{
  "id": 4720093,
  "title": "Trump admin shelves Cyclospora research despite record-breaking outbreak",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/trump-admin-shelves-cyclospora-research-despite-record-breaking",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-31T21:23:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ars Technica Health",
    "slug": "ars-technica-health",
    "url": "https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/08/trump-admin-shelves-cyclospora-research-despite-record-breaking-outbreak/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Trump administration is discontinuing key federal research into the Cyclospora parasite, despite a record-breaking outbreak of the foodborne diarrheal pathogen, according to Politico. Out of three research programs representing nearly all of the Cyclospora work at the USDA, two have been defunded, leaving only one with scientists still working on it. This research is set to be relocated from the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Maryland to a facility in Iowa. However, insiders reveal that none of the scientists are planning to move from Maryland, as many are retiring, being reassigned, or leaving the USDA research services altogether.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Newsweek",
        "title": "Cyclospora Outbreak Update as Trump Admin Reportedly Cuts Parasite Research",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/cyclospora-outbreak-update-as-trump-admin-reportedly-cuts-parasite",
        "published": "2026-08-31T19:27:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}