There are two more cases of locally acquired malaria in Sarasota County, according to the Florida Department of Health, bringing the total number of cases to six in the state
At the end of June, the Florida department issued a statewide mosquito-borne illness advisory following the initial four cases of malaria. The Texas Department of State Health Services said on Friday that it is still aware of only one case of malaria there, but they are still on the lookout for other cases. Texas is also monitoring the region’s mosquito population for the disease.
Usually when someone has a rare case of malaria in the US it is after someone has traveled to a country where malaria is more common. Only about 2,000 cases of malaria are diagnosed in the US each year. That could change with the climate crisis. Scientists have been warning people that malaria could become more common in the US as temperatures warm.
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