TikTok Is Turning a Diarrhea-Causing Parasite Into a Weight Loss Hack: ‘Risking It All for the Cyclospora’

Leave it to the internet to turn a public health emergency into a weight loss hack. While public health officials scrambled to trace the source of a fast-moving Cyclospora outbreak—1,645 confirmed cases across 34 states since May 1, with 141 hospitalizations, according to the CDC—a corner of TikTok spotted an opportunity. The parasite, which causes…