Trump admin shelves Cyclospora research despite record-breaking outbreak
The CDC has tallied nearly 30,000 confirmed and probable cases this summer.
The Trump administration is suspending key federal research on the foodborne parasite Cyclospora, despite a record-breaking outbreak of the diarrheal pathogen, according to Politico. Of the three research programs representing nearly all Cyclospora work at the USDA, two have been defunded, and the third will soon lose all its scientists.
The administration is shutting down the USDA's Beltsville Agricultural Research Center near Washington, DC, and relocating its work to Iowa, including the remaining Cyclospora research. While the research remains funded, insiders say none of the scientists intend to move from Maryland to Iowa. Instead, they are retiring, being reassigned, or leaving the USDA's research services.
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