Brazil to vaccinate entire country against yellow fever
Brazil's health minister says the country is expanding its campaign to vaccinate people against yellow fever to cover the entire country (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 20, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Africa:Why Disease-Bearing Insects, Viral Infections Are Increasing
[Guardian] Climate change promotes spread of mosquito, tick-borne viruses, yellow fever in Africa (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news

CDC Expands Yellow Fever Guidance for Brazil Travelers
(MedPage Today) -- New vax recommendations include most popular tourist areas (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 16, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Yellow fever shots urged for Brazil travelers amid outbreak
Health officials are urging travelers to Brazil to get yellow fever shots after 10 recent visitors got the mosquito-borne disease (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

EARLY RELEASE: Fatal Yellow Fever in Travelers to Brazil, 2018
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - March 16, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: news

BU: Brazil yellow fever outbreak necessitates vaccines
(Boston University School of Medicine) Brazil is in the midst of a yellow fever outbreak, with the mosquito-borne virus reaching popular tourist destinations that do not normally see the disease. Since January 2018, 10 cases of yellow fever have been confirmed in international travelers visiting Brazil, including four deaths. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Update: Thinking of Going to Brazil? You Will Need a Yellow Fever Vaccination
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that an outbreak of the virus means that travelers should get the vaccine before a trip. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: KAREN WEINTRAUB Tags: Travel and Vacations Yellow Fever Brazil Source Type: news

Rumors, mistrust hinder Brazil yellow fever vaccine campaign
Amid rumors that a yellow fever vaccine is weak or dangerous, Brazil is struggling to vaccinate millions of people, raising concerns the outbreak could grow (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Yellow fever – Brazil
Disease news outbreak for Yellow fever in Brazil. (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - March 9, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: news Source Type: news

Yellow fever strikes 846 in Brazil, figures show
Brazil's Health Ministry is now aiming to vaccinate more than 23 million people across the country, with cities being hit hard by the mosquito-borne virus that has a death rate of eight per cent. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 8, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New test extends window for accurate detection of Zika
(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Diagnosis of Zika infection is complex. Molecular tests for exposure are only reliable in the first two to three weeks after infection. Antibody tests are confounded by cross-reactivity of antibodies to Zika with similar viruses like dengue and yellow fever. A new blood test called ZIKV-NS2B-concat ELISA is faster, less expensive, and extends the window of accurate detection to months after onset of infection, giving clinicians a powerful tool to screen for Zika throughout pregnancy. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - March 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Global Health: Yellow Fever Circles Brazil ’ s Huge Cities
With an outbreak in its second year, officials are trying to vaccinate 23 million people against the virus. The government was slow to act, critics say. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 5, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: SHASTA DARLINGTON and DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Vaccination and Immunization Epidemics Yellow Fever Mosquitoes Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Pan American Health Organization World Health Organization Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Sao Paulo (Brazil) Monkeys and Apes Source Type: news

Brazil yellow fever cases on track to surpass last outbreak
Brazil has confirmed 723 cases of yellow fever, putting the current outbreak on track surpass the previous, unusually large one (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 1, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Yellow Fever Vaccine
CBER Approved Product For active immunization of persons 9 months of age and older who: •Are living in or traveling to endemic areas; •Travelling internationally to countries that require evidence of vaccination from entering travelers or; •Laboratory Personnel who might be expose to virulent yellow fever virus or to concentrated preparations of the yellow fever vaccine strain b y direct or indirect contact or by aerosols should by vaccinated. (Source: What's New at CBER)
Source: What's New at CBER - March 1, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: news

Sudan:Medical Commission Closes Doors for Lack of Yellow Fever Serum
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -Sudan's medical commission will close the doors of all branches effective tomorrow due to the interruption of the medical supplies of yellow fever serum. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 1, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news