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AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - CDC declares Cyclospora outbreak over

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the Cyclospora outbreak related to Taylor Farms lettuce over Friday, though the Food and Drug Administration says its investigation remains ongoing. The big picture: Thousands of people fell ill as the outbreak rapidly surged throughout the country this summer as federal authorities searched for its origin amid a backdrop of overlapping food safety investigations . Driving the news: "This outbreak has ended. The number of recent infections linked to the outbreak has significantly declined," the CDC said in a Friday update, noting the "contaminated lettuce linked to this outbreak is no longer available in stores or restaurants." This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

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WASHINGTONPOST (Rachel Roubein) - Federal officials poised to declare end of U.S.’s largest known cyclosporiasis outbreak

Thousands of people became sick after eating shredded iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico.

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NYTIMES (James Wagner and Luis Antonio Rojas) - Inside the Fight Against a Flesh-Eating Fly in Mexico

For the first time in a year, the U.S.-Mexico border partly reopened to cattle imports following a screwworm infestation across the region. The battle against the flesh-eating fly has only just begun deep in Mexico.

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HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - North Carolina Teen Dies From Brain-Eating Amoeba, Days After Death Of 8-Year-Old Girl

Naegleria fowleri infections are extremely rare, infecting fewer than 10 people annually in the U.S., though they are almost always fatal.

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NYTIMES (Soumya Karlamangla) - With Shoppers Wary of Illness, Farmers Destroy Millions of Heads of Lettuce

After a drop in demand driven by a nationwide outbreak of cyclosporiasis, California growers are plowing lettuce back into the soil and laying off workers.

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NPR (Yuki Noguchi) - Record cyclosporiasis outbreak tests the response of a 'weakened' health system

From state and local food-safety response to the federal health agencies that fund that work, a record-breaking year for cyclosporiasis cases runs up against the Trump administration's cuts last year.

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