The 18th-century Yellow Fever pandemic that led to NYC’s first Health Department

“New York, View From South, Man-of-war at Left,” 1793, via NYPL Digital Collections A spot of hope amidst the chaos of our current moment is that we will come out stronger, safer, and more prepared than we were before. Historically, that has actually been the case. For example, New York’s 1795 Yellow Fever Pandemic led […more]

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