The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, meanwhile, added a banner notice on its outbreak update webpage saying that the agency was “aware” of the two cases. But its reporting data was not updated to include the two deaths as of this publication.

Michigan says residents can eat lettuce again after explosive diarrhea parasite sickened 12,000 - The disease spread from human feces is not usually life-threatening - but can lead to severe dehydrati

The U.S. is experiencing at least four ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreaks, federal health officials have reported.

In comments to Ars Technica on Monday, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees CDC and FDA, said the outbreak information will be updated sometime “this week.” Sources for The New York Times said that the CDC plans to set up a “formal response team” for the outbreak sometime this week.

California remains unaffected by the national outbreak of the foodborne stomach parasite that’s sickened tens of thousands — but cases have still risen sharply statewide. Why?

“So the bread has glass in it, the lettuce has diarrhea bacteria, the eggs have salmonella,” wrote one Facebook user, poking at recalls of Pillsbury bread rolls for possible glass contamination and iceberg lettuce for cyclospora contamination. “At this point, grocery shopping is just an overpriced episode of Fear Factor.”

(NEXSTAR) – Thousands of confirmed and probable cases of cyclosporiasis have been added to what is considered to be the largest outbreak of the “explosive” diarrhea-causing parasite in the U.S. Additional states have also reportedly been linked to ...

Another nasty foodborne illness is rapidly spreading across the country, sickening 345 people in 27 states so far — as the deadly explosive diarrhea-causing cyclosporiasis outbreak is still running rampant.