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 ...

While it's typically found in sub-Saharan Africa, South America and parts of the Caribbean, there are concerns over it becoming a "global health emergency". Earlier this week, two academics made ...

Yellow fever, caused and spread by the yellow fever mosquito, hasn't been a major public health concern since the 1800s, but its reemergence in the past five decades may be cause for concern, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Experts are warning that yellow fever — which hasn’t had a major outbreak in the U.S. since 1905 — could make a comeback. (Photo ...

In the summer of 1693, a strange disease spread through Boston. Victims suffered from jaundice, high fever and black vomit. For more than two hundred years, yellow fever — as the disease became known ...

Infectious disease experts in the United States suspect the ongoing yellow fever outbreak in Brazil could carve an epidemic path similar to Zika virus, according to The Washington Post. Since December ...

Yellow Fever virus is among the most dangerous pathogens circulating today. As many as half of hospitalized patients succumb to disease complications. The disease typically impacts tropical climates, ...

Exposure of one person can lead to infection of all household members. [File, Standard] On March 5, 2022, Kenya declared an outbreak of yellow fever in Isiolo County after the death of three people.

As of February 2025, the Pan American Health Organization has issued an epidemiological alert regarding the recent increases in yellow fever rates in the Americas. While yellow fever has been rising ...