For the first time ever, the World Health Organization has drawn up a list of the highest priority needs for new antibiotics — marching orders, it hopes, for the pharmaceutical industry.
The list, which was released Monday, enumerates 12 bacterial threats, grouping them into three categories: critical, high, and medium.
Image: JANICE HANEY CARR/CDC - Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one bacterium on the WHO's list of highest priority needs for new antibiotics.
