What Is Yellow Fever? What Causes Yellow Fever?
| Yellow fever is an acute systemic illness - a hemorrhagic fever - caused by the Flavivirus. Acute means it comes on (onset) rapidly, while systemic means it affects the whole body. In severe cases yellow fever causes a high fever, bleeding into the skin and the death of cells in the liver and kidney. Liver damage results in severe jaundice ... 12/17/2009 19:40 (medicalnewstoday health) Continue to read news >> |
|
|
|
|
| Health News |
|
Some Cities Sink Boozy Parties On Public... Floatopia, beer floating, float-a-palooza - there are many names, but the key ingredients stay the same: Sun, a public body of water, inflatable rafts - and booze. In som |
|
When Animal Rescuers Become Animal Hoard... Linda Bruno called her Pennsylvania cat rescue the land of milk and tuna. It thrived for years as people sent pets they couldn't care for from hundreds of miles away - un |
|
Organic Strawberries Are Better R... They have more antioxidants and vitamin C than their conventional counterparts, a study says. But they come up short by other measures — potassium and phosphorus, f |
|
1 In 7 Home Kitchens Would Flunk Inspect... A new study suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants. |
|
Srinagar Journal: A Kashmir Hospital Is ... Just getting to work is an ordeal for staff members, who have also had to face chanting protesters in their emergency room. |
|
Doctor And Patient: Tending To Patients ... Dr. Ruth Berggren was among a team of nurses and doctors that stayed with patients during Hurricane Katrina. |
| Latest |