Drug-Resistant Infections in Hospitals Soared During the Pandemic, C.D.C. Says

The spread of drug-resistant infections surged during the coronavirus pandemic, killing nearly 30,000 people in 2020 and upending much of the recent progress made in containing the spread of so-called superbugs, according to an analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Deaths caused by infections impervious to antibiotics and antifungal medications rose 15…

In a Post-Roe World, the Future of Digital Privacy Looks Even Grimmer

Some location data analytics companies, including Foursquare, recently announced that they were restricting the use, sharing and sale of data on consumers’ visits to sensitive locations like reproductive health clinics. But law enforcement agencies with warrants may still obtain such location records. The phone carriers that operate the backbone of the wireless internet for smartphones…