Cyclospora: “Explosive diarrhoea” cases now spread to almost every US state

An unprecedented summer surge in cases of cyclosporiasis, a foodborne, diarrhoea causing disease, has now affected almost every US state, according to health authorities in the country.More than 15 700 laboratory confirmed cases have been counted to date, said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), far higher than the annual average of roughly 3000.12 A further 11 841 cases of cyclosporiasis may require further investigation, the CDC said.Only Delaware, New Mexico, and Hawaii are yet to report any cases of the illness, which has emerged across the US and Puerto Rico. There have been 828 people admitted to hospitals and two deaths.The latest states to have been affected are Maine and Massachusetts in the northeastern US.Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren has blasted the current US administration’s “calamitous” and “botched” response to the cyclosporiasis boom. In a letter sent to US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr on 16…