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New Mexico bacterial outbreak spreads in unhoused population

States Newsroom · November 13, 2026

A strain of a highly infectious intestinal infection in Bernalillo County has spread among unhoused people, who make up close to half the cases, according to the latest data from the New Mexico Department of Health. As of Oct. 28, the health department had identified 102 shigellosis cases since March 2025, 46 among…

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New Mexico bacterial outbreak spreads in unhoused population

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