A small number of people in Florida and Texas have contracted malaria Shutterstock/nechaevkon
Five people in Florida and Texas have contracted malaria while in the US, according to an alert issued by the (CDC) on Monday. It is the first locally transmitted malaria outbreak in the US in two decades.
What do we know about the current outbreak?
Four people in Florida and one person in Texas have been diagnosed with malaria in the past two months. All have received treatment and are doing well. None of the individuals recently travelled abroad, meaning…
