In a moment that closes one chapter while leaving another unwritten, the CDC has formally declared an end to the largest cyclospora outbreak in American history — a parasitic illness tied to iceberg lettuce that swept through tens of thousands of lives across the country. The declaration signals that new cases have ceased, yet the origin of the contamination remains undiscovered, a silence that speaks to the quiet fragility woven into the systems that carry food from field to table. What is resolved in the public health ledger is not yet resolved in the deeper question of how such a thing was
CDC declares record cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce officially over
Tens of thousands of people were sickened by cyclospora parasitic infection causing severe gastrointestinal illness.
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