Trump's CDC Stopped Monitoring Explosive Diarrhea Parasite Before Outbreak

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Source: Newsweek

Published Jul 10, 2026 at 08:17 AM EDT updated Jul 10, 2026 at 09:40 AM EDT



The Trump administration’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scaled back a federal-state partnership that monitors foodborne illnesses, including cyclospora, a year before several states began reporting an outbreak of cyclospora infection, a foodborne illness that can cause "explosive" diarrhea.

In July of 2025, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, known as FoodNet, reduced a program that tracked food poisoning infections. The required monitoring was cut down to two pathogens, down from eight. The program had been in place for three decades.

As of July 2026, cases of cyclosporiasis have surged across the country, with an abnormally large outbreak of 700 cases having been reported in Michigan, and cases having been recorded across 17 states. Newsweek has contacted the CDC and the FDA for comment via email.

FoodNet Scales Back Foodborne Illness Surveillance

FoodNet was established in July of 1995, and it is a collaborative program amongst the CDC, 10 state health departments, and the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-cdc-food-net-monitoring-parasite-cyclospora-12180951

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[Ocelot II]

1. Please, Karma, do your thing. How about a bit of cyclospora sneaking into the WH dining room?

Explosive diarrhea all around....

[FarPoint]

2. I was thinking about that possibility .

I am in Ohio where there is a surge of those infected . .I am surprised they have not yet identified who is selling the infected produce and track the origin....*m sure the data is there ..track location, those infected and where they shop...what did they buy?.. This us not rocket since Since we do not have information...I assumed the tRump gand killed the tracking....

[LiberalArkie]

3. Well if there are no CDC reports of it, then it never happened did it? Just "fake News" right?

[11 Bravo]

4. Donnie figures that if everyone is shitting themselves uncontrollably, he won't stand out quite so much.

[Sancho]

5. Dr. T says "just inject some bleach"!

[mdbl]

6. Explosive diarrhea comes out of every mouth of the Dump administration

and his lying sycophants in congress.

[LilElf70]

7. His admin is apparantly trying to kill us

Why would he(they) do this? Their ability to manage a budget is absolutely horrendous. No priorities. No guidance. NOTHING!!! WTF can be more important than taking care of our citizens?

[JoseBalow]

8. What a perfect metaphor for the drumpf administration

"Explosive Diarrhea" should be his Secret Service code name.

[BurnDoubt]

9. Irony is a cruel mistress.

This is where the shit gets REAL!

[PurgedVoter]

10. If you want explosive diarrhea vote republican!

They came for the racism, they stayed for the diarrhea.
Yes, you get all that and screw worms!!