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Those traveling overseas should pack bug spray, stay in places with air conditioning or window and door screens or sleep under a mosquito net.

For the first time in two decades, malaria infections have been confirmed in people who did not travel outside the United States, leading federal health authorities to warn about the potential for tr...

(CTN News) - For the first time in two decades, malaria infections have been confirmed in people who did not travel outside the United States, leading federal

The last confirmed instance of transmission happened in 2003, when eight people became infected in Palm Beach County, Fla., the CDC said.

Florida and Texas have both issued health advisories for the mosquito-borne illness.

Roughly 2,000 cases of malaria are diagnosed in the US annually, but those are typically contracted by people who travel outside the country.

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Monkeypox is usually spread through skin-to-skin contact, and could be spread through touching surfaces that have been used by an infected person.