[laydn]

Just as a reminder, in 2021 there were close to 250 million estimated malaria cases worldwide, with an estimated ~600.000 deaths according to WHO, so it is very much a concern for the world even though it was eradicated in the USA

[xyzzy_plugh]

I mean it clearly hasn't been eradicated in the USA?

By comparison in 2021 there were twice as many COVID deaths.

[cvoss]

The CDC reports that, previously, the last case of malaria to be "locally acquired" in the US was 2003. [0] See also [1] for a history of the effort to eliminate malaria in the US, which took place primarily from 1947 - 1952.

[0] https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2023/han00494.asp

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/history/elimination_us.htm...

[pixl97]

Was and is are two different things.

Also the US military warned years ago that increased climate temperature would bring back malaria to the states, and here we are.