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The last US outbreak of malaria was in 2003, with eight reported cases in Florida

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning about cases in Florida and Texas.

Four people in Florida and one person in Texas recently caught malaria within the U.S. Similar cases haven't been reported since 2003.

Four people in Sarasota have fallen ill with malaria, and the Florida Department of Health has issued a statewide mosquito-borne illness alert, the department said this week. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control also has issued an alert after the Florida cases, and one case in Texas, are the first…

Late Monday, the CDC announced it identified five total cases of malaria in Texas and Florida and is recommending folks to take precautions.

Five people have been diagnosed with malaria in Florida and Texas as the potentially-fatal disease spreads across parts of the US

According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, it is the first time malaria has been locally acquired in the US in twenty years after cases were identified in Florida and Texas

Four of the cases were found in Florida, while the fifth was logged in Texas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Five cases have been reported, CDC says.