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 hundreds ...

Michael Yudell, PhD, a professor and chair, and Esther Chernak, MD, an associate clinical professor, both in the Dornsife School of Public Health, are quoted in an Oct. 25 episode of WHYY-Radio’s "The ...

More than two centuries ago, an outbreak of yellow fever hit Philadelphia — then the largest city in the fledgling United States — and wiped out about 10 percent of the population. Now, one ...

There had been earlier fevers that swept through the city of Philadelphia, but the one that hit in August 1793 was one of the worst in U.S. history. In just three months, 5,000 people -- one out of ...

It was hot in Philadelphia during the summer of 1793 — very hot. And the soaring temperatures complicated life in the city. Foul smells of rotting refuse and waste permeated the air. Swarms of ...

PW called this ambitious novel about the yellow fever epidemic that ravaged 18th-century Philadelphia "extremely well researched. However, larger scale views take precedence over the kind of intimate ...