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malaria

To Help Stop Malaria’s Spread, CDC Researchers Create a Test to Find a Mosquito That Is Flourishing Thanks to Climate Change

The bug notorious for spreading the disease is finding a new home in Africa. Scientists blame its migration on global warming and worry the disease may gain a foothold in the U.S.

By Victoria St. Martin

JeNiyah Scaife, an intern at the CDC’s Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, works in a lab on a new test that will help to detect a species of mosquito that can carry malaria. Credit: CDC
In 1958, staff members at a newly created agency called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention practice drawing training aids for teaching about vector-borne diseases, including malaria; in this case, one staff member draws the life cycle of a mosquito on a whiteboard. Image courtesy CDC. Credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images.

Malaria Cases in Florida and Texas Raise Prospect of Greater Transmission in a Warmer Future

By Victoria St. Martin

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