LiveHealth+: 🇺🇸 North America: CDC Cyclospora Outbreak Grows as Experts Point…

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🇺🇸 North America: CDC Cyclospora Outbreak Grows as Experts Point to Surveillance Gaps The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated tracking on a multistate Cyclospora cayetanensis outbreak, with over 843 laboratory-confirmed domestic cases across 31 states and state-level estimates exceeding 1,500. CDC Public Health Vulnerability: Environmental health experts highlighted that recent federal rollbacks and scaling back of the CDC's FoodNet tracking network have delayed supply-chain traceback, making source identification for contaminated raw produce significantly harder. WUSF Climate Signal: Epidemiologists warned that rising seasonal temperatures across North America could eventually allow Cyclospora to establish persistent reservoirs in domestic agricultural soil. WUSF Source: CDC Food Safety Office / USF College of Public Health