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Trump Orders 90% Mosquito, 50% Tick Cuts by 2028

By Drooid · Oct 1, 2026, 2:42 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a 90% mosquito and 50% tick reduction by 2028.
The order tasks Interior, Agriculture, HHS, EPA and GSA to develop the campaign within 60 days.
EPA must draft a regulatory framework for new mosquito and tick control technologies within 60 days.
HHS will launch prize competitions within 90 days to spur rapid diagnostics and treatments for vector-borne diseases.

History

Historical Context

During World II the U.S. Army faced a malaria surge after Japanese forces cut off quinine supplies, prompting massive drug-testing programs such as the 1944 Stateville Penitentiary trials led by the University of Chicago that evaluated primaquine and other 8-aminoquinolines. Those efforts, which saved millions of man-hours of service, established a precedent for coordinated federal vector-control actions now echoed in today’s mosquito-and-tick reduction order.

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Story summary

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a 90% mosquito and 50% tick reduction by 2028.
The order tasks Interior, Agriculture, HHS, EPA and GSA to develop the campaign within 60 days.
EPA must draft a regulatory framework for new mosquito and tick control technologies within 60 days.
HHS will launch prize competitions within 90 days to spur rapid diagnostics and treatments for vector-borne diseases.

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