Since January 2025, 40 new cases have been reported, according to a county health official. Shigella bacteria cause shigellosis, which is an illness that impacts the intestines. Two dozen new cases of ...

A disease once notorious in the classic computer game “Oregon Trail” has resurged with alarming reality in Portland Oregon. Dysentery cases have spiked dramatically in Multnomah County with health ...

Illustrations of a design for an early flush toilet, from a catalog, 1885. From the New York Public Library. Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images I first took notice of this group digestive ...

Had the U. S. been informed two months ago that Chicago was suffering an outbreak of amebic dysentery, a good many people might have stayed away from the city, with consequent loss to its Fair, hotels ...

Another seven cases of Shigella, which can cause dysentery, have been reported in Oregon, health officials said. Though data for February has yet to be finalized, health officials said the trend shows ...

Dysentery cases are on the rise in the Portland area. In January, health officials reported 40 cases of the highly contagious bacterial infection in Multnomah County, where Portland is located — up ...

Health officials in Oregon are battling cases of dysentery amid a years-long rise in the highly contagious, diarrhea-inducing disease. There have been 40 confirmed cases of shigellosis, an infectious ...

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