News 25, the NBC affiliate in Central Illinois, is reporting a Shigella outbreak is occurring in 
Tazewell County. The number of Shigella cases so far this year stands at 18, and that compares to only one during the year 2007.
News25 reports that:
Shigella is caused by a group of bacteria that health officials say
All those Clinton and Obama campaign workers may be getting out of Ohio just in time. Or maybe not.
Akron health officials are reporting that Ohio is suffering from the largest number of shigella cases since the 2001-2002 school year. They say its been ongoing for several months with youngsters battling diarrhea caused by shigellosis, a
A million children are killed annually by diarrhea disease caused by Shigella and Escherichia coli (E coli).
The Info Project at the Bloomberg School of Health at John Hopkins University just published a fact sheet on "Developing New Vaccines Against Diarrheal Disease" by PATH. It seems that PATH, an international nonprofit organization, last year was