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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Aiza Moraña

Michigan's Cyclospora Surge Follows a Year of Cuts to US Parasitic Disease Programmes Under Musk and RFK Jr

A photo of Cyclosporiasis. (Credit: cdc.gov/Website)

Nearly 1,000 people in Michigan have been diagnosed with Cyclospora since late June, in what officials say is the largest parasitic outbreak in the state's history.

The surge comes after a year of cuts to US parasitic disease programmes, including the dissolution of the CDC's Division of Parasitic Diseases under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Elon Musk, which has shifted more responsibility on to local health authorities.

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