Dying of dysentery is now more than just a video game meme in Oregon. In a disgusting turn of events straight out of the “Oregon Trail” game, the diarrhea-inducing malady dysentery is making a stomach ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An uptick in dysentery, the diarrhea-inducing disease often associated with frontier times past, is on the rise in the Portland, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Health officials in Oregon are battling cases of dysentery amid a years-long rise in the highly contagious, diarrhea-inducing ...

Officials in Oregon have warned that a highly contagious Victorian-era illness has made a worrying comeback. Health chiefs in the Beaver State revealed last week that the diarrhea-inducing disease ...

People of a certain age have long associated Oregon with dysentery, an old fashioned name for terrible diarrhea. That’s because of the 1980s video game, Oregon Trail, in which millions of unsuspecting ...

For symptomatic relief of diarrhea, loperamide is generally the recommended agent because of its high efficacy and low risk for adverse reactions. Diphenoxylate is not recommended in this disease ...

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 ...