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OSF HealthCare: Illinois Vaping-Related Death Puts Health Professionals on High Alert
August 30, 2019
ALTON, Illinois, Aug. 30 -- OSF HealthCare issued the following news:

The first known death from a vaping-related lung illness occurred in Illinois and now public health officials are trying a coordinated approach in gathering information about this mysterious illness.

Earlier this month, the CDC urged doctors to ask about e-cigarette use when they talk to patients with an unclear respiratory or pulmonary illness and to report cases involving a vaping patient to state o . . .

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