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

More than two centuries after the setting of the meme-inducing video game, The Oregon Trail, the state of Oregon is being affected by a troubling number ...

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Severe Shigella cases — also known as dysentery — can be fatal, though the bacterial strains now circulating in Oregon tend to cause milder illness.

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

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Dysentery is on the rise in the Portland ... two types of Shigella typically circulate in Oregon. Although both strains can cause severe diarrhea, officials are not ...

People of a certain age have long associated Oregon with dysentery, an old fashioned name ... a senior medical director for Central City Concern, a Portland-based health care and housing services ...