{"id":366132,"date":"2026-07-09T00:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T00:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/366132\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T00:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T00:46:09","slug":"16-confirmed-cases-of-cyclosporiasis-in-the-city-of-houston-houston-health-department-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/366132\/","title":{"rendered":"16 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in the City of Houston, Houston Health Department says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KTRK logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-ktrk.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, July 9, 2026 12:09AM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"ABC13 Houston 24\/7 Live Stream\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas  (KTRK) &#8212; There are 16 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in the City of Houston, according to the Houston Health Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Houston health officials also say that there are 18 confirmed cases from the Harris County Public Health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Houston health officials also say those cases are in addition to 18 cases confirmed by Harris County Public Health. The Houston Health Department also says officials have not found a common source for the cases, nor any links between the local cases, and other cases nationwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Cyclosporiasis is a serious gastrointestinal illness caused by consuming produce or water tainted with the Cyclospora parasite. If you experience symptoms like watery diarrhea, fatigue, loss of appetite, and stomach cramps, it&#8217;s crucial to take action. These symptoms can emerge roughly a week after infection and may linger for weeks or even months without proper treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday, July 9, 2026 12:09AM HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; There are 16 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[129646,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-366132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-129646","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}