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Confirmed in this date on this map that are listed in red. doctors say some patients needed breathing machines. antibiotics didnt work. its not clear whether steroids help. health officials say they are not completely sure whats causing it. some say it could be due to a chemical found in thc, the compound in marijuana that gets people high. doctors say they are also seen cases related to nicotine vape. the feds have said that people should stop vaping for now while they investigate. health offic...

Cnn. elizabeth, are health officials any closer to figuring out what is causing these folks to be so sick? >> you know what, brooke? theyre not exactly sure and that sort of gets to the bakes of this issue. so many chemicals in e-cigarettes, put on the market, critics say, without fully tested. were not really sure whats in there. and that really is part of the problem. in addition, you have cigarette -- vaping cigarettes that have gone on the market, really on the black market and were really n...

Up in the hospital, stop vaping black market thc oils immediately. the cdc says just stop until they complete their investigation. dr. janet is here. shes treated teens in emergency rooms because of this. tell me what your experience has been with these teens. >> shep, what im seeing is i have patients, young patients, coming in with severe chest pain, shortness of breath, coughing. ive had a patient coughing so hard his lung collapsed. we put him in the hospital. ive had young, young adults com...

This after the taliban claimed responsibility for car bombing that killed a u.s. soldier in 10 people in their stay. the camp david meeting which was unknown until the present revealed in a series of tweets has been scheduled for sunday. sinclair if or when if the meetings will resume but health officials are warning people not to use e-cigarettes or any other vaping products after five deaths from a severe lung disease associated with nicotine or cannabis vaporizers. therefore in 50 cases of lu...

In the state of new york theyve been zeroing in on vitamin e acetate. vitamin e. something taken by the mouth as a supplement. usually fine. people rub it on their skin, usually fine. but if you vaporize it, turn it into these other compounds, absorb it into your lungs and then the compounds recongeal back into oil, could that be causing a problem? they dont know for sure but thats what investigators are starting to focus on. so far, the substance, vitamin e substance is only found in thc, and n...

And they said even e-cigarette use? and she said yes. she was very honest with me. when she got in the car, she said mom, ive been vaping, but i quit a week ago because my chest started to hurt. so the admitting doctor at the hospital was the one who kind of started to put and two together and said were kind of right in the middle of this outbreak of case, and he said this sounds a little bit like what im hearing come out of the midwest, which is where we were coming from. she just declined. she...

Started to put and two together and said were kind of right in the middle of this outbreak of cases and this sounds like what im hearing coming out of the midwest, and it just -- she just declined. she went up to 35 liters of oxygen. her cat scans showed she had a disfuse -- >> did they say what caused it? weve been reading reports about some vitamin e oil thats in some of the -- some of the vapes that have thc in them snnchts they asked her and she was very honest. she said she had vaped both v...

Getting ahold of these products. they can buy them off the streets. they are counterfeit, bootleg marijuana, mixed with other chemicals. weve seen vitamin e has been linked as one of the chemicals that might be causing harmful effects in the lungs. its not just one substance. it could be a mixture. it could be a compound of mixtures of the marijuana, of the vitamin e, of the prop lien gliglycol. it can cause severe lung damage. >damage.eric: juul is not hereo defend themselves. there is a warnin...

Called vitamin e acetate. you dont need to remember the name as much this is nutritional supplement vitamin e, something people take by mouth, can even rub on their skin. what investigators are concerned about is this appears to have shown up in many of the products tested so far. and when you vape it, vaporize it, inhale it into the lungs the concern is its almost like a grease-like substance, it sort of liquefies and maybe solidifies once again in the lungs. its quite an image to sort of think...

This and found that 89% of the people who got sick were using illegal marijuana laden products. in new york theyre studying that and found it is laced with vitamin e in the marijuana products. vitamin e, though it is good for the lungs is toxic to the lungs if you inhale it. thc or marijuana laden products being vaped, home brews or illegally is part of the problem. >> julie: why the additive of the vitamin e? whats the purpose? >> the answer is in order to get this stuff so that you can vape it...