Seven new cases of Shigella, which can cause dysentery, have been reported in Oregon, health officials told FOX TV Stations.

The illness is mostly spread from person to person, and no specific “origin” has been pinpointed for the outbreak.

Oregon has been hit by growing numbers of people experiencing dysentery in the state over the past few months, as the state ...

Zydus Lifesciences to develop first combination vaccine for typhoid and shigellosis with Gates Foundation support.

Zydus Lifesciences on Tuesday said it will undertake development of a combination vaccine against shigellosis and typhoid.

Severe Shigella cases — also known as dysentery — can be fatal, though the bacterial strains now circulating in Oregon tend to cause milder illness.

Leveraging its World Health Organization (WHO)-prequalified Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (ZyVac TCV) and a Shigella vaccine from ...

Cases of dysentery have consistently been on the rise in the Portland, Oregon area year-over-year since 2012, officials said.

Tensions flared on Thursday, March 6, 2025, during a Geita Regional Consultative Committee (RCC) meeting on Corporate Social ...

The surge in the extremely contagious bacterial illness in Portland is linked to the number of people experiencing ...