Contaminated Eyedrops Blamed for Deaths and Vision Loss

At least 68 people across the US have been infected by contaminated eyedrops, killing three, blinding eight, and leaving four others needing an eyeball surgically removed. The over-the-counter drops by EzriCare and Delsam Phama, first recalled in February, have now been linked to cases in 16 states across the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. The drops are blamed for a strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa that “had never been reported in the United States prior to this outbreak,” the CDC said. Florida grandmother Clara Oliva is suing EzriCare for leaving her “horribly injured and now legally blind.”