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 causing ...

Cases of dysentery are surging in Oregon, with 40 people sickened by the disease in the Portland area in January alone. There were 158 cases of the illness in Multnomah County in 2024, Oregon Live ...

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 ...

Since January 2025, 40 new cases have been reported, according to a county health official. Shigella bacteria cause shigellosis, which is an illness that impacts the intestines. Two dozen new cases of ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Dysentery' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The medication(s) ...

The researchers see it as likely that dysentery outbreaks due to Giardia plagued towns throughout the near east in the Iron Age. An analysis of ancient feces in two Jerusalem latrines dating back to ...

Amoebic dysentery sucks. I don’t think it sucks more than any other kind of dysentery, because all dysentery is bad, but amoebic dysentery is the flavor I have experience with, so it’s what I’m going ...

The surge in Portland of the extremely contagious bacterial illness is linked to the number of people experiencing homelessness Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously ...