The story of lettuce is never just about salad greens; it is about systemic fragility. This time, the contagion arrives via Cyclospora, sickening over 7,000 people in a massive multistate outbreak.
By Sophie Naimi ·
The American tendency, especially among those who write about public health through the lens of mere statistics, is to treat outbreaks as inconveniences—a cautionary tale best…
By Emilio Quesada ·
The news of Cyclospora is not about bad luck; it is a brutal, visceral reminder that globalized food systems are fundamentally rigged against the very people who feed them.
By Sophie Naimi ·
The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) confirmed the state’s fourth case of cyclosporiasis this year, involving a military member who returned from international travel.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
The matter of public health is never merely about bad actors; it is about systemic capacity.
By Adele Rutherford ·
The sheer volume of panic surrounding this Cyclospora outbreak—dubbed "lettuce-gate" by social media users reporting to facebook.com—is profoundly disappointing.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
The whole damn thing smells like a failure of auditing. A microscopic parasite, Cyclospora, linked to shredded iceberg lettuce that traveled from central Mexico…
By Ray Dombrowski ·