The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a nationwide advisory to alert health care providers and public health authorities about the discovery of Malaria in the U.S. for the first time in 20 years.
The Anopheles mosquito can infect a person with the malaria parasite. Paul Starosta/Getty Images
In late May, Sarasota County, Florida, health officials confirmed they had identified a case of locally transmitted malaria. In mid-June, they confirmed the second. On June 26, after an additional two cases were confirmed, Florida health officials issued a statewide mosquito-borne illness advisory.
Meanwhile, Texas joined in: On June 23, its state health department announced it had confirmed a case of local malaria transmission in Cameron County.
That’s a total of five cases in the past month. This is all highly unusual: Until now, the US hadn’t documented a locally acquired malaria case in 20 years. On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...
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