Gram-negative bacteria

Experts with the World Health Organization have issued a dire warning about our never-ending battle against dangerous bacteria: The pipeline of new antibiotics, particularly those that can handle drug-resistant bacteria, isrunning dry. Only around two dozen candidates meant to treat important infections are currently thought to be in clinical trials, with even fewer potential drugs that can reliably take on superbugs in development.Mental Health Apps Are a Privacy NightmareThe new WHO report was presented at a special…

Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock)The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported an outbreak of extensively drug-resistant bacteria linked to contaminated eye drop products. Over 50 cases have been found to date, with most patients having reportedly used EzriCare Artificial Tears, while the CDC has found the bacteria in opened bottles of the brand from two states. At least one person has died from the infection, while some have been hospitalized or permanently lost their vision.News of the outbreak emerged in…

Illustration: Kateryna Kon (Shutterstock)With California’s ongoing water crisis impacting every part of daily life, health officials in the state’s wine country are scrambling to contain an outbreak of a waterborne bacteria that can potentially cause fatal lung infections.One person died while another 11 got sick with Legionnaires’ disease in the city of Napa, California, due to the presence of the bacteria in a hotel’s cooling tower, city health officials said Wednesday in a release.The outbreak occurred at the Embassy…