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Liz Szabo

Liz Szabo

Liz Szabo, a senior correspondent for KFF Health News, is an enterprise reporter who focuses on the quality of patient care and has covered medicine for two decades.

Doctors sound alarm about child nicotine poisoning as vapes flood the U.S. market

By: - September 6, 2023

This article was first published by KFF Health News  Hospital toxicologist Ryan Marino has seen up close the violent reactions of children poisoned by liquid nicotine from electronic cigarettes. One young boy who came to his emergency room experienced intense nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting, and needed intravenous fluids to treat his dehydration. Kids can also […]