{"id":926871,"date":"2026-07-11T02:39:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T02:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/926871\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T02:39:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T02:39:21","slug":"cyclosporiasis-causing-severe-diarrhea-hammers-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/926871\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclosporiasis, causing severe diarrhea, hammers New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of cases of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/cyclosporiasis\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">cyclosporiasis<\/a> \u2014 which causes <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/what-to-know-about-cyclospora-the-parasite-linked-to-severe-diarrhea-9a8733a3427b4db397ef0b30139c3ef2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">severe diarrhea<\/a> \u2014 have recently been documented in the New York area.<\/p>\n<p>The Centers for Disease Control <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/cyclosporiasis\/php\/surveillance\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">said Friday<\/a> that as many as 160 New Yorkers are ailing from the infection in the city and beyond. Nearly<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/health\/nearly-400-cases-of-diarrhea-causing-cyclosporiasis-parasitic-infection-found-in-ny\/6523921\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> 400 cases<\/a> have been reported since May with roughly two-thirds of those affecting the five boroughs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince May 1, 2026, CDC has received reports of 843 confirmed domestic cases of cyclosporiasis and is aware of more than 1,500 cases that require further analysis to confirm the illness as domestically acquired cyclosporiasis,\u201d health officials said.<\/p>\n<p>More than 30 states recorded claims of illness. The CDC said it saw an increase in cases over the past couple of weeks compared to the same period in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 1,000 people in Michigan were recently diagnosed with a parasitic infection causing watery diarrhea. That unprecedented state problem contributed to one of the largest national outbreak in years. It\u2019s likely many cases went unreported nationally.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"This undated photo taken through a microscope provided by the CDC shows Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a fresh stool sample which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin. (CDC via AP)\" width=\"1200\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26189642009611.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"9140890\" \/>This undated photo taken through a microscope provided by the CDC shows Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a fresh stool sample which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin. (CDC via AP)<\/p>\n<p>The New York State Department of Health describes cyclosporiasis as a microscopic parasite that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/diseases\/communicable\/cyclosporiasis\/fact_sheet.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">can affect the intestinal tract and cause diarrhea<\/a>\u201d for\u00a0 people who become infected by consuming contaminated food or water.<\/p>\n<p>Infection is unlikely to be spread directly between individuals. U.S. outbreaks have historically been linked to imported fresh produce including cilantro, salad mix, basil, snow peas and raspberries. A specific cause for <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/health\/2026\/07\/10\/cyclosporiasis-cases-rising-in-nyc-health-officials-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the ongoing outbreak<\/a> hasn\u2019t been identified.<\/p>\n<p>Cyclosporiasis is known morso to be uncomfortable than deadly. It\u2019s treated with antibiotics. Thoroughly washing, peeling or cooking foods that could store contaminants is recommended to avoid illness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With News Wire Services<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of cases of cyclosporiasis \u2014 which causes severe diarrhea \u2014 have recently been documented in the New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":926872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,16460,365952,138198,4451,48108,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,76994,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-926871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-cdc","tag-cyclosporiasis","tag-diarrhea","tag-illness","tag-infection","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-parasite","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116899033019259401","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/926872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}