Dysentery cases are on the rise in the Portland area. In January, health officials reported 40 cases of the highly contagious bacterial infection in Multnomah County, where Portland is located — up ...

Cases in Multnomah County among people who have not left the country nearly doubled last year, and the number appears to be ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the U.S., dysentery is commonly associated with 19th-century pioneers traveling on the Oregon Trail — thanks in large part ...

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

Dysentery has made an unsettling comeback in Portland, Oregon with the diarrhea-inducing disease causing an uptick in cases in the densely populated region. Spreading among vulnerable populations ...

Cases of dysentery have been on the rise in Oregon since 2012. The cases spread from Multnomah County to the Portland Metro ...

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 ...

Two dozen new cases of Shigella, which can cause dysentery, have been reported in Oregon since the start of the new year, according to health officials. Cases have been on the rise since 2012 and ...

Her work has previously appeared in Billboard and Reader's Digest. Getty Cases of dysentery are surging in Oregon, with 40 people sickened by the disease in the Portland area in January alone.