Nature’s sting operation: Yellow fever unmasked
Yellow fever is a menacing disease which has caused the death of enormous numbers of people in the past. It has been known ...
PBS5 年
Yellow Fever in the 20th Century and Today
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 ...
New Clues in the Fever Mystery: What’s Making Millions Sick in Sub-Saharan Africa?
A study on FUO in Guinea found diverse bacterial and viral infections, frequent misdiagnoses, and high antibiotic resistance, ...
PBS5 年
Historical Guide to Yellow Fever
Victims suffered from jaundice, high fever and black vomit. For more than two hundred years, yellow fever — as the disease became known — attacked numerous American cities, usually in severe ...
MercoPress3 年
Paraguay to require yellow fever vax when travel includes risk areas
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 ...
Palo Alto Weekly4 年
A lesson from history: How the yellow fever epidemic changed society
“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 ...
MercoPress1 个月
Paraguayans flock to yellow fever vaccination centers
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 ...
New study sheds light on the causes of fevers of unknown origin in sub-Saharan Africa
A new retrospective, laboratory-based observational study provides detailed insights into the causes of fevers of unknown ...
Scientific American2 年
Remedy for Yellow Fever
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 ...
Cape Coral residents push back as Yellow Fever Creek water facility project advances
The Cape Coral Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-2 to approve a water storage and pumping facility on 14 acres of the ...
standardmedia.co.ke8 个月
Uganda tackles yellow fever with new travel requirement, vaccination campaign
For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A man receives a shot of yellow fever vaccine at Kiswa Health Center III in Kampala ...
Yahoo12 天
Cape Coral residents push back as Yellow Fever Creek water facility project advances
Cape Coral residents' fight to protect Yellow Fever Creek Preserve continues after the Planning and Zoning Commission greenlit a controversial water facility project. At its meeting Wednesday ...