Infections — both viral and bacterial — are common, especially in your eyes. Iowa Eye Center's Dr. Brian Privett has a few tips to spot, treat and keep eye infections at bay.

When former Spice Girl Mel B revealed that she was temporarily blinded in one eye due to a herpes-related complication, it ...

Autofluorescence (AF) imaging, where a handheld device “lights up” bacteria previously invisible to the human eye, uses violet light to illuminate molecules in the cell walls of any bacteria.

Brassica Pharma, the manufacturer of the ointments, warned of a potential risk for eye infection and other harms if these products are used, though it noted it hasn’t received any reports of ...

For dry eye, Refresh and Systane are the leading brands. For eye redness, Lumify by Bausch & Lomb, is a brimonidine-based product that comes from a well-known brand with no known manufacturing issues.

Endophthalmitis results in severe vision loss (less than 20/200) in at least 20% of affected eyes. 3,30 The infection may be exogenous, developing after eye surgery, intravitreal injections ...