Almost all patients with a mysterious vaping-related lung disease have been hospitalized, with about half ending up in the intensive care unit, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said Friday.
Almost all patients with a mysterious vaping-related lung disease have been hospitalized, CDC says.
At least 26 people have died from the disease that first came to light in July and nearly 1,300 people have fallen ill so far, the CDC said, adding that the spread of the illness shows no signs of abating. U.S. health officials are tentatively calling it EVALI, short for e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury.
Doctors still don't know what's making people sick, and Schuchat said it may take several months to unravel the mystery. She said she thinks "there will be multiple causes and potentially more than one root cause. So I do think the phenomenon we're seeing is going to have an explanation, but it may not be tomorrow."
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