On August 27, Lazear placed a mosquito on fellow board member James Carroll and four days later on a soldier volunteer. Both of them contracted yellow fever. The mosquito that had bitten the men ...

May 24: Four doctors are named to serve on the board that will study yellow fever: Walter Reed, James Carroll, Aristides Agramonte and Jesse Lazear. Board members visit Carlos Finley in Havana ...

The viral theory of the origin of yellow fever was suggested by the Cuban scientist K. Finlay in 1881. The virus was discovered in 1901 by American investigators W. Reed, J. Carroll, J.

“I write about yellow fever by day and worry about COVID-19 at night,” she said. Olivarius, an assistant professor of history, was working on her doctoral dissertation on slavery around the ...

March 13th marks five years since an emergency declaration was issued in 2020 for the unfolding COVID-19 outbreak. But it's far from the only deadly virus to impact the Port City over the years.