SciCheck Digest A recent federal report shows a 3% increase in the U.S. infant mortality rate between 2021 and 2022, which is the first statistically significant rise in 20 years. The cause of the uptick is unknown, but there’s no evidence th
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PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Infant mortality rose for first time in 20 years, but no evidence ties it to COVID-19 vaccines
Rise in U.S. infant mortality rate connected to COVID-19 vaccines.
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
AllSides→ US infant mortality rise not linked to vaccines
https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/us-infant-mortality-rise-not-linked-vaccines-2023-11-13/ A report sh
Health Feedback→ James Thorp spreads false claims that COVID-19 vaccines harm fertility, pregnancy, infant survival in The Sentinel Report interview
REVIEW On 1 November 2023, host Alex Newman interviewed gynecologist James Thorp for the U.S. TV show The Sentinel Report. During the interview, Thorp claimed that “Americans are dropping dead” from COVID-19 vaccines and that the spike protein f
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Differing infant mortality rates in Japan and the US are not connected to vaccine policies
CLAIM: Japan stopped mandatory childhood vaccinations in 1994, vastly improving the country’s infant mortality rate.
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Es falso que combatir el tráfico sexual infantil ya no es alta prioridad para el gobierno de Biden
"Biden elimina ‘tráfico sexual de menores’ como una de las prioridades del Departamento de Justicia de su gobierno”.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A WHO report of infant myocarditis cases in Wales is being misrepresented on social media
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Suppress Results Of Study On Safety Of Hepatitis B Vaccine In Infants — Results Available For Decades
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suppress the results of a study that purportedly showed an increased risk of neurodevelopmental delays in newborns who were given a Hepatitis B vaccine during the first month of lif
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Easter’ Does NOT Have Etymological Link To Babylonian Deity And Infant Sacrifices
Did the tradition of Easter and egg-dying originate as a celebration of Ishtar, the Babylonian goddess of fertility and sexuality? No, that's not true: Easter is related to the Germanic Ostern, a Christian holiday that celebrates the deat
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on RSV Maternal Vaccine and Antibody Candidates to Protect Infants
Nearly all children get sick from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, by the age of 2, and last year, there was a notable surge in RSV-associated hospitalizations. But the Food and Drug Administration is now considering approval of a vaccine and a mo
The Dispatch→ Is Harvard Medical School Teaching Students to Treat ‘LGBTQIA+’ Infants?
Harvard Medical School. (Photo by: Sergi Reboredo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group /Getty Images.)The treatments in question are only for intersex babies. The post Is Harvard Medical School Teaching Students to Treat ‘LGBTQIA+’ Infants? appeared fi
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Harvard medical students aren’t being taught that infants can identify as LGBTQ
Harvard Medical School students “learn how to care for LGBTQIA+ infants.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Medical Students At Harvard Are NOT Being Taught That Infants Can Identify As LGBTQIA+
Are students at Harvard Medical School being taught that infants can identify as LGBTQIA+? No, that's not true: The claim distorts the content of a class that helps train students in how to care for infants with physical variations in sex
Logically→ FIFA president Gianni Infantino has announced that the football World Cup will be held every three years.
The FIFA president has made no such announcement. The next FIFA World Cup will be held as per norms after four years in 2026.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Instagram post misrepresents findings of infant vaccination studies
“Premature babies are at a much higher risk of injury from immunizations than full-term babies.”
Full Fact→ Comparisons between Japan and US infant vaccination programs are inaccurate
It is not true that Japan has the lowest infant mortality rate in the world while the US has the highest, or that Japan does not vaccinate children under two.
Snopes→ US to Diversify Infant Formula Industry to Avoid Shortages
The Biden administration is trying to help foreign makers of baby formula stay on the U.S. market for the long term.
Logically→ Infants should not be vaccinated against COVID-19 due to potential long-term side effects.
Snopes→ FDA Authorizes 1st COVID-19 Shots for Infants, Preschoolers
U.S. regulators authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers, paving the way for vaccinations to begin.
AllSides→ Border Patrol Required to Provide Formula to Detained Infants
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/05/border-patrol-required-to-provide-formula-to-detained-infants/ Is it
FactCheck.org→ Border Patrol Required to Provide Formula to Detained Infants
Q: Has the Biden administration sent “pallets” of infant formula to the border amid a nationwide shortage? A: Yes. Customs and Border Protection, the agency that first encounters and then processes immigrants, is legally required to provide
Logically→ Due to the widespread shortage of infant formula in the U.S., Tricare is now shipping it directly to families.
Tricare only covers specialized formulas for children requiring extra care; it doesn't cover or ship free formulas for healthy infants and children.
Snopes→ 78,000 Pounds of Infant Formula Arrives in US
President Joe Biden authorized the use of Air Force planes for the effort because no commercial flights were available.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misattribute Phrase ‘Domestic Supply of Infants’ in Draft Opinion on Abortion
Quick Take In a footnote of a draft opinion on abortion access, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito quoted from a 2008 government report on the demand for adoption in the U.S., which used the phrase, “domestic supply of infants.” Posts on so
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Parents Should NOT Make, Feed Homemade Baby Formula To Infants
Should parents make and feed homemade baby formula to their infants if they can't find or afford it? No, that's not true: For years, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Infant Nutrition
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Posts misattribute quote about the US needing a ‘domestic supply of infants’ to Alito, Barrett
Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito said that the U.S. needs a “domestic supply of infants” to meet the needs of parents seeking to adopt.
Snopes→ Roe Leak: No, Justices Didn’t Argue Against Abortion to Boost ‘Domestic Supply of Infants’
Abortion-rights activists responded with outrage to a footnote from the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. What it actually said was very different.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Alito and Barrett Claim That America Needs a ‘Domestic Supply of Infants’?
(Photograph by Erin Schaff/Getty Images.)A viral tweet claims that Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito justified overturning Roe v. Wade in the leaked draft majority opinion because “the US needs a ‘domestic supply of
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Domestic Supply of Infants’
On May 4 2022, an Imgur user shared a post titled “Domestic Supply of Infants,” which contained a screengrab of a footnote to a recently leaked Supreme Court draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade: The blurry image of the footnote [46] rea
FactCheck.org→ California Not Poised to ‘Legalize Infanticide’
Quick Take A California bill would do away with mandatory investigations of stillbirths. Opponents misleadingly claim it would “legalize infanticide.” The bill would prevent prosecution in cases of “perinatal death due to a pregnancy-
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Infant daughter of Duke and Duchess of Sussex has not met Queen Elizabeth
Lilibet, baby daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, "made her first appearance with the queen.”
Health Feedback→ Infants’ immune systems are perfectly able to safely cope with several vaccines in one day
REVIEW In the last century, infants in the U.S. went from receiving one routine vaccine protecting against a single disease (smallpox) to receiving as many as 26 inoculations that protect against 14 different diseases. In their first year of life, i
PolitiFact→ What to know about the CDC’s updated developmental milestones for infants and young children
The CDC revised its childhood developmental milestone checklists for the first time in years to help parents identify delays earlier. The changes have been underway since 2017, and there’s no indication they were made to cover up pandemic-related imp
Snopes→ TSA Officer Saves Infant Who Stopped Breathing at Airport
The officer said she performed the infant version of the Heimlich maneuver.
Snopes→ Earliest Documented European Grave Site of Infant Girl Found
The baby has been dubbed “Neve” by researchers.
Snopes→ RECALL: Boppy Pulls 3.3M ‘Newborn Loungers’ After 8 Infant Deaths
Between 2015 and 2020, eight infants reportedly suffocated after being placed on one of three varieties of Boppy "newborn loungers."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Slain Chicago Police Officer Ella French Did NOT Leave Behind An Infant Daughter
When Chicago police officer Ella French was killed in the line of duty, had she recently returned to work after maternity leave and did she leave an infant? No, the superintendent of Chicago police said in a news conference that those per
Snopes→ Infant Found Alive After Egypt Building Collapse
Search and rescue workers pulled a 6-month-old baby alive from the rubble of a collapsed building as the death toll from the incident rose to 25, Egyptian officials said Sunday.
Full Fact→ No evidence for drop in US sudden infant death syndrome cases
A Facebook post claims that there was a decrease in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in 2020 due to scheduled vaccinations being cancelled. A link in the post to an article clarifies that the data shown actually represents the number of SIDS reports