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Infectious disease specialists are unsure how long the current nationwide cyclospora outbreak will last since no specific origin has been found.
Cooking vegetables can help reduce the risk of exposure to a range of foodborne pathogens, including cyclospora.
Infectious disease outbreaks, such as measles, HIV, and mpox, expose critical vulnerabilities across public health systems.
The CDC says cyclospora season season starts May 1. Here's when it ends, the outbreak timeline so far, symptoms to know and how to stay safe.
The United States is going through the largest cyclosporiasis outbreak on record. Thousands of people, mostly in the Midwest, have fallen sick with stomach cramps and severe diarrhea. The authorities have linked the food-borne illnesses to lettuce grown in Mexico and served at some Taco Bell locations.
To get slightly ahead of the virus, health officials need to quickly identify people at risk of infection, a practice known as contact tracing. That's a challenge in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a salmonella outbreak in more than a dozen states. Worse, the outbreak appears to be linked to a strain of the bacterium that ...
More than half of U.S. states are grappling with an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused by a foodborne parasite, America's top health agency reported Tuesday.