Notes from the Field: Methylmercury Toxicity from a Skin Lightening Cream Obtained from Mexico - California, 2019

Published on December 19, 2019

This report describes a case of methylmercury poisoning in in a Mexican-American woman, aged 47 years, in Sacramento, California.

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Patient Characteristics and Product Use Behaviors Among Persons with E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injury --- Indiana, June--October 2019

December 12, 2019
This report describes the number of United States persons who have been hospitalized with cases of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury as of December 2019.

EARLY RELEASE: Update: Interim Guidance for Health Care Professionals Evaluating and Caring for Patients with Suspected E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injury Injury and for Reducing the Risk for Rehospitalization and Death Followin...

December 20, 2019
This report provides updated clinical guidance from CDC for health care professionals treating patients with e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury.