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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
According to the Centers for Disease Control, there's another thing to worry about when visiting Florida: Leprosy. In a recent research letter published on the CDC website, the authors say there is ...
The world's deadliest animal can be squashed flat with a quick slap: It's the mosquito. The buzzing insects are more than annoying — they spread disease. When they bite and drink blood from a person ...
World Malaria Report, published on Thursday, shows that resistance to antimalarial drugs now poses one of the most acute ...
For the first time in 20 years, malaria is spreading locally within the United States. Seven cases of malaria, a serious disease caused by a parasite that commonly infects a certain type of mosquito, ...
Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. An unusual series of small U.S. malaria outbreaks – attributed to mosquito bites occurring in Florida, Maryland ...
Scientists conducted a study that reveals the first evidence of harm caused by malaria infection among wild African apes. They discovered that bonobo populations differ in a key immune trait depending ...
The first locally transmitted malaria cases in two decades have been reported in Florida and Texas. Most U.S. malaria cases are travel-related. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a ...
Deaths linked to malaria last year rose last year, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, warning also of an ...