COVID-19 vaccines finally are headed for more kids as U.S. regulators expanded use of Pfizer's shot to those as young as 12, sparking a race to protect middle and high school students before they head back to class in the fall.
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Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ A safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine for children would protect children and at-risk people by reducing the virus’ spread
REVIEW On 5 May 2021, Canada’s health ministry authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children aged between 12 to 15. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to do the same soon and the European Medicines Age
Snopes→ Josh Duggar Granted Release as He Awaits Child Porn Trial
A federal judge has allowed former reality TV star Josh Duggar to be released as he awaits trial on charges that he downloaded and possessed child pornography.
Snopes→ US Parents Excited over Prospect of Virus Shots for Children
After more than a year of fretting over her 13-year-old son with a rare liver disease, Heather Ousley broke into tears when she learned that he and millions of other youngsters could soon be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Top Fact Checks→ COVID-19 lockdowns have led to the deaths of about 228,000 children in South Asia.
UNICEF estimated 228,000 deaths among South Asian children in 2020 due to cuts in the availability and use of public health services, not lockdowns.
FactCheck.org→ Bogus Claims Follow Donation of Kamala Harris’ Children’s Book
Quick Take A single copy of Vice President Kamala Harris’ children’s book was one of many titles donated to a shelter for immigrant children in Long Beach, California. But a debunked New York Post article – which led to the reporter’s resig
Snopes→ Did ‘Not a Single Republican’ Clap When Biden Mentioned Cutting Child Poverty?
Left-leaning critics accused the GOP of universal callousness during U.S. President Joe Biden's first address to Congress in April 2021.
Snopes→ Josh Duggar Charged with Possessing and Receiving Child Pornography
Duggar was in court on Friday morning.
Snopes→ Josh Duggar Charged with Possessing and Receiving Child Pornography
Duggar was in court on Friday morning.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ No, the Biden administration isn’t buying Kamala Harris’ book for migrant children
On April 23, the New York Post reported that migrant children routed from the U.S.-Mexico border to a shelter in Long Beach, Calif., will be given a copy of Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2019 children’s book called “Superheroes are Everywhere
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris’ Book Is NOT In ‘Welcome Bags’ For Illegal Migrant Children in California
Is Kamala Harris' book in "welcome bags" for illegal migrant children in California? No, that's not true. The spokesperson for the city of Long Beach told Lead Stories there was one copy of the book that appeared in a widely circulated ph
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Did Tucker Carlson Say Forcing Kids To Wear Masks Outside Is ‘Child Abuse’?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tucker-carlson-masks-child-abuse/ Fox News host Tucker Carlson has sa
Snopes→ Did Tucker Carlson Say Forcing Kids To Wear Masks Outside Is ‘Child Abuse’?
The Fox News host has also said seeing a vaccinated person wearing a mask outside is like watching a man “expose himself in public.”
Full Fact - All content→ Covid-19 child vaccine trial paused over clot concerns, not cot death
A post on Facebook has claimed that: “In Oxford, researchers have started testing the AstraZeneca vaccine in children…Those experiments with children have now stopped. There have been severe side effects...such as SIDS...Some children have
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ohio Child Was NOT Shot With ‘No Questions Asked,’ And NOT All U.S. Capitol Rioters Are Still Alive
Did a child get shot, "no questions asked"? And are all the people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, still alive? No, that's not true: A post compares the death of a Black teenager, who was shot by police in Columbus, Ohio,
Snopes→ Nicole Poole Franklin Pleads Guilty to Hate Crimes for Running Down Children
A Des Moines woman has pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes for intentionally driving her SUV into two children in 2019 because she said she thought one was Mexican and the other was a member of the Islamic State group.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Out Of Shadows’ Film Does NOT Prove Satanic Child Rapists Control Government, Hollywood, And A D.C. Pizza Parlor
Does the film "Out of Shadows" prove a child-raping satanic cult controls the U.S. government and Hollywood, and operated out of a Washington, D.C., pizza parlor? No, that's not true: The film declares that the lid came off in a leading D
Top Fact Checks→ There are more cases of COVID-19 among children and young people than the rest of the population in India.
Children and youth ventured out of their homes & interacted more publicly in recent months after the pandemic protocols were relaxed compared to 2020.
Liste→ Singing trio from Italian music group are not the children of famed tenors
A video of three singers performing the classic Italian song “ll Mondo” has been shared in multiple social media posts claiming they are the sons of the world-famous opera stars Andrea Bocelli, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. However, the
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ The current U.S. generation is healthier than previous ones partly because vaccines reduced infectious diseases; childhood immunization schedules are safe, contrary to chiropractor’s claims
REVIEW The claim that vaccines contain toxic ingredients and make people sick is recurrent among groups opposing vaccination. An iteration of this claim in a Facebook post from chiropractor Patrick Flynn went viral on Facebook in early April 2021, i
TruthOrFiction→ ‘Matt Gaetz Wants to Date Your Child’ Billboard in Florida
On April 9 2021, an Imgur post made a titular claim that a Florida billboard stated “Matt Gaetz wants to date your child” — but that post, which was quite popular, did not include a photograph of the purported sign: Instead, the subm
Top Fact Checks→ European countries cannot mandate compulsory childhood vaccinations.
The European court has supported mandatory pre-school vaccinations, but this does not mean they will be compulsory.
Top Fact Checks→ Oxford has paused trials of the AstraZeneca vaccine among children and teenagers.
Oxford University has said there are no safety concerns over the vaccine but that it will wait for data on blood clotting before resuming trials.
Snopes→ Did Alex Jones Stop Smugglers From Illegally Transporting Children at Border?
On video, Jones was screaming and pointing at a vehicle carrying children, but doing little else.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ No, trafficked children and dead bodies were not removed from the ship that blocked the Suez Canal
The giant Ever Given container ship that clogged up the Suez Canal for six days isn’t out of the news just yet. After it was freed, Egyptian authorities towed the 1,300-foot ship to Great Bitter Lake, a wider expanse of the canal where authorities w
Snopes→ Are These the Children of the Three Tenors?
You do not have to be related to Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, or Luciano Pavarotti to have a great singing voice.
Snopes→ Did US Navy SEALs Rescue Trafficked Children from Ever Given Ship?
A website with a history of publishing dubious content advanced a conspiracy theory about the formerly stuck Suez Canal ship.
Snopes→ Did Smugglers Abandon Two Young Children at the US-Mexico Border?
An image shared on Facebook purportedly showed two children after they had been dropped over a fence and abandoned in the desert.
Liste→ Recent posts about 34 children found in a truck in South Africa are false, harking back to older incidents
Multiple posts on Facebook claim that a truck carrying 34 kidnapped children was found in Rustenburg, a city in South Africa. The claim is false, according to local police, who said while there have been incidents in the past of undocumented children f
Snopes→ Woman Who Lost Child to Brain Tumor Gives Birth at Age 57
A New Hampshire woman who lost her 13-year-old daughter to a brain tumor in 2016 has now given birth to a son — at age 57.
TFCN Feature – Poynter→ Does homework spelled backward translate to ‘child abuse’ in Latin?
Scrolling through social media recently, you may have come across the viral claim that the word “homework” spelled backward translates to “child abuse” in Latin. This claim has been everywhere lately, racking up thousands of views across Instag
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Charity Worker From Denmark Rescued, Then Adopted Dying-But-Now-Healthy Nigerian Child
Do these photos show a charity worker from Denmark adopted a naked and dying 2-year-old abandoned child in Nigeria? No, that's not true. Charity worker Anja Ringgren Lovén is in all of the photos in the meme, with different-colored hair.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Richard A Rothschild Did NOT Patent A COVID-19 Test Kit In 2015
Did Richard A Rothschild patent a COVID-19 test kit in 2015? No, that's not true: Richard A Rothschild's patent application for a system and method to test for Covid-19 was submitted on May 17, 2020, not in 2015. The 2020 patent applicati
Snopes→ Conspiracy Theorists Try to Connect Ever Given Ship, Hillary Clinton, and Child Trafficking
Not all dots connect.
Snopes→ Beloved Children’s Author Beverly Cleary Dies at 104
Beverly Cleary, the celebrated children’s author whose memories of her Oregon childhood were shared with millions through the likes of Ramona and Beezus Quimby and Henry Huggins, has died.
Top Fact Checks→ Under Biden’s presidency, the number of unaccompanied children crossing the border has decreased to 28 percent.
There has been a 61 per increase in unaccompanied children held by CBP from January to February 2021. The 28 percent figure relates to all encounters.
Full Fact - All content→ Avoid this report about a child attack
Links are being shared on Facebook to a story with the headline “12 year old girl was forced to endure a 15-minute journey before being attacked in an isolated spot”. This is a false story about a girl called Ellie Morrad alleged to h
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Judge Arrested on Child Porn Charges Is NOT Former Head of Milwaukee Drag Queen Story Hour Group
Was the Milwaukee County Children's Court judge arrested on seven counts of child porn also the former president of Drag Queen Story Hour Foundation? No, that's not true. Children's Court Judge Brett Blomme was arrested on seven counts of
Snopes→ Did Kamala Harris Force Children to Learn Arabic Numerals in Schools?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Snopes→ No, Drag Queen Story Hour Leader Wasn’t Arrested on Child Porn Charges
Inflammatory posts misleadingly conflated two separate organizations.