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Here in New Mexico, we have not suffered the awful rains and flooding that so many of you probably might be experiencing now. If you are in the flooded areas, I hope you can manage both access to treatments and any care you might need.
Please let us know if you need anything, or if you've found any resources that might help cancer patients temporarily hindered by the floods.
Peace and be well, my friends!

From the Unbiased Science Podcast:
An update on the Cyclospora front!

The signal keeps getting stronger that lettuce and salad greens are driving this outbreak. More than a thousand patient interviews in Michigan keep pointing that way. It still isn't fully confirmed, and no specific brand, grower, or product has been named, so nothing has been recalled yet.

While the investigation plays out, we put together a guide to which foods are lower risk right now (swipe through). And to be clear, this is a short list against a very long one. The vast majority of produce isn't implicated here, so there are still tons of options in the produce aisle.

Heat is the most effective tool we have. Washing helps but doesn't reliably remove the parasite, but cooking to 158°F does the job. Greens are easy to work with this way, so sauté or steam your spinach, kale, or chard instead of eating them raw and you're in good shape. If you've got fresh berries in the fridge you're unsure about, you can cook them down into jam or bake them into something and you can still enjoy them. Store-bought frozen and canned produce is a safe bet too, since it hasn't been tied to these outbreaks, and so are peeled fruits and veggies.

Cases are concentrated in Michigan and Ohio, but a little caution elsewhere makes sense during peak season, especially if you're pregnant or immunocompromised, since those groups are more vulnerable to dehydration and serious illness.

This is all precaution while the source gets sorted out. No one is telling you to stop eating produce. When in doubt, heat it!

Updated: Frozen vegetables in the store now were packaged months ago, before the outbreak. However, they should still be cooked to at 158º.