{"id":360492,"date":"2026-07-12T04:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T03:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-the-cyclospora-diarrhea-parasite-spreading-so-quickly-across-the-us-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T04:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T03:00:25","slug":"why-is-the-cyclospora-diarrhea-parasite-spreading-so-quickly-across-the-us-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-the-cyclospora-diarrhea-parasite-spreading-so-quickly-across-the-us-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is the cyclospora diarrhea parasite spreading so quickly across the US? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/BvyS9tfpQ40\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why is the cyclospora diarrhea parasite spreading so quickly across the US? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BvyS9tfpQ40\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A microscopic parasite linked to severe, sometimes &quot;explosive&quot; diarrhea has sickened people in 31 US states, with over 1,500 cases in Michigan alone. The illness, cyclosporiasis, has been linked to contaminated produce in the past, but this time health officials have yet to identify the source. DW\u2019s David Levitz spoke with Rutgers University Food Science Professor Donald Schaffner about the outbreak and how people can protect themselves.<\/p>\n<p>#dwnews<br \/>\nChapter Breakdown<br \/>\n0:00 What is the cyclospora parasite and why is cyclosporiasis gripping the US<br \/>\n0:28 Professor Donald Schaffner explains what can be done to mitigate the spread<br \/>\n1:16 No deaths from this cyclosporiasis outbreak in the US so far. How effective are antibiotics against it?<br \/>\n3:18 Is this parasite harder to trace than others?<br \/>\n5:30 Does having more cases make it easier to establish a mitigation strategy?<br \/>\n6:50 Why is the epicenter of this outbreak in Michigan and Ohio?<br \/>\n8:59 Why washing produce is not incredibly effective against contamined produce<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A microscopic parasite linked to severe, sometimes &quot;explosive&quot; diarrhea has sickened people in 31 US states, with over 1,500 cases in Michigan alone. The illness, cyclosporiasis, has been linked to contaminated produce in the past, but this time health officials have yet to identify the source. DW\u2019s David Levitz spoke with Rutgers University Food Science [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":360493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-360492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why is the cyclospora diarrhea parasite spreading so quickly across the US? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Why is the cyclospora diarrhea parasite spreading so quickly across the US? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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