Health officials in the United States have issued an alert after five cases of locally-acquired malaria were detected for the first time in decades.

The life-threatening disease is spread by mosquitoes, which are normally found in tropical climates.

But as global temperatures rise – more places are becoming hospitable to mosquitoes – and the deadly diseases they carry.

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