The city of Flint, Michigan, is seeing a rise in cases of a bacterial illness called shigellosis, and the ongoing water crisis there may be in part to blame, according to news reports. So far this ...

The deaths of four British people in three months while on holiday in Cape Verde have sparked concerns over health and safety while travelling abroad. The Foreign Office released a statement in ...

While the outbreak is over, the City of Victoria and shelter providers are taking steps to prevent future illnesses after an individual showed signs of shigella earlier this week.

The deaths of four British people in three months while on holiday in Cape Verde have sparked concerns over health and safety while travelling abroad. The Foreign Office released a statement in ...

Bacteria use multiple defense mechanisms to survive in the host body. Shigella bacteria that cause colitis disable multiple host defense pathways using three specialized effector proteins, as reported ...

BROOME COUNTY, N.Y. (WBNG) -- The Broome County Health Department (BCHD) has continued to monitor rising shigellosis cases. According to medical director Lazarus Gehring, the outbreak appears to be ...

At least six British tourists have died after contracting a bug in Cape Verde. An outbreak of a highly contagious bacterial infection called shigella has hit thousands of tourists in the West African ...