Malaria Wiped Out In U.S. But Still Plagues U.S. Hospitals

By: JASON BEAUBIEN

Malaria transmission in the United States was eliminated in the early 1950s through the use of insecticides, drainage ditches and the incredible power of window screens.

But the mosquito-borne disease has staged a comeback in American hospitals as travelers return from parts of the world where malaria runs rampant. In the early 1970s there only a couple hundred malaria cases reported in the entire U.S. but that number has steadily increased in recent years.

A new study published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygienefinds that now roughly 1,500 people are hospitalized each year in the U.S. with malaria. [Read more…]

Source: NPR