Flint Hit With Bacterial Illness as Residents Shun City Water An outbreak of Shigellosis, a bacterial illness that is transmitted when people do not wash their hands, is rising in Genesee County, home to the city of Flint. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Conservationists See a Hurricane Risk: Florida’s Exotic Pets Could EscapeCassini Burns Into Saturn‘No white lights or angels’, THIS is what happens when you dieHow to Protect a Drug Patent? Sell it to a Native American TribeHow Hurricane Irma Became So Huge and DestructiveOut There: Cassini Flies Toward a Fiery Death on Saturn