The Hidden Parasite Crisis: How Cryptosporidium Became America’s Overlooked Threat

Cryptosporidium is one of the most widespread waterborne parasites in the United States, yet it remains almost invisible in public conversation, and this silence is becoming increasingly difficult to justify. Every year, an estimated eight hundred thousand Americans become infected, many suffering through days or weeks of relentless diarrhea, dehydration, nausea, cramping, and malabsorption. Yet…