CDC issues alert after first local cases of malaria found in US since 2003

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory for malaria after cases were found in Florida and Texas within the past two months, marking the first time in two decades that people acquired the disease from mosquitoes in the United States. Four cases have been identified in Florida and one in Texas over the past two months. Mosquito control measures are being implemented in the affected areas in both states, the CDC said Monday. The last malaria outbreak in the U.S. occurred in 2003 when eight people were infected in Palm Beach County, Florida.