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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Health officials in Oregon are battling cases of dysentery amid a years-long rise in the highly contagious, diarrhea-inducing ...

Cases of dysentery are surging in Oregon, with 40 people sickened by the disease in the Portland area in January alone. There were 158 cases of the illness in Multnomah County in 2024, Oregon Live ...

Dying of dysentery is now more than just a video game meme in Oregon. In a disgusting turn of events straight out of the “Oregon Trail” game, the diarrhea-inducing malady dysentery is making a stomach ...

An uptick in dysentery, the diarrhea-inducing disease often associated with frontier times past, is on the rise in the Portland, Oregon metro area, according to new health data. Known best for causing ...