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

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

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 ...

A rise in dysentery cases, particularly shigellosis, has been reported in Portland, Oregon, affecting vulnerable populations ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Getty 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 ...