The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has issued a new Rapid Risk Assessment (RRA) on yellow fever in the Americas ...

Travel to some zones with a critical virus presence will also be restricted under the health emergency. Yellow fever is a disease that is transmitted to humans by the bites of infected mosquitoes.

Colombia has declared a national health and economic emergency over a deadly yellow fever outbreak, with the government urging people to get vaccinated and take precautions while traveling over ...

What’s raising eyebrows is the shift in where these cases are popping up. Historically tied to rural Amazonian regions, yellow fever is now creeping into urban zones, making it a bigger threat across ...

This decision was made by health authorities, as these areas are classified as high-risk zones for yellow fever transmission. The Ministry of Health noted that due to a shortage of vaccines against ...

Yellow fever, dengue Fever, Zika, those are serious diseases that usually occur in far-away tropical environments, but Contra Costa County officials sounded the alarm that the mosquitoes that ...

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 man receives a shot of yellow fever vaccine at Kiswa Health Center III in Kampala, Uganda Tuesday, April. 2, 2024. Uganda has rolled out a nationwide yellow fever vaccination campaign to help ...

very humid, very hot. There's a lot of pooling water, that's important too," Kilgore said. In North Florida, yellow fever killed thousands of people, including the Territorial Gov. Robert Reid ...

Yellow fever is a viral infection transmitted by a bite from infected mosquitoes most commonly found in parts of South America and Africa. When transmitted to humans, the yellow fever virus can ...

Norman Swan: Yellow fever, also called Yellow Jack, was first described in the 17th century as Europeans colonised Africa in the new world. It was much feared as a fatal disease with a horrible ...

The central government is cracking down on unauthorised centres administering yellow fever vaccine and issuing fake certificates, and has asked states to identify and take action against them ...