Malaria is making a comeback in the U.S. What you need to know to stay safe from it—and West Nile Virus—this summer

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Malaria likely doesn’t come to mind when you think of the reasons to marinate in mosquito repellent this summer. 

But it should, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announcing this week that five malaria cases have been reported in Florida and Texas over the past two months. The cases are not related to travel or each other, according to the federal health agency, meaning that spread of the potentially deadly disease is occurring via mosquitoes—and that prevention is of the utmost importance.