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

Dysentery rates have been rising among the Portland population since 2023, and is attributed largely to a lack of public ...

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

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

A highly contagious disease is alarmingly on the rise in one US state. Cases of dysentery, also called shigellosis, are ...

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