U.S. malaria patient says the disease was initially misdiagnosed

Stationed near the Texas-Mexico border as part of the National Guard, Christopher Shingler first noticed a fever, trouble eating and vomiting in May.

Medics gave the 21-year-old tests for Covid-19, and at a hospital the Brazoria County resident was told he likely had a viral infection.

In early June, after symptoms persisted, tests at a different hospital made it official: Shingler had malaria.

The mosquito-carried disease sickens more than 200 million people annually around the world and kills hundreds of . . .