The United States is currently in the midst of a national outbreak of “explosive diarrhea.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) previously tracked cyclosporiasis — the illness caused by the Cyclospora parasite — until July 2025, when the agency stopped monitoring it after federal funding cuts.
HuffPost reports that the CDC faced several funding reductions to federal health and scientific research as part of the Donald Trump administration’s efforts to improve what it described as government efficiency. At the same time, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has also been pushing policy shifts that have directly intersected with the country’s public health response.
