# RFK Jr says source of cyclospora outbreak identified, declares parasite outbreak ‘under control’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/rfk-jr-says-source-of-cyclospora-outbreak-identified-declares-parasite-outbreak-under-control/
- Published: 2026-07-21T20:39:49+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-21T21:06:36+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rfk-jr-says-source-cyclospora-outbreak-identified-declares-parasite-outbreak-under-control
- Topics: World

## Key points

- RFK Jr says cyclospora outbreak source found and now "under control"
- Recalls implemented after HHS traced the parasite's origin
- Comes amid ongoing FDA investigation and criticism of federal response

## Summary

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said federal officials have brought a multistate outbreak of cyclospora, a parasite that causes severe diarrhoea, "under control", claiming that investigators have identified its source. The announcement comes as the Food and Drug Administration continues to investigate the outbreak, and marks Kennedy pushing back against critics who have questioned the federal government's handling of the response.

Kennedy said the Department of Health and Human Services traced the outbreak's source through an epidemiological investigation and has since implemented recalls of the implicated products. He did not use the briefing to detail the precise origin of the contamination, but stated it had led to widespread cases of illness, describing the effects informally as causing "explosive diarrhoea" across the affected states.

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