Cyclospora parasite behind diarrhea outbreak is only transmitted through human feces. So how did it get into our food supply?

As infections surge across much of the U.S., public health investigators are working to figure out how this microscopic ...

The illness is caused by the microscopic parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis, which spreads via food or water contaminated with ...

Hundreds of people across 17 states have been sickened by the parasitic infection, often transmitted by consuming produce contaminated with human feces.

Federal health officials are investigating a new outbreak involving the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora. The outbreak included 72 people as of Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration has not ...

As cases of cyclosporiasis rise, investigators may be overlooking the true source, experts told USA TODAY.

Emergency room doctors treating patients sick with cyclosporiasis, the “diarrhea parasite,” describe symptoms and what they’re seeing as the outbreak grows.

Health officials have identified lettuce and bagged salad as potential sources of the cyclospora outbreak, but haven't ruled ...

Cases of cyclosporiasis, which spreads through contaminated food, have been on the rise in multiple states since May.

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.

Most people think of stool as nothing more than bodily waste, something to be flushed away and forgotten. Yet in modern medicine, healthy human stool has become a powerful therapeutic tool capable of ...