New research from Oregon Health & Science University and collaborators indicates lab-made antibodies may be able to cure people infected with yellow fever, a virus for which there is no treatment. The ...

Experts are warning that yellow fever — which hasn’t had a major outbreak in the U.S. since 1905 — could make a comeback. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Getty Image) When you think of yellow ...

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 ...

The virus that causes yellow fever has a permanent foothold in the Brazilian Amazon, where the pathogen is widespread in wild animals living in the region’s forest. Now scientists have discovered that ...

This is the first time a complete 3D structure of a fully mature yellow fever virus particle had been recorded at near-atomic resolution, revealing differences between the vaccine and pathogenic ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* pre-print server, a team of researchers developed YF-S0, an exceptionally potent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine candidate using live-attenuated ...

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 ...

The yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, spreads dengue fever, Zika, chikungunya and other viruses that infect humans. Smith Collection / Gado/Getty Images Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes cause ...

SÃO PAULO — “Good morning!” a loudspeaker blared recently in the working class São Paulo suburb called Jardim Monte Alegre. “We’ve got your yellow fever vaccine, and today we’re going house to house!

CONCORD -- The yellow fever mosquito, an invasive species that bites during the day, has been confirmed in Contra Costa County, the Mosquito and Vector Control District said Friday. The district, ...