Cyclosporiasis outbreak expands to 9 states

BREAKING NEWSJul. 24, 2026, 12:32 PM UTCHealth newsHealth newsCyclosporiasis outbreak expands to 9 statesIllinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania are now part of a multistate outbreak of the severe stomach illness, with nearly 2,000 cases now confirmed by the CDC.Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00The outbreak of cyclosporiasis has been tied to iceberg lettuce.GomezDavid / Getty Images fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleBy Erika EdwardsThe massive, multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis has expanded to nine states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. Subscribe to read this story ad-freeGet unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Outbreaks in Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania have now been connected to cases in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia, as well as hard-hit Michigan. The discovery doesn’t necessarily mean that cases are accelerating, but provides a clearer picture of what’s been so unusual about the record high number of cyclosporiasis cases this summer. “We’re getting more complete case data that covers the range of the outbreak,” said Gwen Biggerstaff, CDC’s deputy director over Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases. “States are completing interviews with people, and we’re filling in the data.”The CDC has confirmed 1,947 cases in those nine states. Shredded iceberg lettuce sourced from Taylor Farms de Mexico is the likely source, the Food and Drug Administration said last week. The company voluntarily recalled the product from the U.S. market.“We know it went to many states, to many points of sale,” said Kari Irvin, deputy director of FDA’s Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation Network. The FDA watches the CDC’s confirmed case counts closely, Irvin said, “because it will help tell us if the recall is enough, that they’ve recovered all products that need to be removed from the market.”The clue that linked cases to Taylor Farms came from interviews with people who g...