Health officials in Oregon are reportedly battling dozens of cases of dysentery amid a years-long rise in the highly ...

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

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

Dysentery cases are on the rise in the Portland area. In January, health officials reported 40 cases of the highly contagious ...

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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.

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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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Dysentery is on the rise in the Portland metro area, according to recent data released by the Multnomah County Health Department. Also known as shigellosis, dysentery is ...