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Where are people in the U.S. getting malaria?

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Where are people in the U.S. getting malaria?
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Malaria is a serious, sometimes deadly disease spread by mosquitoes, and while it's most common in tropical areas, cases do appear in the United States. A new surveillance report from health officials looks at where and when these cases are happening across the country. The report doesn't give us numbers on how many people were affected, how they were treated, or what happened to them. It also doesn't explain why caution is needed or what the main findings were. This kind of tracking is a fundamental public health tool—it's the first step in spotting patterns, but on its own, it doesn't tell us about the risk to the general public or how to prevent infections.

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Health officials are tracking malaria cases in the U.S.
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