Commentary: Don’t panic over malaria in the US. But do worry about mosquitoes
Since May, at least eight cases of locally transmitted malaria have been reported — the first such instances in the United States in 20 years. Although a relatively small number of U.S. residents contract malaria abroad each year, the individuals recently affected in Texas and Florida did not leave their states before falling ill, suggesting they got sick from mosquitoes in this country.
As a result, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health
