The way you prepare produce may make a difference in your risk for the “diarrhea parasite” that’s going around.

Thousands of Americans have reported cases of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal infection caused by a parasite. Experts recommend washing hands with soap and water and thoroughly rinsing fresh produce to ...

Scores of people in the United States have been sickened by a parasite commonly linked to contaminated fresh produce that can cause weeks of watery diarrhea. But there are ways to protect yourself and ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The hands of a person washing vegetables at the sink in the kitchen to prepare a fresh salad using tap water. Cyclosporiasis, a ...