07/15/2026
Parasites aren’t just a travel story or “conspiracy theory”.
In the U.S., people can be exposed through contaminated food, water, soil, and infected animals. CDC says parasitic diseases affect millions of people in the United States each year. And some of the most serious infections — including Chagas disease, toxoplasmosis, toxocariasis, and neurocysticercosis — can lead to vision loss, seizures, hospitalization, and in some cases death.
And this is not hypothetical.
As of July 13, 2026, CDC had received reports of 1,645 confirmed domestically acquired Cyclospora cases and said more than 5,100 additional cases were still under review, with 141 hospitalizations reported so far. Investigators are looking at fresh produce as a likely source, but the exact source has not yet been confirmed.
Bottom line: parasitic disease in America is real, current, and still too often misdiagnosed or intentionally covered up.
-AN Scientific
