U.S. Sees First Cases of Local Malaria Transmission in Two Decades

Why It Matters: A resurgence in travel could lead to more cases.The United States eradicated malaria decades ago, but globally there were nearly 250 million cases of malaria in 2021, a vast majority in Africa, according to the World Health Organization. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, about 2,000 cases of malaria were reported in the United…