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 ...

The aedes aegypti mosquito, called the "Yellow Fever mosquito," is known for spreading illnesses like its namesake and dengue fever. The aedes aegypti mosquito, called the "Yellow Fever mosquito ...

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 ...