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Gates-funded World Mosquito Program cuts Colombia dengue by half — viral 'bacteria mosquito' claims debunked
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Fact-checkers in 2026 pushed back on viral posts claiming 'Bill Gates' was personally releasing 30 million 'bacteria-infected mosquitoes' a week in Colombia, clarifying that the work is run by the World Mosquito Program — a not-for-profit owned by Australia's Monash University — not by Gates himself. The program breeds Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carrying the naturally occurring Wolbachia bacterium, which reduces the insects' ability to transmit dengue, Zika and yellow fever; city-wide deployments in the Medellín area between 2017 and 2024 protected millions of people and cut dengue incidence by roughly half. The Gates Foundation is a major funder of the method, having directed an estimated $185 million toward Wolbachia mosquito research since 2010. The accurate picture is a long-running public-health intervention, not the population-control scheme implied by the viral framing.
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Gates Foundation sets record $9 billion 2026 budget while cutting up to 500 jobs by 2030
In January 2026 the Gates Foundation approved a record annual payout of about $9 billion for the year while announcing it would reduce its workforce by up to roughly 500 positions — about 20% of its staff — by 2030, shifting money from operations into grants as it accelerates spending ahead of its planned 2045 closure. CEO Mark Suzman said the reductions would be gradual and reviewed annually rather than imposed in a single wave, and the board capped operating costs at no more than $1.25 billion, around 14% of the budget. The moves reflected the tension between scaling up philanthropic ambition and controlling overhead during the wind-down. The restructuring was among the most significant in the Foundation's history.
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Gates Foundation denies claims it released genetically modified mosquitoes in Kenya
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