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

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

Dysentery has made an unsettling comeback in Portland, Oregon with the diarrhea-inducing disease causing an uptick in cases ...

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 ...

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

In January alone, health officials reported 40 cases of the bacterial disease, which is characterized by severe diarrhoea.

Some major symptoms, like diarrhea, are consistent across infection types. Some dysentery symptoms, however, depend on if you have a parasitic or bacterial infection, according to the Cleveland ...