When yellow fever shows up in the Americas, tens of thousands fall. It's a disease that once plagued coastal cities in the United States from New Orleans to Boston. New Haven citizenry created the ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Near the edge of Oakland Cemetery holds one of the most haunting reminders of a disaster that reshaped ...

Beef tea, a hot foot bath, and a tablespoon of good brandy were among a list of recommended home treatments for yellow fever, printed in an 1876 column for the Savannah Morning News. Thankfully, we ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grove Street Cemetery was established in the 1790s after too many people died of yellow fever and overwhelmed the New Haven Green, ...