REVIEW In July 2024, news reports of a study reporting the presence of heavy metals in tampons triggered a wave of fear and concern on social media. TikTok videos, which received tens of thousands of views, cited the study as evidence that tampons a
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AllSides→ Israel Will Participate in Olympic Games in Paris, Contrary to Threads Post
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/06/israel-will-participate-in-olympic-games-in-paris-contrary-to-threads-post/
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – The US dollar will continue to be used for oil sales, contrary to false online claims
“Saudi Arabia will stop using the US dollar for oil sales and will not renew the 50-year petro-dollar agreement with the U.S.”
FactCheck.org→ Israel Will Participate in Olympic Games in Paris, Contrary to Threads Post
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Israel will send a delegation of about 85 athletes to the Olympic Games in Paris in July. Protesters opposed to the war in Gaza have called for limited participation b
Health Feedback→ Contrary to headline by The People’s Voice, COVID-19 vaccines aren’t “killing millions” but instead prevented deaths
REVIEW On 31 May 2024, an article in The People’s Voice claimed “Japanese Leader Apologizes to the Unvaccinated: ‘You Were Right, Vaccines Are Killing Millions of Our Loved Ones'”. Posts sharing this headline made the rounds on
The Dispatch→ Mandatory Registration for the Draft Isn’t New, Contrary to Social Media Posts
The House passed legislation that would automate the process of selective service registration for young men.
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines lowered excess deaths during the pandemic, contrary to headline by the Daily Telegraph
REVIEW From early in the COVID-19 pandemic, reliable and comparable figures on the deaths due to the disease were difficult to obtain. A proxy way of measuring this was to use excess deaths figures, which are calculated based on the difference betwe
AllSides→ Antarctic Ice Loss Is Significant, Contrary to Claims
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FactCheck.org→ Antarctic Ice Loss Is Significant, Contrary to Claims
SciCheck Digest Antarctica is losing ice mass to the ocean, contributing to global sea level rise. But a popular video misrepresented work focused on Antarctic ice shelves — which float in the sea at the edges of the continent — to incorrectly
FactCheck.org→ Trump Plans to Attend Son’s Graduation and GOP Fundraiser, Contrary to Online Claim
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take While his criminal fraud trial is not in session on May 17, former President Donald Trump plans to attend the high school graduation of his son Barron in Florida as we
Health Feedback→ Eating excess salt increases the risk of high blood pressure, contrary to wellness coach’s claims
REVIEW High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, can damage the arteries, leading to heart disease and stroke. According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report in 2023, one in three adults worldwide has high blood pressure, and it is a m
Health Feedback→ No evidence budesonide, clarithromycin, and aspirin combination is “silver bullet” for COVID-19, contrary to Texas doctor’s claim
REVIEW In a 30 January 2024 episode of the Big Honker Podcast, Texas physician Richard Bartlett claimed that he had developed a “silver bullet” treatment for COVID-19 comprising budesonide, clarithromycin, and aspirin. The podcast’s co-host, A
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Trump attended his eldest children’s graduations, contrary to online claims
Former President Donald Trump “didn’t attend the graduations” of his other children.
Health Feedback→ Country-to-country comparison doesn’t show that COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective, contrary to Facebook post by journalist Sharyl Attkisson
REVIEW Country-to-country comparisons have been used to push the narrative that COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective, even though clinical trials and post-marketing surveillance proved the opposite[1-3]. Science Feedback previously covered such claims
Health Feedback→ Febrile seizures after COVID-19 vaccination are rare and aren’t linked to long-term health problems, contrary to implication in Gateway Pundit article
REVIEW Monitoring the safety of vaccines once they are rolled out to the general population is an essential part of the vaccine development process. Doing this allows scientists to continually evaluate that a vaccine’s safety profile matches the r
Health Feedback→ No evidence that persistent symptoms are more frequent after COVID-19 vaccination than after infection, contrary to an op-ed in The Hill
REVIEW In early March 2024, a screenshot of a Telegram post circulated on Instagram and Twitter. It claimed that “[a]fter examining over 1,000 patients, U.S. doctors found that ’long Covid’ developed in 70 percent of cases after vax injection,
Health Feedback→ CDC analysis of RSV vaccines data showed vaccines are safe, not associated with excess deaths, contrary to claim by Children’s Health Defense
REVIEW In 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved several treatments to protect young children and older adults from infections with the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). In May of that year, the agency approved two RSV vaccines
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – It takes longer than 24 hours to count presidential election votes, despite claim to the contrary
The 2020 election was the only time in American history that an election took more than 24 hours to count.
FactCheck.org→ Blood Donations from COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients Are Safe, Contrary to Online Claims
SciCheck Digest People vaccinated with an authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccine can donate blood immediately after receiving a shot if they’re feeling well. Social media posts distort a question from the American Red Cross to baselessly claim t
Health Feedback→ Various childhood vaccines have been tested in saline placebo-controlled randomized trials, contrary to claims by those opposed to vaccination
REVIEW The claim that no childhood vaccine has ever been tested against a placebo in a double-blind, randomized trial commonly crops up in anti-vaccine content. One example of this claim can be seen in this Instagram post. Prominent figures in the
Health Feedback→ The American Red Cross doesn’t prevent people vaccinated against COVID-19 from donating blood, contrary to rehashed viral claim
REVIEW In mid-February 2024, posts started circulating on social media claiming that the American Red Cross was warning potential blood donors to check their eligibility if they’d received a COVID-19 vaccine. Some asked, “I thought the vax was
FactCheck.org→ IRS Has Not Introduced Immigrant Housing Tax Incentive, Contrary to Posts
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take The IRS has not introduced a tax incentive for U.S. families to house immigrants in exchange for labor. A bogus claim that was originally posted as satire is circulating
FactCheck.org→ CDC, Experts Say Fluoridated Water Is Safe, Contrary to RFK Jr.’s Warnings
The mineral fluoride, at the right dose, has been shown to reduce the risk of tooth decay. Based on studies demonstrating this in children drinking naturally fluoride-containing water, individual cities in the U.S. began to add fluoride
FactCheck.org→ Texas Abortion Recipients Not Subject to Penalty, Contrary to Online Claims
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Abortion is illegal in Texas, with narrow exceptions for the life and health of a pregnant patient. Those who provide abortions can face stiff penalties, but Texas law s
FactCheck.org→ Trump Chose to Compete in Nevada GOP Caucuses, Not Primary, Contrary to Online Claims
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Former President Donald Trump is competing in Nevada’s Republican presidential caucuses but not the state-run primary election. Nevada’s delegates are awarde
Health Feedback→ False-positive HIV tests don’t imply that a person is immunodeficient, contrary to claim by Peter McCullough
REVIEW The goal of vaccines is to strengthen one’s immunity against a specific disease. It’s because of the immunity-boosting effect of vaccines that several deadly infectious diseases have disappeared or are on the verge of eradication. Yet, du
Health Feedback→ Vaccines don’t cause childhood cancer, contrary to claim by Candace Owens
REVIEW In January 2024, political commentator and talk show host Candace Owens posted a tweet on X (formerly Twitter) claiming that vaccine package inserts state vaccines haven’t been tested for carcinogenic or mutagenic effect, that there has bee
Health Feedback→ Approved COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain HIV proteins and don’t cause AIDS, contrary to claim misquoting BBC documentary
REVIEW The claim that COVID-19 vaccines cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) because they contain proteins from the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)—the virus responsible for AIDS—circulated on social media in December 2023. This cl
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission and don’t increase mortality, contrary James Thorp’s claim
REVIEW On 13 December 2023, the Wellness Company shared a post on Instagram, in which gynecologist James Thorp questioned the utility and safety of COVID-19 vaccines. The post claimed that the vaccines were an “unqualified disaster” because they
FactCheck.org→ Vaccine Shedding Is Expected With Some Vaccines and Generally Not Harmful, Contrary to Post
SciCheck Digest People who receive some vaccines that use live weakened viruses to stimulate a strong and lasting immune response sometimes release small amounts of those viruses outside of their bodies. That’s expected, and it doesn’t mean tha
FactCheck.org→ Dozens of Children Died in Hamas’ Oct. 7 Attack on Israel, Contrary to Online Claim
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take At least 29 children have been identified by international authorities as having died in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. But a video, citing a post deleted by the
Health Feedback→ No evidence COVID-19 vaccines caused rise in U.S. infant mortality for 2022 reported by the CDC, contrary to implication in Facebook meme
REVIEW Introduction The safety of COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant women and their unborn children has been a recurring subject of misinformation, as Health Feedback documented. In a recent illustration of this, a post circulated on social media in No
PolitiFact→ Marianne Williamson – US military aid isn’t the majority of foreign assistance, contrary to what Marianne Williamson said
Looking at “American aid to other countries … the vast majority of it is military aid.”
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – A stealth bomber recently spotted in New York is unrelated to Israel, contrary to online claims
A “B-2 stealth bomber seen over New York” means “Hezbollah may declare war on Israel.”
FactCheck.org→ Taylor Swift Film Is Being Screened in Israel, Contrary to Online Post
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take As some celebrities issued statements in response to the Israel-Hamas war, a video posted to social media falsely claimed that pop star Taylor Swift stopped screenings o
Health Feedback→ Study in Italy didn’t show COVID-19 vaccines have an “unacceptable” safety profile, contrary to claim by Peter McCullough
REVIEW In late October 2023, a claim that a study found “nearly 1 in 3 COVID-19 vaccine recipients suffered neurological side effects” made the rounds on the Internet. The claim originates from an Epoch Times article, which is in turn based on a
Health Feedback→ 2018 coronavirus research in NIAID Montana lab is unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic, contrary to claim by Fox News’s Jesse Watters
REVIEW In June 2023, Fox News anchor Jesse Watters took over the primetime slot formerly occupied by Tucker Carlson. During his tenure at Fox News, Carlson repeatedly made inaccurate claims about COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines. Watters appears to fo
Health Feedback→ Residual DNA in COVID-19 mRNA vaccines is documented, isn’t associated with genome modification or cancer, contrary to claim by Robert Malone
REVIEW On 27 October 2023, podcaster Charlie Kirk interviewed scientist Robert Malone about the question of residual DNA in COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. This interview was posted to various platforms, including Facebook and Rumble, receiving a total of m
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Dr. Anthony Fauci exists, contrary to social media claims
“Dr. Fauci doesn’t exist!”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Yemen hasn’t declared war on Israel, contrary to online claims. Houthi rebels have launched missiles
CLAIM: Yemen has declared war against Israel. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Yemen’s internationally recognized government has not declared war on Israel.