cyclosporiasis: "Map tracks spread of 'explosive' diarrhea outbreak. How to prevent infection"

[orleans]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2026/07/09/maps-explosive-diarrhea-outbreak-cyclosporiasis/90862952007/

Taco Bell is pulling these ingredients from menu items amid ‘explosive diarrhea’ parasite outbreak
The menu changes come as health officials investigate a cyclosporiasis outbreak
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/taco-bell-ingredients-explosive-diarrhea-cyclosporiasis-parasite-b3012044.html

Cyclospora, the ‘Explosive Diarrhea’ Parasite, Cases Reported in at Least 25 States: See the Map
https://www.today.com/health/disease/cyclospora-map-states-parasite-outbreak-diarrhea-2026-rcna385837

Dozens hospitalized with cyclosporiasis as cases of gastrointestinal illness spike in 31 states
As state health officials scramble to find the source of the foodborne parasite, the CDC said Friday it’s unclear whether the outbreaks across the country are connected.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cyclosporiasis-symptoms-cases-map-parasite-outbreak-states-causes-rcna353493

Why we don’t know what food is spreading the parasite sickening thousands
There’s a lag between when people consume the parasite and when symptoms appear, making it tough for those infected to remember what they ate to pinpoint the problem.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/07/10/why-we-dont-know-what-food-is-spreading-parasite-sickening-thousands/
archive link, no paywall: https://archive.is/8E2NF

damn!

[Skittles]

1. the browner the shade of the state, the deeper the shit

[Coventina]

2. This is what happens when you gut food safety programs

But MAGA is too stupid to understand cause and effect.

[Melon]

3. 1 in 110,000 chance of getting it.

Diarrhea treated with antibiotics.
That‘s 0.000909% chance of getting it.

I’ve got no gallbladder so diarrhea is a life risk I guess. Is this even worth worrying about? I’m reading these reports and I feel like we’ve gone from deadly diseases to a still very rare stomach disorder disease that’s easily treatable. Do I need to be concerned here?

[orleans]

4. i don't know if you need to be concerned or not. i really haven't been and then

i talked to my daughter this morning and she was concerned -- she's been reading about it and only wants to get fruit & veggies at a local farmer's place, etc.

and when she starts being concerned about something i tend to take notice b/c between the two of us she seems to be the more logical, practical, rational one.

so i've been looking at a tomato and nectarine on my counter today and wondering if i should just throw them out.

[Melon]

5. 3000 people out of 330,000,000: and it gives you the shits.

This is now posted daily when it it’s seems like nothing to me. Easily treated with antibiotics.

[yardwork]

7. It's not nothing.

It can cause severe diarrhea and dehydration, which can be life threatening. Unlike typical GI illnesses, this one can last for weeks.

I'm allergic to the sulfa drug used to treat it, so I'm keeping an eye on this outbreak.

I am going to be cautious about eating raw vegetables like salads in restaurants and I'll rinse raw fruits and veggies I eat at home.

It's never a good idea to swim in freshwater during the summer. Stay away from small lakes and warm rivers. That's where all kinds of bugs like to grow.

The numbers are likely higher than reported, but we don't know since RFK, Jr. gutted the CDC.

It's not nothing, but certainly not worth getting worried and upset about. Just use some caution.

[Torchlight]

6. About the same rate as severe polio in the 50s

[Raftergirl]

8. I get all my fruits and veggies at the local farmer's market or farm stand in the growing season months.

In the winter I pretty much stick to frozen veggies and apples from local orchard. They have a huge cold storage room.

I’ll be cooking most of the veggies I buy. I love roasted anything. Plus, a lot less chopping than making a salad.

[miyazaki]

9. Can put a real damper on vacation plans.

Best line of the article.

[Takket]

10. there is over 1000 cases in my area (metro detroit)

I'm off produce until it resolves. My wife just had made surgery related to her digestive system this year so needless to say we cannot risk getting anything like this. They said on the news it can be two weeks before symptoms present themselves though so I'm left feeling whatever "bad" food got out into the system has probably already been consumed and is out of the system, but I guess we'll have to see.

there is also little doubt that the gutting of CDC personnel who's job it was to stay on top of things like this is hampering the response. Shame on the media for not pointing this out.

[Takket]

11. Right on cue.... The proof that drumpf is to blame for this outbreak.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-stopped-monitoring-diarrhea-parasite_n_6a51348fe4b057296980d94b

The country is in the midst of a nationwide outbreak of explosive diarrhea caused by a parasite the CDC stopped surveilling at the federal level in July 2025.
That’s around the same time the Trump administration began haphazardly attacking and defunding federal health and science agencies under the guise of “government efficiency,” with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. separately also pushing out critical federal scientists and researchers.
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Prior to that date, a collaborative CDC program called FoodNet helped federal and state regulators track eight foodborne pathogens.
Among them was cyclospora, a heat-loving spherical parasite that’s sickened 1,000 people in an ongoing outbreak in Michigan (the state’s worst), with similar illnesses cropping up in 28 other states.