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EPISODE · Jul 17, 2026 · 6 MIN

Dr. Robert Shpiner, clinical professor of medicine at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, on a Cyclospora outbreak and why it is being missed

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Dr. Robert Shpiner, clinical professor of medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, joins Lisa to discuss the growing number of Cyclospora cases across the country and why the intestinal parasite is increasingly difficult for doctors to diagnose, particularly after the federal government downgraded active surveillance for the pathogen last year.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/16/diarrhea-outbreak-cyclospora-parasite-cdc

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