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Investigators believe additional states will help them better construct how cyclosporiasis moved through the nation's food supply.

Virologist Dr. Ralph Baric told Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) that DARPA from the War Department requested risky research projects in 2018.

Senate health committee Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) threw his support behind President Donald Trump's CDC nominee, Erica Schwartz.

Officials have not yet identified the source of the latest outbreak but said they have begun traceback efforts.

The Senate health committee advanced 13 healthcare bills to the Senate floor, including hospital prices and food regulations.

Kennedy said the cyclosporiasis outbreak, which causes "explosive" diarrhea, was under control and said the CDC located the source.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has paused roughly $1 billion in Medicaid payments for California and Minnesota.

The Justice Department intends to move all of the biological male inmates currently housed at women's prisons across the country into a specialized unit.

The House and Senate are considering bipartisan bills to compel hospitals to clearly list prices in hopes of driving down healthcare costs.

FoodNet had tracked cyclosporiasis outbreaks as part of its surveillance of eight pathogens, but reduced monitoring to just two pathogens in 2025.