4. Baltimore; Summer 1800; 1,200 dead As the 19th century wore on, yellow fever outbreaks would increasingly be confined to the southern United States. 5. New Orleans; Summer 1853; 8000 or more ...

She was writing a book, “Necropolis ... there are limits to comparing the COVID-19 pandemic to yellow fever epidemics in 19th-century New Orleans. For one thing, theirs was a culture of mass ...

After an earlier outbreak in New Orleans, more than half of Memphis' 47,000 residents flee when yellow fever reaches their city. April 29: President Rutherford B. Hayes signs the Quarantine Act ...

To the editor: I just finished reading an exceptional book by David McCullough about ... the death rate from malaria and yellow fever was extremely high, more than 20%. However, in 1904, about ...