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Painting of the Staten Island Quarantine Facility—built in 1799 to care for yellow fever patients, where by the 1850s all passengers from newly arrived ships with signs of a disease were quarantined. The image is an oil painting showing a bustling waterway with lots of tall ships with sails lowered and smaller vessels ferrying cargo to them. GETTY IMAGES/Keith Lance

Plague Ships, Shotgun Mobs, and the "Saffron Scourge"

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Recalling the massive, deadly New Orleans yellow fever epidemic of 1878—and what lessons it holds for coronavirus today

Picture shows a young boy carrying a backpack and wearing a school uniform standing in front of a brightly-colored building. A well-dressed woman directs him while a well-dressed man kneels and points a high-tech thermometer at his head to take his temperature.

Anticipating Coronavirus in West Africa

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Interview with Nigeria CDC leader Chikwe Ihekweazu on outbreak detection, preparedness, response, and COVID-19 in Africa