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U.S. health officials are reporting another death and several more cases of vision loss linked to eyedrops tainted with a drug-resistant bacteria NEW YORK -- U.S. Health officials reported another death and several more cases of vision loss from illnesses linked to eye drops tainted with a drug-resistant bacteria. The bacteria has infected 81 people, including four who died and 14 who lost vision , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. That’s up from three death s and eight cases of vision loss reported in March. The CDC also said four people have undergone surgery to remove an eyeball due to the infections. The outbreak is considered particularly worrisome because the bacteria driving it — Pseudomonas aeruginosa — is resistant to standard antibiotics. Investigators say most of the patients had used certain brands of eyedrops, and products from EzriCare and Delsam Pharma were recalled in February. At least seven patients were diagnosed after the recall. A...

The Food and Drug Administration says it found a host of problems at an Indian manufacturing plant recently linked to contaminated eyedrops WASHINGTON -- The manufacturer of eye drops recently linked to deaths and injuries lacked measures to assure sterility at its factory in India, according to U.S. Health inspectors. Food and Drug Administration officials uncovered about a dozen problems with how Global Pharma Health care made and tested its eye drops during an inspection from late February through early March. The FDA released its preliminary inspection report Monday. The company uses procedures that can’t actually ensure its products are sterile, FDA staff wrote. In particular, the inspectors found that the plant had used “a deficient manufacturing process” between December 2020 and April 2022 for products that were later shipped to the U.S. The plant in India's southern Tamil Nadu state produced eyedrops that have been linked to 68 bacterial infections in the U.S., includi...