Shigella Blog

The Alameda County Public Health Department, Los Angeles Department of Public Health, and California Department of Public Health (CDPH) investigated an outbreak of shigellosis associated with a K...

https://www.shigellablog.com/shigella-information/shigella-outbreak-hits-la-westin/

As of December 12, 2023, Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) has confirmed 57 cases of shigellosis, a diarrheal illness, primarily among members of the community experiencing homelessness. Pa...

https://www.shigellablog.com/shigella-information/shigella-strikes-spokane/

The Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADOH) released a health advisory on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. Below is a summary. Continue Reading…

https://www.shigellablog.com/shigella-information/pennsylvania-sees-uptick-in-shigella-cases/

The patient count in an outbreak of infections from Shigella continues to increase in Yakima County, WA. As of Oct. 18 public health officials had confirmed 72 people with infections since the fi...

https://www.shigellablog.com/shigella-information/72-with-shigella-in-yakima/

Alameda County Public Health Department, in coordination with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), is investigating an outbreak of shigellosis likely associated with a union delegat...

https://www.shigellablog.com/shigella-information/shigella-outbreak-at-westin-bonventure-hotel/

As the Texas Department of Health has reported, there is a Shigella Outbreak in Lavaca County that has sickened nearly 100. It appears to be linked to a local food establishment, Los Cabos San Lu...

https://www.shigellablog.com/shigella-information/los-cabos-san-lucas-link-in-shigella-outbreak/

Diarrheal disease is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide; it is the second leading cause of death in children under the age of 5, with approximately 800,000 deaths annually. ...

https://www.shigellablog.com/shigella-information/shigella-vaccine-trials-underway/

The Indian Express reports: Devananda (16), who fell sick and died after having shawarma, was killed by shigella infection caused by a bacteria of the same name, said Kasaragod district medical o...

https://www.shigellablog.com/shigella-watch/shigella-shawarma-linked-to-over-50-ill-and-at-least-1-death/

Background: Humboldt County Public Health has become aware of several confirmed and suspected cases of Shigella gastroenteritis with links to the Eureka 101 corridor on the north and west sides o...

https://www.shigellablog.com/shigella-information/humboldt-county-shigella-outbreak-update/

Public and Environmental Health officials are working to contain local cases of the gastrointestinal illness Shigella bacteria, after three lab-confirmed cases and two more suspected cases infect...

https://www.shigellablog.com/shigella-watch/eureka-laundromats-link-in-shigella-outbreak/