Five people caught malaria locally in the U.S. for the first time since 2003, according to health officials. Four people in Sarasota County, Florida, and one person in Cameron County, Texas, reported cases of the mosquito-borne illness, state officials said. The last locally acquired Texas cases occurred in 1994 and 2003 in Palm Beach, Florida, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There are around 2,000 malaria cases a year, the CDC said, but they're most often diagnosed in people who caught the disease while abroad. 5 malaria cases reported in US, health officials say originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News June 26, 2023 23:43 UTC