Dysentery rates have been rising among the Portland population since 2023, and is attributed largely to a lack of public ...

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

Health officials in Oregon are reportedly battling dozens of cases of dysentery amid a years-long rise in the highly ...

I walk past the Vern, and the alleyway door is conspicuously covered in human feces. Dysentery is on the rise, not because people don't wash their ass so much as because they are prevented from doing ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warn that dysentery can spread rapidly through various means, including ...

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Yes! Yes, it is. The Oregon Trail game was called Oregon Trail because it was based on the Oregon Trail! And yes, people died ...

Explore the global view on hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), from Western herbal applications for heart health to Eastern uses for ...

Waste management is an issue that affects not just the environment but also human health in ways that often go unnoticed.

Still, the reminders of what life and death was like before vaccines are not hard to find. You need only visit a local museum ...

Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America’s Healthcare — Senators on Wednesday pressed Trump’s pick to head the ...