Outbreaks of deadly yellow fever in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo do not constitute a global health emergency but require stepped-up control measures and mass vaccination, the World ...

LONDON — The World Health Organization says the ongoing outbreak of yellow fever in central Africa is “serious and of great concern” but does not warrant being declared a global emergency. On Thursday ...

More than 400 people have died from yellow fever in Africa, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The WHO and other groups are trying to help Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Despite detecting several cases of yellow fever in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on May 19 that the situation does not constitute a ...

The World Health Organization said the current yellow fever outbreak in central African requires urgent action, but doesn’t amount to a public health emergency, NBC News reports. The organization’s ...

The burden of yellow fever in any given area is known to be heavily dependent on climate, particularly rainfall and temperature which can impact both mosquito life cycle and viral replication. Now, ...

as the summer bug season starts. But outside the United States, another mosquito-borne disease is attracting the world’s attention, and it may predict more than Zika does about how epidemics will move ...

Yellow fever has largely been eliminated in developed nations after vaccines were developed in the 1930s, but outbreaks continue in Africa and Latin America. For countries that cannot afford broad ...

An outbreak of yellow fever in Africa has global health experts worried. On Thursday the World Health Organization (WHO) convened an emergency meeting over a yellow fever outbreak that started in ...