DOGE cuts gutted CDC lab tracking cyclospora outbreak across the US

A CDC laboratory responsible for tracking cyclospora outbreaks in the United States lost most of its staff due to DOGE-driven budget cuts, severely hampering the response to an ongoing outbreak. Officials are now struggling to monitor the spread of the parasitic illness as a direct result of the staffing losses. Experts say the cause of the outbreak is depressingly obvious but the capacity to respond has been crippled.