KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo — In the doorway of a one-room yellow fever ward in downtown Kinshasa, a toddler named Julia is slung over her mother’s shoulder. Moments later a nurse ...

Yellow fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease that is usually transmitted by mosquitoes that carry the infection. It gets its name from its characteristic symptom of jaundice that some people with the ...

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If you plan on traveling abroad this summer, especially to regions within South America or Africa, it’s imperative to be aware of your risk of yellow fever, a potentially deadly flavivirus endemic to ...

A deadly yellow fever epidemic pushed Memphis into a rushed sewer experiment, while Chicago’s grand fix shifted the filth ...

The Nigerian government has administered over 25 million measles and 22 million yellow fever vaccine doses, alongside new ...

How will COVID-19 end? Decisively, with a vaccine, or slowly, with herd immunity? Will it downshift to a recurring nuisance and a manageable condition? Or will we see an amalgam of endgames, varying ...

An outbreak in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo has raised concerns about the infamous and fearsome disease — once a scourge of the... No one knows for sure, but scientists believe that ...

For the first time ever, Brazil is attempting a nationwide immunization campaign against yellow fever. An ongoing outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease has killed hundreds of people in parts of ...

No one knows for sure, but scientists believe that yellow fever has plagued the world for at least 3,000 years. in all likelihood, the disease started in the rain forests of Africa. It rode barges and ...