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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. recently had its first local malaria cases in decades. Here's what parents need to know about the disease. (Design: Quinn ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an alert this week to clinicians that there are locally acquired cases of malaria in Florida and Texas, with four cases identified in Florida ...

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 ...

A Portland State University-led research team has developed a novel chemical compound that shows promise for the treatment and prevention of malaria, one of the world's deadliest diseases. Malaria, a ...

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 ...

The anti-malarial drug Artemisinin is highly effective. It's critical for kids, who are especially vulnerable. A new study comes to an alarming... What's going on with the 'magic' drug for malaria?