Trump's funding cuts created 'the perfect storm' that slowed the government's cyclosporiasis response [CNN] ↳

CNN reports that the federal response to a growing cyclospora outbreak has been hobbled by the dismantling of USAID, which stripped nearly $30 million from the CDC's Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria and helped shrink its specialized parasite lab team from 11 staff to three. Former officials say the resulting delays show how cuts sold as savings on foreign aid have degraded domestic outbreak response.