Claim: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation supports research into fighting malaria, including funding a company that releases genetically modified mosquitoes that are incapable of carrying the disease. But reports of locally acquired cases of malaria in the U.S. have sparked social media posts that baselessly suggest Gates was behind the recent outbreak.
Fact-check: U.S.-Acquired Malaria Cases Spark False Claims of Links to Gates-Funded Research - FactCheck.org
Verdict: the bill and melinda gates foundation supports research into fighting malaria, including funding a company that releases genetically modified mosquitoes that are incapable of carrying the disease. but reports of locally acquired cases of malaria in the u.s. have sparked social media posts that baselessly suggest gates was behind the recent outbreak.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Nora Macaluso
Date published: 2023-07-18T17:22:00