In the 20th century, a vaccine for yellow fever was developed to protect people in regions where the disease still flourishes. Epidemics continued, however, during every decade of the century ...

Yellow fever is an acute infectious disease, with rapid evolution and high lethality in its most severe forms. It presents symptoms such as sudden fever, chills, headache, body aches, nausea ...

THE history of yellow fever, notorious for the dramatic suddenness of its outbreaks, and for two centuries an ever-present terror to the crews of old sailing ships ...

Victims suffered from jaundice, high fever and black vomit. For more than two hundred years, yellow fever — as the disease became known — attacked numerous American cities, usually in severe ...

“I write about yellow fever by day and worry about COVID-19 at night,” she said. Olivarius, an assistant professor of history, was working on her doctoral dissertation on slavery around the ...

Source: Focus Medica. A viral infection characterized by high fever and jaundice. It is caused by a virus called yellow fever virus (Flavivirus) and infects through mosquito bites. Symptoms are ...

Brazil's south-eastern state of Minas Gerais has declared a public health emergency following a deadly outbreak of yellow fever. At least 15 people have died there since December. Many areas ...

No fewer than 952 Nigerians have been killed by Lassa fever, cholera, measles, diphtheria, and yellow fever in 2024. This is ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A man receives a shot of yellow fever vaccine at Kiswa Health Center III in Kampala ...

This confirmed case comes a year after the district's mass yellow fever vaccination campaign, which aimed to cover 95% of eligible individuals aged 9 months to 60 years Health officials in Kasese ...

Acting Assistant Surgeon J.W. Thomas of the U.S. Army reported that there had been 5,000 cases of yellow fever at Key West between Sept. 6 and Nov. 30, 1899.