# Canonical recap data for Yellow Fever Epidemic New York (1793)
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title: Yellow Fever Epidemic New York
subtitle: Philadelphia's devastating plague killed one-tenth of the city's population and forced the federal government to flee temporarily.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1793-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1793
decade: 1790
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration. In most cases, symptoms include fever, chills, loss of appetite, nausea, muscle pains—particularly in the back—and headaches. Symptoms typically improve within five days. In about 15% of people, within a day of improving the fever recurs, abdominal pain occur
summaryLong: Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration. In most cases, symptoms include fever, chills, loss of appetite, nausea, muscle pains—particularly in the back—and headaches. Symptoms typically improve within five days. In about 15% of people, within a day of improving the fever recurs, abdominal pain occurs and liver damage begins, causing yellow skin. If this occurs, the risk of bleeding and kidney problems is increased.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Yellow fever"
importance: 73
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_fever"
  title: Yellow fever
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- disaster
metaDescription: "Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration. In most cases, symptoms include fever, chills, loss of appetite, nausea, muscle pains—particularly "
wikidataQid: Q154874
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260621235155/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_fever"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-21
  label: Yellow fever
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_fever"
