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 ...

Yellow fever appeared in the U.S. in the late 17th century. The deadly virus continued to strike cities, mostly eastern seaports and Gulf Coast cities, for the next two hundred years, killing ...

THE history of yellow fever, notorious for the dramatic suddenness of its outbreaks, and for two centuries an ever-present terror to the crews of old sailing ships ...