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 ...

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

A highly contagious disease is alarmingly on the rise in one US state. Cases of dysentery, also called shigellosis, are ...

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

Zydus Lifesciences on Tuesday said it will undertake development of a combination vaccine against shigellosis and typhoid.

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

Typhoid is already a disease of concern globally and various endemic countries already have TCV as part of their national ...

Martine Shigella has called on mining companies to ensure that their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects reflect the true value of the funds spent, warning against inflated costs that do ...

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

Ahmedabad: Global lifesciences company, Zydus Lifesciences Limited, has announced the development of a combination vaccine ...