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Disease Outbreaks
89 published works
Marler Blog
Federal Cuts and the 2026 Cyclospora Outbreak: The Case for Public Health Capacity Is Strong, and Five Numbers in It Still Need Answers
By Bill Marler
On September 9, 2026, the Partnership for Public Service, a nonpartisan good-government group, published a brief arguing that federal workforce and funding cuts have diminished the country’s public health capacity. It used…
Food Poison Journal
CDC Now Counts 19,595 Confirmed Cyclospora Illnesses and 1,043 Hospitalizations, and 8,137 of Those Illnesses Are Attributed to Nothing at All.
By Bill Marler
CDC updated its Cyclospora case-data page today, September 8, 2026. It now reports 19,595 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis acquired in this country since May 1, 1,043 hospitalizations, two deaths and cases in…
Food Poison Journal
CDC Is Ending Weekly Updates on the Cyclospora Outbreak. Indiana Stopped Counting Wednesday. Only Thirteen of the Forty-One Counting States Still Maintain a Page.
By Bill Marler
Yesterday I wrote that CDC’s Thursday numbers had not landed and said to watch the investigation page that evening. They did not land. Something else did. CDC’s outbreak investigation page now carries…
Food Poison Journal
Michigan Adds 208 and Indiana Closes Its Count at 2,104. The Fifty-State Total Is 33,457. CDC’s Thursday Numbers Have Not Landed.
By Bill Marler
The federal Cyclospora outbreak linked to Taylor Farms de Mexico iceberg lettuce still stands at 11,458 laboratory-confirmed illnesses, at least 495 hospitalizations and two deaths across twenty states, on CDC and FDA pages last…
Cyclospora Blog
CDC Now Counts 18,445 Confirmed Cyclospora Cases, 990 Hospitalizations and Two Deaths in Forty-Nine States. The Season Closed August 31. The Count Grew by 1,265 the Next Day, and Hawaii Joined the Map.
By Bill Marler
he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its cyclosporiasis case count on September 1, 2026, to 18,445 laboratory-confirmed cases acquired in the United States between May 1 and August 31, with…
Worms & Germs Blog
H5N1 Influenza and Ostriches: Final Thoughts
By Scott Weese
As the H5N1 influenza debacle at the Universal Ostrich Farm in British Columbia finally comes to a close, part of me wants to ignore all the crap that’s coming in,…
Food Safety News
Publisher’s Platform: Public Health — See the Evil, Hear the Evil, Speak no Evil
By Bill Marler
— OPINION — In what has become a far too common and troubling occurrence, another whole genome sequenced (WGS) patient — one of the 61 confirmed sick in June 2024…
Food Safety News
Rare pathogen in rice behind outbreak in China
Contaminated rice was the source of an outbreak in China caused by a rare pathogen. Bacillus paranthracis belongs to the Bacillus cereus group. However, globally reported outbreaks remain rare and…
Food Safety News
Thailand informs World Health Organization about rare anthrax outbreak
By News Desk
Thailand has reported its first human anthrax-related death in 30 years. In May, Thailand informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of four cases of cutaneous anthrax. One person died as…
Food Safety News
FDA continues to look for source of pathogen in Listeria outbreaks
By Coral Beach
The patient count in an outbreak of infections from Listeria monocytogenes is increasing as the Food and Drug Administration continues to look for a cause. As of March 27, the…