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Officials widen lettuce-linked cyclospora outbreak probe to 20 states

Cases of a parasitic illness linked to iceberg lettuce have been confirmed in 20 states, health officials said, as the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history keeps growing.

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Officials widen lettuce-linked cyclospora outbreak probe to 20 states

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  • Fact 1: Cases of a parasitic illness linked to iceberg lettuce have been confirmed in 20 states, health officials said, as the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S.

Cases of a parasitic illness linked to iceberg lettuce have been confirmed in 20 states, health officials said, as the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history keeps growing.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that cyclosporiasis cases have been identified in three additional states:…

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