A vicious organism so “armed to the teeth” it can dodge most drugs thrown at it and a fungus with a kill rate of up to 60 percent lead a new list of pathogens federal health officials say pose the greatest threats to Canadians.

The updated list of “high impact” superbugs making people sick, sometimes fatally sick, includes a family of bacteria that cause E. Coli and Salmonella, as well as extremely drug-resistant gonorrhea.

All in, 29 pathogens made the watchlist, whittled down from 68 initially flagged by Public Health Agency of Canada expert working and advisory groups.

Those selected were scored and ranked based on their treatability (or lack thereof), transmission, case fatality ratio — the proportion of confirmed cases that are fatal — and the impact on marginalized groups like Ind

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