When we reported earlier this year on the Shigella outbreaks being experienced by the Jewish communities of the Lower Hudson and Brooklyn in New York State, we did wonder if it might have something to do with religious or cultural practices.
Our last report, Shigella Outbreak In New York Spreads Across Hudson River can be
"Bacterial infection spreads through area" is the headline today in the Corpus Christi, TX Caller-Times. The story by writer David Kassabian tells of the Shigella outbreak now occurring in Nueces and San Patricio counties in the Corpus Christi area. According to the report:
Since Jan. 1, 68 cases of Shigellosis, a potentially serious diarrheal disease,
Texas is the latest state to report a local outbreak of Shigella. The location is Karnes County, where parents in all four school districts in the county have been warned about the outbreak. The warning came in the form of a letter from the Texas Department of Health Services. A copy can be found here.
Iowa’s Quad-City Times is reporting on an outbreak of Shigella. The newspaper says the number of shigellosis cases in Scott County, Iowa has increased dramatically over the past few weeks.
According to health department officials, typically there might be five Shigella cases a month reported in Scott County. So far in May, the health
Little Rock, Arkansas—specifically Pulaski County– is Ground Zero for a Shigella outbreak that has reached 18 counties in the Razorback State. Arkansas has already recorded more cases of Shigella in 2008 than it did during all of last year.
This year’s 118 confirmed cases in less than five months compares to 105 in all of
Hou Sheng-mou, writing today (05/16/08) in the Taiwan Journal takes a look at "The World Health Report 2007–A Safer Future: Global Public Health Security in the 21st Century."
The Taiwan Journal writer notes the report "elucidates the importance of cooperation and 
information sharing among countries in the fight against disease." WHO Director-General Margaret Chan
Last month, we reported on a Shigella outbreak in New York’s Lower Hudson River Valley involving the Jewish Community. It was centered on Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam counties, just outside New York City.
Now it appears that outbreak has spread to the Borough Park and Williamsburg communities in Brooklyn. The New York City Health Department is working
The great Sioux Chief, Sitting Bull, lived, died, and may be buried on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Mobridge, South Dakota. The actual location of Sitting Bull’s grave is the subject of historical dispute.
There is no dispute that the 8,500 Sioux who today live on the Standing Rock are at the center of
Shigella is a bacterium that can cause sudden and severe diarrhea (gastroenteritis) in humans. Shigellosis is the name of the disease that Shigella causes. The illness is also known as "bacillary dysentery." Shigella bacteria can infect the intestinal tract after the ingestion of relatively few organisms. This is why shigellosis is the most communicable of
The Journal News, the Gannett newspaper the Lower Hudson Valley including Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties in New York, today (4/17/08) is reporting on a Shigella outbreak involving local Jewish schools and day care centers. Here’s what Jane Lemer writes:
A total of 67 cases of shigellosis have been reported so far this year, Rockland Commissioner of Health
Since Jan. 1, 68 cases of Shigellosis, a potentially serious diarrheal disease, 
A total of 67 cases of shigellosis have been reported so far this year, Rockland Commissioner of Health