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 ...

Between 30% and 60% of people with severe symptoms still die, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Beyond the danger of the viral infection, yellow fever revealed the ...

After 1743, the disease will not return to the region until 1762. Yellow fever kills an estimated 5,000 people in Philadelphia. Thousands more city residents will die in subsequent outbreaks over ...

Paraguayan health authorities reported an increase in the demand for the yellow fever vaccine from people willing to travel ... It is a serious viral disease transmitted by mosquito bites.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Tuesday issued an epidemiological alert regarding yellow fever in the Americas ...

The Department of Health issues a warning on Wednesday about Q fever, a disease primarily spread from cattle, sheep and goats to people. There were 77 reported cases of Q fever in 2024 ...

Once effective antiviral drugs are developed, they could potentially be administered to people with or without a fever to decrease or prevent disease symptoms at the first sign of a dengue outbreak.