{"id":14879,"date":"2026-08-06T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14879"},"modified":"2026-08-06T12:00:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:00:37","slug":"weeks-into-explosive-diarrhea-outbreak-sluggish-cdc-plans-response-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=14879","title":{"rendered":"Weeks into explosive diarrhea outbreak, sluggish CDC plans response team"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Beth Mole
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\nAugust 5, 2026\n<\/div>\n\n

The Trump administration continues to respond sluggishly to the explosive, nationwide outbreak of Cyclospora<\/em>\u2014a unicellular parasite spread from human feces that has now sickened nearly 23,000 people in 47 states, killing two and sending over 500 to the hospital.<\/p>\n

Michigan health officials reported the two deaths<\/a> Monday, and The Washington Post first reported Tuesday that federal health officials have expanded a list of states with linked cases from nine to 15<\/a>. But those updates still have not appeared on public outbreak pages for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> or the Food and Drug Administration<\/a>, and Americans are struggling to understand the risk of eating fresh fruits and vegetables.<\/p>\n

In comments to Ars Technica on Monday, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees CDC and FDA, said the outbreak information will be updated sometime “this week.” Sources for The New York Times said that the CDC plans to set up a “formal response team<\/a>” for the outbreak sometime this week. Cases in the outbreak began in June.<\/p>\n

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Beth Mole • August 5, 2026 The Trump administration continues to respond sluggishly to the explosive, nationwide outbreak of Cyclospora\u2014a unicellular parasite spread from human feces that has now sickened nearly 23,000 people in 47 states, killing two and sending over 500 to the hospital. Michigan health officials reported the two deaths Monday, and The<\/p>\n

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