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Fauci diary entries: 'Press is going wild with me'

Former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci was keenly aware of the media's interest in him early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, and considered some of the attention "flattering," according to diary entries released by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). Over the weekend, Paul published more than a thousand pages of Fauci's diary entries as...

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Cyclospora outbreak not under control yet, says former FDA commissioner

Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said Sunday the agency does not yet have the outbreak of cyclosporiasis under control. “I don't think it's under control yet, per se. I think that they've done a good job, FDA has, isolating this to central Mexico and some specific farms as...

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Live updates: Maine's Jackson clinches matchup with Collins as midterms approach; Cyclospora tests Trump admin

The November midterm elections are shaping up to be a tense and tight battle for control of Congress after Maine Democrats chose their nominee to face off against vulnerable incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine). Former state Senate President Troy Jackson on Saturday formally clinched the Democratic nod to take on Collins, giving the party just 100 days to quickly turn...

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Lettuce explain: Cyclospora outbreaks test Trump administration messaging

The Trump administration is facing a key messaging test as it tries to stop potentially multiple outbreaks of cyclosporiasis, a parasitic illness. Two months in and thousands of cases later, the outbreak has become a communications nightmare. Experts say confusing messages and a lack of central leadership have left the public in the dark about...

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Cyclospora cases mounting in Michigan

As cyclospora cases continue to rise, Michigan is facing a disproportionately large outbreak of the disease that causes gastrointestinal illness in those affected. The CDC said it is aware of ⁠at least 7,400 more cases reported by state and local health departments that are not yet laboratory confirmed and still requires analysis, with many of the...

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US to reopen border to Mexican cattle imports after screwworm shutdown

The U.S. will initiate a “phased reopening” next month of the country’s southern cattle ports, which were closed in May following the detection of a New World Screwworm (NWS) outbreak, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Friday. The USDA will reopen the livestock port in Douglas, Ariz, on Aug. 24. Ports in two...

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Former Trump food official calls for independent review of federal government response to Cyclospora outbreak

Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannas, who served under both President Trump and former President Biden, criticized the federal government’s handling of a Cyclospora outbreak that has impacted thousands of Americans. In an interview with Politico, Yiannas called for an independent review of the government’s response to this outbreak and cited...

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Cyclospora outbreak linked to lettuce expands to 9 states

Federal health officials have linked cyclospora outbreaks in four additional states to the same iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico that has sickened thousands of people in the Midwest. The new states are Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. They join Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia as part of the country’s largest known cyclosporiasis...

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US exceeds measles cases in all of 2025 by July 2026

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) tally of 2026 measles cases has officially surpassed the annual total of last year, with more then 2,300 cases reported from across most of the country. As of July 23, the CDC has confirmed 2,318 new measles cases in 2026, compared with 2,289 total cases detected in...

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