Just like last summer, illnesses involving prolonged watery diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms caused by the parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis are spreading across the country from Texas. Public health officials suspect
Public health officials in Tarrant County, Texas, which includes the Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington areas, are investigating a sudden surge in Cyclosporiasis, an intestinal infection caused by a parasite that
In a Monday update on the nationwide Cyclospora outbreak from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the agency stated that not all of the more than
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported seven more Cyclospora infections on Tuesday, boosting its outbreak total to 598. The number of affected states rose to
In the 52 days since the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta first announced an outbreak of the single-celled parasite known as Cyclospora cayetanesis, here’s
As of Monday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been notified of 548 cases of Cyclospora infection from the following 19 states: Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida,
The nation’s Cyclospora outbreak peaked some time ago, but it keeps producing cases on its current plateau. The latest count is up to at least 535 cases in 18
Cyclosporine parasites continued to find Homo sapiens as hosts in at least seven states as the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta again marked the progress
Once again, as Dr. Doug Powell would say, the leafy green cone of silence descends.
As best as I can tell, here are public health’s arguments for disclosure and
Five years after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) legally, but mistakenly, warned people in Texas and New Mexico that tomatoes were likely responsible for a multistate outbreak
At least 418 people in 16 states are now known to have been sickened with cyclospora infections between mid-June and mid-July, according to updated numbers from state health departments as
At least 378 people in 16 states were sickened in a noted uptick in cyclospora infections between early June and early July, according to the latest numbers from the U.