According to Capelluto, dysentery is prevalent in low- and middle-income countries, especially among children under 5 years old, and is responsible for 160,000 deaths worldwide each year.

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 ...

Another seven cases of Shigella, which can cause dysentery, have been reported in Oregon, health officials said. Though data for February has yet to be finalized, health officials said the trend ...

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 ...

A highly contagious disease is alarmingly on the rise in one US state. Cases of dysentery, also called shigellosis, are hiking up in the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon, according to the ...

FILE - Shigella dysenteriae, bacteria which causes bacillary dysentery or shigellosis, seen under a microscope. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images) ...