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On this episode

WZWendy ZukermanHost
GSGeri SullivanGuest
IJIlona JaspersGuest
IAIniobong AfiaGuest
DHDr. Jamie Hartmann-BoyceGuest
LALouella AmosGuest

About this episode

Vaping is all the rage in the U.S., but young people are turning up at hospitals barely able to breathe. Over a thousand vapers have gotten sick⁠—34 are dead⁠—and no one knows why. We investigated the case of the mysterious vaping disease with help from Geri Sullivan, pulmonologist Dr. Louella Amos, lab director Iniobong Afia, inhalation toxicologist Prof. Ilona Jaspers and researcher Dr. Jamie Hartmann-Boyce. Check out the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/33VzzRi Selected references: CDC Outbreak Page: http://bit.ly/2PheKvO Case reports from 53 vaping patients who got sick over the summer: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1911614 “Chemical burn” analysis of patients’ lungs:…