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Cyclospora Outbreak Hits 28 States After CDC Surveillance Cut

7/11/2026

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The United States faces a cyclospora outbreak after CDC stopped surveillance in July 2025.
The Trump administration’s July 2025 defunding health agencies and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s removal of scientists cut FoodNet to Salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, which Professor Craig Hedberg says normalizes the view that surveillance is costly.
Cyclospora has sickened 1,000 people in Michigan and spread to 28 states, with Colorado reporting an outbreak after cutting surveillance.

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The United States faces a cyclospora outbreak after CDC stopped surveillance in July 2025.
The Trump administration’s July 2025 defunding health agencies and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s removal of scientists cut FoodNet to Salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, which Professor Craig Hedberg says normalizes the view that surveillance is costly.
Cyclospora has sickened 1,000 people in Michigan and spread to 28 states, with Colorado reporting an outbreak after cutting surveillance.