Disease

Former President Joe Biden was seen last week by doctors after urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule was found.

The case was confirmed at Lane Middle School, according to a release from the county. The person “may have been contagious between Sept. 3, 2024 to May 1, 2025.” The health department is contacting those who may have been exposed through an emailed letter.

There have been 8,485 cases reported in 2025. That’s twice as many cases as this time last year, based on the CDC’s final tally.

The county has reported 18 Shigella infections so far this year, as of Thursday. That's already higher than the case count for all of last year, which was 12.

Also known as whooping cough, the disease is resurgent across the Northwest.

A cat from Washington County has been euthanized after becoming severely ill with bird flu that officials think it got from exposure to wild ducks or geese. It’s the second cat to be diagnosed with highly pathogenic avian influenza in Oregon in two months.

In 2024, Oregon recorded the highest number of whooping cough cases, also known as Pertussis, since 1950.

Farmworker advocates, health experts say more robust monitoring needed to prevent spread of illness.

The Oregon Health Authority is reporting over 800 cases of pertussis in the state as of Wednesday. The agency expects Oregon will soon surpass its 2012 record of 910 cases.

DIslodged by COVID early in the pandemic, tuberculosis is once again the infectious disease that takes the most lives each year. And the number of cases set a new record. What's going on?