Yellow fever virus (YFV), a close relative of Zika virus and transmitted by the same type of mosquito, is the cause of an often-fatal viral hemorrhagic fever and could spread via air travel from endemic areas in Africa to ...
Jul 26, 2016
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Mosquito-born yellow fever has killed 32 people in Sudan's conflict-plagued Darfur region this month, the health ministry said in a statement obtained by AFP on Wednesday.
Nov 1, 2012
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(AP)—A yellow fever outbreak in Sudan's Darfur region has killed 107 people in the last six weeks, the World Health Organization reported Tuesday, warning that the disease could spread all over the country.
Nov 13, 2012
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An ongoing yellow fever epidemic in Angola has killed 99 people out of 462 suspected cases since December 30, statistics showed Monday, despite government attempts to quell the outbreak.
Feb 22, 2016
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Nearly 200 people in New York and New Jersey have been sickened with dengue fever amid a rise in cases across the Americas, prompting a warning from the Centers for Disease Control.
Jul 11, 2024
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Among natural and man-made disasters, there is perhaps nothing more baffling and terrifying than an infectious disease outbreak. In 1793, a yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia killed about 5,000 people and altered the course ...
Jul 28, 2014
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People infected with the chikungunya virus (CHIKV) still have an increased risk of death from complications for up to three months post-infection, according to new research published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Feb 13, 2024
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This is no time to give in to COVID-19.
Feb 7, 2022
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Evidence is mounting that the current outbreak of yellow fever is becoming the latest global health emergency, say two Georgetown University professors who call on the World Health Organization to convene an emergency committee ...
May 9, 2016
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An ongoing yellow fever epidemic in Angola has killed 125 people out of 664 suspected cases since December 30, government statistics show, despite attempts to quell the outbreak.
Feb 28, 2016
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