In late June 2023, the Texas Department of State Health Services was notified of a Texas resident diagnosed with malaria who had not traveled outside the country or state. The resident lives in ...

Malaria is a serious and sometimes deadly infectious disease caused by a parasite and spread through mosquito bites. The disease is a public health concern worldwide. In fact, an estimated 247 million ...

A malaria patient who lives in the DC region has been released from the hospital after contracting the deadly disease locally, the Maryland Department of Health reported Friday. The local case of ...

The U.S. recently had its first local malaria cases in decades. Here's what parents need to know about the disease. (Design: Quinn Lemmers for Yahoo; Photo: Getty images) The Centers for Disease ...

Malaria is spread through mosquitoes and can be fatal if it is not treated quickly. The disease is rare in the United States, with just about 2,000 cases each year, according to the Centers for ...

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that leads to about 241 million infections worldwide every year, with 95% of cases in Africa in what’s known as the World Health Organization African Region. The ...

The latest locally aquired case of malaria in the U.S. has been identitfied in Saline County, Arkansas, according to the state's department of health. "This is the only known locally acquired case of ...

Malaria remains a leading killer of children and pregnant women, especially in crisis-affected countries, with progress in ...

The first malaria cases in decades were recently confirmed in two southern states. Four cases were confirmed in Florida, and one was reported in Texas. All patients have received treatment and are ...

If Floridians didn’t have enough reasons to dislike mosquitos, they now have another one — malaria. Health officials in Sarasota and Manatee counties issued a mosquito-borne illness alert in the two ...

Lately, Dr. Ruth Namazzi and her colleagues have been stopping one another in their hospital ward with worried looks. Between treating patients, she says, they voice their concerns: "'Malaria's very ...