The far-right Alternative for Germany party surged to a resounding victory in a regional election Sunday, but fell a little short of winning a majority in its quest to form the country’s first far-right state government since World War II. The party of Germany’s unpopular leader, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, slumped to a disastrous result in…
Two Michigan residents who had “significant underlying health conditions” have died after contracting cyclosporiasis, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said on Monday. State officials have been providing nearly daily updates over the past few weeks on the cyclospora outbreak, which has sickened thousands of people. Without going into further details, the health department…
A tiny microbe has been making a lot of Americans sick. Really sick. Just ask Jessica Mallard. “I wasn’t feeling well. The pain in my stomach was, like, unbearable,” she said. The parasite is called cyclospora, It gives you (and I’m sorry to have to say this) debilitating, explosive diarrhea that can last for weeks….
Foot traffic to popular food and restaurant chains has declined as the outbreak of cyclosporiasis, linked to lettuce from Mexico, grows in scope, and consumers take steps to avoid getting sick. Cases of illness connected to the cyclospora parasite expanded to four more states, bringing the total number of affected states to nine, the U.S. Department…
Produce giant Taylor Farms is under renewed scrutiny after it voluntarily recalled iceberg lettuce linked to the nation’s unusually large cyclosporiasis outbreak. Food safety experts say that while recalls are inevitable for a produce supplier the size of Taylor Farms, the current outbreak is unusual because of its scale and the number of people sickened….
