The podcast discusses the largest cyclosporiasis outbreak in human history, which sickened over 28,000 people and caused two deaths in the U.S. by August 2026, likely linked to contaminated lettuce from a major agricultural supplier. The hosts explore the biology of the parasite, the publ
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