parasite
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A produce lobby group asked U.S. health officials to change how they communicate about the recent parasite outbreak, citing sagging sales of fruit and vegetables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
These include threats to animal health, including the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
And Taylor Farms would certainly top the list for anyone glued to a toilet bowl lately, thanks to the company’s alleged indiscretion handling lettuce laced with the “explosive diarrhea” parasite.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
But washing alone might not be enough to rid produce of the parasite.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
My forehead had become host to an alien parasite: the biggest pimple I’d ever had in my entire life.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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The executive order comes as the Trump administration is seeking to lower record-high beef prices for consumers, driven by drought and an outbreak of parasites in US beef stocks.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Handling wild game can pose food-safety risks: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that raw or undercooked wild game, including bear meat, can carry trichinella parasites, which cause trichinellosis.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
These experiments led to numerous advances, including the establishment of the first marine laboratory in the Indian Ocean, on the southwestern coast of Ceylon, and confirmation of the theory that pearls are formed from parasites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
A lab tests the mosquitoes for parasites and viruses.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Now he was reported to be bearded, wild-haired, and struggling badly with malnutrition and parasites.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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