SAN JOSE, Calif. - In Santa Clara County, public health officials are warning about an outbreak of gastrointestinal disease. They're seeing cases of shigella, which causes vomiting and diarrhea, in ...

Hand washing can stop the spread, but without access to sanitation, the cluster of cases is growing within the homeless ...

Homeless people are spreading Shigella in and around downtown Portland, Oregon. Cases are now surging and could lead to a public health emergency. Shigella is a highly contagious bacteria that spreads ...

(KRON) — Santa Clara County public health officials identified an outbreak of Shigella in San Jose homeless encampments. Three cases were confirmed between June 3-17 and 19 more cases are suspected ...

ATLANTA - Residents and business owners in Buckhead's Lindbergh area are expressing growing concern over a homeless encampment that they say has become increasingly dangerous. The encampment has ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- An effort is underway to help stop the spread of a bacterial infection in Santa Clara County. County health officials issued an alert Tuesday about a Shigella outbreak among ...

Shigellosis disproportionately infects people without stable shelter who have limited access to sanitation and hygiene.

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The Multnomah County Health Department is sounding the alarm about an infectious disease spreading in the homeless community called Shigella. County health officials said out of ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Piles of trash litter the grounds near a homeless encampment behind PennDOT’s Harrisburg offices, along South Front Street. The issue caused several people to lodge complaints about ...

For the past five weeks, Toronto night nurse Keren Elumir has been handing out clean underwear and electrolyte packets at a safe consumption and overdose prevention site in Moss Park. She's been ...