CDC warns of dangerous uptick in infections from flesh-eating bacteria in three states — officials say the cause ‘is well-documented’

Rising temperatures have manifested in conspicuous manners along the East Coast, including storms and wildfires. But a new threat has been flying under the radar and is impossible to detect by the naked eye: flesh-eating bacteria. What’s happening? The CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published last February found that seven people from North Carolina … Read more

More Pegasus infections found among journalists, activists in Jordan

A coalition of digital rights groups on Thursday said they had identified 35 people in Jordan who had been targeted with the hacking tool Pegasus, including more than a dozen media workers and several human rights lawyers and activists. Access Now, a nonprofit organization that advocates for digital rights, and the other groups were called … Read more