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RFK Jr. says cyclosporiasis outbreak ‘under control’ despite cuts to FoodNet surveillance

21 July 2026 - Rena Rowe

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday that the nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak is under control, despite criticism over the Trump administration’s cuts to the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network. “We do have the outbreak under control,” Kennedy said. “We have done extensive epidemiological forensics, and we’ve identified the source of the […]

RFK Jr. pauses Medicaid reimbursement to Minnesota and California over fraud

21 July 2026 - Gabrielle M. Etzel

The Trump administration is pausing federal Medicaid funding for Minnesota and California after months of uncovering billions of dollars in alleged fraud. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the department is pausing roughly $867 million to California and over $200 million for Minnesota after the states did not provide requested […]

DOJ’s creative solution to transgender prison case would move male inmates into specialized unit

21 July 2026 - Mia Cathell

The Justice Department intends to move all of the biological male inmates currently housed at women’s prisons across the country into a specialized unit, resolving the men’s lawsuit claiming that they would be at a heightened risk of rape while imprisoned among other men. Government attorneys on behalf of the Federal Bureau of Prisons have […]

Bipartisan push mounts for hospital price transparency bills before August recess

20 July 2026 - Gabrielle M. Etzel

Both parties in Congress are working to advance legislation on hospital price transparency before the August recess period as healthcare affordability is set to play a major role in voters’ decisions in 2026 midterm elections. Committees in the House and Senate are each voting this week on bipartisan bills that would require hospitals to publicly […]

Jon Ossoff rips RFK Jr. for ‘foolish and self-indulgent demolition’ of cyclosporiasis tracking program

20 July 2026 - Claire Carter

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanding answers for the “foolish and self-indulgent demolition” of the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, as a cyclosporiasis outbreak spreads across 34 states. FoodNet had historically tracked Cyclospora cayetanensis, the parasite responsible for cyclosporiasis, as part of its […]

FDA back to square one on source of cyclosporiasis outbreak after Taylor Farms false positive

20 July 2026 - Claire Carter and Molly Parks

The investigation into the source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak is going back to the drawing board after the Food and Drug Administration said a sample of Taylor Farms shredded lettuce produced a false positive result. Taylor Farms, a California-based produce farm and supplier, announced a voluntary 27-state recall of its shredded iceberg lettuce on Friday […]

Taylor Farms issues 27-state recall for iceberg lettuce due to cyclosporiasis outbreak

18 July 2026 - Rena Rowe

Taylor Farms has issued a voluntary recall of its bagged shredded iceberg lettuce in 27 states after federal investigators linked the product to a multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened people across 34 states. The recall follows an investigation that identified Taylor Farms as the supplier of shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell restaurants […]

17 July 2026 - Tiana Lowe Doescher

Driving me back to the hospital in early May, my mother tried to distract me with stories of dead relatives from the old country of preindustrial Yugoslavia. I was five days out from an unplanned Cesarean section, slightly high on oxycodone, and distraught that I had been discharged from the hospital the day prior, on […]

Anti-abortion leaders push reluctant House Republicans to defund Planned Parenthood again

17 July 2026 - Mabinty Quarshie

On a sweltering Thursday morning, a group of anti-abortion leaders huddled close to the House side of the Capitol building. They had gathered outside to rally around defunding Planned Parenthood for a second time, as the organization had regained access to Medicaid reimbursements last week. Inside the Capitol at the same moment, the House Budget […]

Taco Bell’s lettuce supplier linked to nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak

17 July 2026 - Molly Parks

Lettuce supplied to Taco Bell restaurants by Taylor Farms has been linked to the cyclosporiasis outbreak affecting 34 states, according to multiple reports. Federal and Michigan officials had begun investigating the Mexican American-style fast-food chain earlier this week, the Washington Post reported, but reports of Taylor Farms’s implication in the outbreak first broke Thursday evening. […]

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16 July 2026

Source: Food and Drug Administration
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14 July 2026

Source: National Institutes of Health - From the National Institutes of Health
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