CLAIM: Recently reported cases of Eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, virus in Alabama were caused by a genetically modified mosquito project tied to Bill Gates.
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ABC News / AP Fact Check→ FACT FOCUS: Critics twist California bill that would weigh gender-identity support in custody cases
California lawmakers have approved a bill that would instruct courts to consider, among many other factors, whether a parent affirms a child’s gender identity when making custody and visitation decisions.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ There is no connection between rising COVID cases and elections, contrary to claims online
CLAIM: COVID-19 only spikes during election seasons. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. There is no connection between rising COVID-19 cases and the electoral process, epidemiology experts confirm.
The Dispatch→ Polling on Trump’s Cases Shows Two Different Universes
Republicans are rallying around their guy, but the general electorate thinks the indictments are legit.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Misinfo about ‘suitcases’ of ballots and a burst pipe in 2020 return after Trump’s Georgia indictment
CLAIM: On election night in 2020, a burst water pipe at a ballot processing site in Georgia’s Fulton County allowed workers to steal the election from former President Donald Trump.
The Dispatch→ Ranking the Four Criminal Cases Against Trump
How this week’s indictment in Georgia fits in with the rest.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Florida leprosy cases highlighted in recent report aren’t linked to COVID-19 vaccines
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, the CDC didn’t issue a travel advisory for Florida over an increase in leprosy cases
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Full Fact→ A very small share of malnutrition cases in hospital are in children
Articles in the Sun said that about a third of 11,000 malnutrition cases in England involved children. The actual share is about 3%.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proven Link Between ‘Athlete Cardiac Arrests’ And COVID-19 Vaccine — Many Non-Cardiac, Non-Vaccine-Related Cases Cited In Goodsciencing List
Does a social media post listing "1,884 Athlete Cardiac Arrests" and 1,310 deaths between January 2021 and July 2023 prove a connection between these mishaps and the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: While the ultimate source of the
AllSides→ Video: Fewer Cases of Flu Due to Pandemic Precautions
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/07/scicheck-video-fewer-cases-of-flu-due-to-pandemic-precautions-contrary-to-viral-claim/
The Dispatch→ Awful Qualified Immunity Cases
HasTheSupremeCourtCleanedUpQualifiedImmunityYet.com
FactCheck.org→ Video: Fewer Cases of Flu Due to Pandemic Precautions
Influenza cases decreased during the first years of the pandemic, likely because of measures adopted to stop the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. In this video, FactCheck.org teamed up with Factchequeado to debunk a viral post that falsely
Logically→ Post exaggerates breast cancer cases estimates for 2023 to claim COVID jabs are ‘bioweapons’
AllSides→ U.S.-Acquired Malaria Cases Spark False Claims of Links to Gates-Funded Research
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/07/scicheck-u-s-acquired-malaria-cases-spark-false-claims-of-links-to-gates-funded-research/
FactCheck.org→ U.S.-Acquired Malaria Cases Spark False Claims of Links to Gates-Funded Research
SciCheck Digest 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 cas
Health Feedback→ 2023 malaria cases in the U.S. are unrelated to the release of genetically modified mosquitoes, contrary to viral claims online
REVIEW Mosquitoes serve as vectors for a number of potentially fatal diseases like dengue, chikungunya, Yellow fever, and West Nile fever, as well as malaria and Japanese encephalitis. Altogether, they cause hundreds of thousands of deaths each year
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A WHO report of infant myocarditis cases in Wales is being misrepresented on social media
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, a Bill Gates-funded project did not cause the recent US malaria cases
Bill Gates is behind the five recent cases of malaria in the United States.
Logically→ No, recent U.S. malaria cases not linked to Bill Gates or mosquito release project
Full Fact→ Bill Gates-funded company did not cause malaria cases in Florida
Claims that a company happened to start releasing mosquitoes in the same places local-acquired malaria has been identified have been shared on social media.
Health Feedback→ Breast cancer cases haven’t doubled in U.S. women under 45, despite social media claims
REVIEW A video that originated on TikTok and was widely shared on Facebook wrongly claimed that there was a spike in breast cancer cases in 2022. As this review will explain, the video misrepresented the data, and the change in the figure from previ
PolitiFact→ The differences in Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s classified document cases
Hillary Clinton’s emails and Donald Trump’s documents cases are not comparable, experts told PolitiFact. The main difference is intent.
PolitiFact→ How do Donald Trump and Joe Biden's classified documents cases compare?
Some backers of Donald Trump argue that the document handling cases of Trump and Joe Biden are basically equivalent and haven’t been prosecuted equally. We don’t know what the probe of Biden will ultimately find, but Trump’s case has some big agg
The Dispatch→ Arraignment Day: The Legal and the Political Cases
What to look for from the courts and how Donald Trump’s indictment might—or might not—affect the race for 2024. Continue reading Arraignment Day: The Legal and the Political Cases »
FactCheck.org→ Database Errors Fuel False Claims about HIV Cases in Military
SciCheck Digest The rate of new HIV infections in the military has been relatively unchanged since 2017. But social media posts falsely claim that the military has recorded a “500% increase in HIV since the COVID vaccine rollout.” A Def
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Uptick in cases of myocarditis in newborns in Wales linked to enterovirus, not COVID-19 vaccines
COVID-19 vaccines administered during pregnancy drove an increase in cases of myocarditis in babies.
Logically→ No, the flu cases in 2020-21 were not recorded as COVID-19
FactCheck.org→ Fewer Cases of Flu Due to Pandemic Precautions, Contrary to Viral Claim
SciCheck Digest Public health organizations have explained that the reason there were far fewer cases of the flu in 2020 and 2021 was likely due to measures adopted to slow the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19, such as handwashing and socia
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Appearance Of ’33 COVID Cases’ Phrase In Multiple News Clips Does NOT Prove Pandemic Conspiracy
Does a string of edited-together U.S. news clips with the words "33 COVID cases" in one form or another in each prove that COVID-19 and the pandemic were fabricated or orchestrated? No, that's not true: The cherry-picked soundbites -- all
PolitiFact→ What’s the ‘determinant’ in police use of force cases: The civilian's race or the officer's?
Citing Tyre Nichols’ death, attorney Ben Crump said a civilian’s race, not a police officer’s, determines use of excessive force. Studies and data to answer that question are limited, experts told PolitiFact.
AllSides→ Trump, Biden classified documents cases differ in key ways. Here’s how.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/jan/11/Trump-Biden-classified-documents-cases-differ/ Soon afte
PolitiFact→ Trump, Biden classified documents cases differ in key ways. Here’s how.
Both Trump and Biden had classified documents stored in unauthorized locations. But experts said what is known so far suggests there are important differences, including the number of documents involved and how the Biden and Trump legal teams responded.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: GoodSciencing.com List Contains Obvious Non-Cardiac, Non-Vaccine Related Cases of Dead Or Collapsed Athletes
Does an article listing 1,616 "athlete collapses and deaths" between January 2021 and December 2022 prove a connection between these mishaps and the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: While the article documents scores of "athletes" w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2021 Was NOT A Year With No Flu Cases Worldwide
Were there zero influenza cases worldwide in 2021 because flu cases were fraudulently recorded as COVID-19 cases? No, that's not true: Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, flu cases have been categorized separately f
PolitiFact→ Jeh Johnson – Jeh Johnson wrong that asylum cases’ approval is ‘only about 20%’
“Only about 20%” of people who apply for asylum qualify for it.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Serial Killer NOT Active In Charlotte, North Carolina — Police Say Cases NOT Related
Is a serial killer slaying Black women and girls in Charlotte, North Carolina, with police unable to stop the culprit? No, that's not true: The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) told Lead Stories that none of the cases report
Snopes→ WHO: New COVID Cases, Deaths Keep Falling Nearly Everywhere
The U.N. health agency said there were 4.5 million new COVID-19 cases reported last week, a 16% drop from the previous week.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NOT True That ‘Radiation And Chemotherapy Actually Causes Cancer,’ Except In Tiny Percentage of Cases
Is it true that chemotherapy and radiation "actually causes cancer"? No, that's not true: Both treatments are rigorously studied, evidence-based effective therapies against this disease: They cure cancer, not cause it. Some people do deve
Snopes→ More Black NFL Retirees Win Dementia Cases in Rescored Tests
Hundreds of Black NFL retirees denied payouts in the $1 billion concussion settlement now qualify for awards after their tests were rescored to eliminate racial bias.