Category: Malaria

National Guardsman identified as individual who tested positive for malaria

Texas Local News Christopher Shingler said he was among the troops stationed in Brownsville in May on a border security assignment prior to the end of Title 42. He was heavily bitten by bugs, including mosquitoes, and started experiencing symptoms within two weeks, Shingler said.  “I started having fevers and vomiting, and that was the […]

Jul 5, 2023

A Rare Domestic Resurgence of Malaria Is Circulating in the US

Wired AT LEAST FOUR people in Florida and one in Texas have been diagnosed with malaria that they must have caught near where they live—because, according to health officials, none of them traveled outside the US or their own states. The very unusual discovery has left infectious disease specialists wondering: Who else might be ill, and will local […]

Jul 5, 2023

First U.S. malaria cases diagnosed in decades in Florida and Texas

Reuters Five cases of malaria have been confirmed in Florida and Texas, the first time the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease has been locally acquired in the United States in 20 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. The four Florida cases, along with one in Texas, have been diagnosed over a period […]

Jun 27, 2023

At Long Last, Can Malaria Be Eradicated?

New York Times – Two new vaccines may finally turn back an ancient plague. But in unexpected ways, their arrival also complicates the path to ending the disease. A more powerful malaria vaccine, developed by the Oxford team that created the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, may be just a year or two away. Many experts believe […]

Oct 4, 2022