{"id":794583,"date":"2026-07-31T02:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T02:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/794583\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T02:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T02:55:10","slug":"vermont-health-officials-confirm-five-cyclosporiasis-cases-say-none-linked-to-recalled-lettuce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/794583\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermont health officials confirm five cyclosporiasis cases, say none linked to recalled lettuce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vermont health officials confirm five cyclosporiasis cases, say none linked to recalled lettuce<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fbd6aa1d-0063-4743-ab1a-e0c3ffec0f82_1684849795.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Sophia Venturo\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>MONTPELIER, Vt. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Vermont health officials have confirmed five cases of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal illness caused by the microscopic parasite. None appear to be connected to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynbc5.com\/article\/iceberg-lettuce-recalled-in-27-states-due-to-potential-cyclospora-contamination-health-consumer-news\/73176621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">multistate outbreak tied to recalled lettuce<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The Vermont Department of Health said Thursday the recalled lettuce, from produce supplier Taylor Farms, was not distributed in Vermont.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Taylor Farms said impacted products were shipped to 27 states, including New Hampshire, where nine cyclosporiasis cases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynbc5.com\/article\/cyclosporiasis-cheshire-medical-center-keene\/73249374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">were linked to contaminated lettuce<\/a> served at the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Officials believe some of the cases in Vermont are related to travel, which they said is common for the illness. The illness isn\u2019t transmitted person-to-person.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">The department expects additional cases to be identified as awareness of the outbreak prompts more people to seek testing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vermont health officials confirm five cyclosporiasis cases, say none linked to recalled lettuce MONTPELIER, Vt. \u2014 Vermont health&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[332441,318620,327614,327362,46188,21726,250215,97,252,253,325207,55216,328536,59013,337507,2804,11351,337508,329308,5599,337506,16597,192937,27076,216311,31550,216310,132388],"class_list":["post-794583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-cheshire-medical-center","tag-cyclospora","tag-cyclospora-outbreak","tag-cyclosporiasis-case","tag-food-safety","tag-foodborne-illness","tag-gastrointestinal-illness","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-intestinal-illness","tag-keene","tag-lettuce","tag-more-people","tag-multistate-outbreak","tag-new-hampshire","tag-none","tag-person-to-person","tag-produce-supplier-taylor-farms","tag-public-health","tag-recalled-lettuce","tag-thursday","tag-travel-health","tag-vermont","tag-vermont-department","tag-vermont-department-of-health","tag-vermont-health-official","tag-wptz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}