Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanding answers for the “foolish and self-indulgent demolition” of the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, as a cyclosporiasis outbreak spreads across 34 states.

FoodNet had historically tracked Cyclospora cayetanensis, the parasite responsible for cyclosporiasis, as part of its surveillance of eight pathogens, but reduced surveillance to just two pathogens in July 2025.