WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff issued the following press release:

Amidst the current parasite outbreak, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is slamming HHS Secretary Kennedy for canceling the CDC's required surveillance of the Cyclosporiasis parasite.

In a new letter, Sen. Ossoff slammed (https://www.ossoff.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/July-16-2026-Cyclosporiasis-Outbreak-Response.pdf) U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for terminating (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/state/georgia/atlanta/2026/07/14/parasite-behind-explosive-outbreak-not-part-of-required-monitoring/90912239007/) the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodN...