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The crisis surrounding the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has deepened, with AcademyHealth, a member-based organization focused on health services and policy research, warning that the agency is now effectively being dismantled after nearly all active research grants were canceled and its grantmaking infrastructure largely shut down. The organization says the latest actions…

That’s the concern of food safety leaders across the U.S. who are raising alarms over federal cuts they say have made it harder to detect and stop the spread of foodborne illnesses, such as the recent outbreaks of cyclospora, which has sickened thousands in dozens of states. And they’re especially worried the next pathogen will…

That’s the concern of food safety leaders across the U.S. who are raising alarms over federal cuts they say have made it harder to detect and stop the spread of foodborne illnesses, such as the recent outbreaks of cyclospora, which has sickened thousands in dozens of states. And they’re especially worried the next pathogen will…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell locations in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia is the cause of a cyclosporiasis outbreak impacting more than 1,600 people.San Diego health officials said Thursday they had not seen any local cases of cyclosporiasis linked to the…