Board member Jesse Lazear hatched Finlay's mosquito eggs for the experiments. He took the insects to Las Animas Hospital in Havana to "load" them with the infected blood of yellow fever patients.

HAVANA, Jan. 9. -- The American Commission, under the superintendence of Dr. Reed, which has been making experiments at Quemados as to the propagation of the yellow fever germs by the mosquito ...

He becomes seriously ill but recovers. September 25: Jesse Lazear, likely bitten by a mosquito used in his experiments, dies of yellow fever. October 23: Walter Reed presents a "Preliminary Note ...

We have seen it stated in a number of oui exchanges that a remedy for yellow fever has been discovered at Angostura, Venezuela.— The remedy is the plant vervain or verbena, which grows abundantl ...

“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 ...

She volunteered for experiments to determine the cause of yellow fever, ultimately dying from the disease. Her death led to reforms in medical experimentation ethics and contributed to the ...

Paraguayan health authorities reported an increase in the demand for the yellow fever vaccine from people willing to travel to Brazil for the summer season. “An average of 200 people come daily ...

In times when controversies over COVID-19 vaccination mandates keep mounting worldwide, Paraguay's authorities Friday announced a proof of immunization against yellow fever will be required to ...

This number exceeds the 58 reported cases of yellow fever, including 28 deaths, between 2022 and 2023 in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. In January of this year, 17 additional cases were ...