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Social media posts suggest malaria cases in the states of Florida and Texas are linked to a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation project using genetically modified mosquitoes. This is false; the philanthropy has funded no US malaria projects, and a disease control program in Florida uses insects that are incapable of spreading the parasite.

She noted that despite malaria being preventable, it has continued to be a problem in the county- contributing

The recent malaria outbreak in the U.S. may have been caused by a project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that released genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reported five cases of malaria in the U.S. – four in Florida and one in Texas. These are the first […]

The World Health Organization, Unicef and the Vaccine Alliance have announced 18 million doses of the first malaria vaccine will be delivered to 12 African countries by 2025. 

GAVI said on Wednesday 12 countries in Africa would receive 18 million doses of malaria vaccine over the next 2 years, expanding access to the shots to nine new countries in the region.

Move is ‘critical step forward in the fight against one of the leading causes of death on the continent’ - WHO

The Florida Department of Health recently issued a statewide mosquito-borne illness advisory after four confirmed cases of malaria in Sarasota County.

Decision made in response to increase in number of patients in May and June

THE Department of Health (DoH) said that 66 provinces are totally free of malaria while 15 others are in the elimination phase.

We've rounded up analysis from researchers and reports on what the recent malaria cases in Florida and Texas could mean.