Officials widen lettuce-linked cyclospora outbreak probe to 20 states

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White House Headlines - August 28, 2026

White House Headlines - August 28, 2026

Cases of a parasitic illness linked to iceberg lettuce have been confirmed in 20 states, health officials said, as the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history keeps growing. 

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that cyclosporiasis cases have been identified in three additional states: Georgia, Tennessee and Texas. 

The total number of people sickened by the parasite is now 11,458, up from about 10,900 reported last week.  

Epidemiologic data has confirmed........

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