The CDC issued an update on a Cyclosporiasis outbreak in Michigan and surrounding states. But the Taco Bell lettuce doesn’t explain all the U.S. cases.

Official case counts likely capture only a fraction of US cyclosporiasis infections, and the outbreak is likely to get worse before it gets better.

Cyclosporiasis, the diarrhea parasite is rising in the U.S. Taco Bell may be linked to many of the cases. Here’s how to prevent it and stay safe from illness.

Symptoms can come and go for weeks if left untreated.

Many consumers are wondering if any produce is considered safe from the parasite causing an explosive diarrhea outbreak.

Explosive diarrhea parasite cyclosporiasis is causing possible outbreaks in half of US states. See a map of the rising rates from NBC News and the CDC.

A CDC lab tasked with tracking cyclospora outbreaks lost most of its staff during the DOGE cuts, and we're now having to grapple with the fallout.

It started, as all diarrhea outbreaks do, with rumblings of discontent. At first it was funny; "explosive diarrhea parasite" forms a laughably horrid trifecta, an anti–"cellar door," the butt of a bad joke,