As of 2020, almost 52% of the United States population 25 to 34 years old had earned a postsecondary degree — putting the U.S. in 11th place among the 38 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The roughly 50% of U
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Full Fact - All content→ Can those undergoing fertility treatment have the Covid-19 vaccine?
We have been asked by readers on WhatsApp whether the Covid-19 vaccines are recommended during fertility treatment. The British Fertility Society (BFS) and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)—which is the associatio
Snopes→ Facebook Expands Harassment Policy to Protect Public Figures
Facebook will bar content that degrades or sexualizes public figures, including celebrities, elected officials and others in the public eye.
Snopes→ Unemployment Claims Fall to Lowest Level of Pandemic
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to its lowest level since the pandemic began, a sign the job market is still improving even as hiring has slowed in the past two months.
Snopes→ Did FBI Find a 9/11 Hijacker’s Plane Ticket Moments After North Tower Collapsed?
The story was mentioned on a podcast by investigative journalist Chris Hansen.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: United Airlines Did NOT Lose 40% of Staff Because of Vaccine Requirements
Did United Airlines lose 40% of its employees because of the vaccine requirement the airline put in place? No, that's not true: A United Airlines spokesperson told Lead Stories that 99.5% of United Airlines employees have chosen to get va
Snopes→ Maya Angelou, Sally Ride Among Women To Be Featured on US Coins
A new series of coins will depict female trailblazers from various eras of American history.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ No evidence suggests a causal link between Ivermectin recommendation and the decline of COVID-19 cases in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
REVIEW Between March and May 2021, National Geographic reported that India was suffering the “worst COVID-19 surge in the world” that raised the country’s death toll to over 400,000. The number of daily COVID-19 cases peaked in May 2021, d
Top Fact Checks→ In Californian women’s prisons, transgender women have impregnated cisgender women.
Trans inmates have not impregnated their fellow inmates. This claim is transphobic and promotes online misinformation against transgender people.
Snopes→ No Evidence Southwest Pilots Called Out Due to COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement
Southwest Airlines canceled a large number of flights, but not for the reason some claimed.
Snopes→ Bosnian Makes Rotating House a Monument of Love for His Wife
It's not exactly on par with India's Taj Mahal, but a family house in a small town in northern Bosnia is in its own way a monument to love.
Full Fact - All content→ You can still park on the pavement in Wales
It’s been claimed on Facebook that it is now illegal to park on pavements in Wales. The Welsh government plans to give local authorities more powers to “fine problem parkers”. However, this is not due to come into effect until n
FactCheck.org→ Republicans Mischaracterize Proposed Financial Reporting Requirement
To help detect unreported income and narrow the gap between federal taxes collected and owed, the Biden administration has proposed expanding annual reporting requirements for banks and other financial institutions to include the total amounts of money
Snopes→ Biden to Restore 2 Utah National Monuments Cut by Trump
President Joe Biden will restore two sprawling national monuments in Utah that have been at the center of a long-running public lands tug-of-war between presidential administrations, the state’s governor said.
Top Fact Checks→ The government is lying about the risks of COVID-19 in unvaccinated people.
Those who are not vaccinated are far more likely to become seriously unwell or die from COVID-19.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Minister’s Order Does NOT Indicate Martial Law To Be Implemented Between October 8-16 In Canada
Did the government of Saskatchewan in Canada adopt an emergency order with the intention of instituting martial law -- shutting down travel with checkpoints, entering homes and seizing private property and disrupting the food supply by ta
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Article by OffGuardian, ZeroHedge claiming to list 30 facts about COVID-19 contains multiple inaccurate and misleading statements
REVIEW On 22 September 2021, OffGuardian published an article, which was reprinted by ZeroHedge and shared by other websites like InfoWars, listing 30 claims related to COVID-19. These articles, which went viral, received altogether more than 19,000
FactCheck.org→ Basketball Star Bradley Beal’s Misleading Comments About COVID-19
SciCheck Digest NBA star Bradley Beal made some misleading comments — shared in viral video clips — about the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines. No vaccine is 100% effective, but clinical trials and studies show the COVID-19 vaccines are very effe
Snopes→ Merck Says Experimental Pill Cuts Worst Effects of COVID-19
If cleared, the drug would be the first pill shown to treat COVID-19, a potentially major advance in efforts to fight the pandemic.
Snopes→ Congress Passes Bill to Avert Partial Government Shutdown
With only hours to spare, Congress passed legislation that would avoid a partial federal shutdown and keep the government funded through Dec. 3, and sent the bill to President Joe Biden.
Top Fact Checks→ An entire ship disappeared and traveled 40 years in the future during the Philadelphia experiment.
There is no evidence that the Philadelphia experiment actually happened or that a ship disappeared and traveled in the future.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Berlin Vote To Expropriate 240,000 Apartments Is NOT Legally Binding
Did Berlin citizens cast a "decisive vote" on the expropriation of 240,000 privately owned apartments? No, that's only partially true: In a referendum, proponents of expropriating large real estate companies won by a large margin, but it'
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Administration Is NOT Implementing A Per-Mile ‘Driving Tax’ — It’s A Pilot Program
Is the Biden administration implementing a per-mile "driving tax" that would charge U.S. drivers an estimated eight cents per mile? No, that's not true: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which has not passed at the time of writi
Snopes→ Idaho Respiratory Therapist Treating COVID Patients Shares Emotional Moment in Viral Video
"I'm currently hiding in the bathroom, because every time I try to leave, I start crying again."
Snopes→ Rags to Riches: Boxing Great Pacquiao Announces Retirement
Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao is officially hanging up his gloves.
Full Fact - All content→ No evidence government spreading fuel shortage rumours to sell surplus
Posts on Facebook claim recent fuel shortages were orchestrated by the government and industry in order to sell off fuel surpluses accumulated during the pandemic before they expired. There is no evidence for this. Oxidation and evaporation can,
Top Fact Checks→ The Indian of state Uttar Pradesh has been declared COVID-19 free after the government promoted the use of Ivermectin.
Only 34 districts have been declared COVID-19 free so far. Several health bodies have warned against using Ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19.
Snopes→ GOP Blocks Bill to Keep Government Going; New Try Ahead
Republican senators blocked a bill to keep the government operating and allow federal borrowing, but Democrats aiming to avert a shutdown pledged to try again — at the same time pressing ahead on President Joe Biden’s big plans to reshape government.
Full Fact - All content→ Casting call for ‘hospital patients’ was for NHS recruitment advert
A screenshot of a job advert from a casting agency which asked for adults aged 18-80 to play the role of hospital patients has been widely shared on social media. The posts include captions such as “Why would we need paid actors for the NHS??? I
Snopes→ Investigators Seek Cause of Deadly Montana Train Derailment
The westbound Empire Builder was traveling from Chicago to Seattle when it left the tracks about 4 p.m. Saturday near Joplin, a town of about 200.
Snopes→ Yes, Lauren Boebert Called for Biden’s Impeachment With the Slogan ‘Imeach Biden’
Some social media users reacted with considerable schadenfreude to the embarrassing typo in the controversial Republican Congresswoman's initial announcement.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New England Journal of Medicine Did NOT Backtrack And Does NOT Admit COVID Vax May Not Be Safe For Pregnant Women
Did the New England Journal of Medicine backtrack and admit the COVID-19 vaccine may not be safe for pregnant women? No, that's not true: An update posted by the Journal did not change the number of pregnancies a study found resulted in a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: German Researcher Did NOT Document Claim That 80% Of German COVID-19 Deaths Are Actually From Other Causes
Did a leading German medical doctor prove that 80% of those in the official tally of COVID-19 victims died of something else? No, that's not true: The claim relies on a newspaper interview in which Dr. Bertram Haussler was speculating abo
Snopes→ Taliban Official: Strict Punishment, Executions Will Return
One of the founders of the Taliban and the chief enforcer of its harsh interpretation of Islamic law when they last ruled Afghanistan said the hard-line movement will once again carry out executions and amputations of hands, though perhaps not in public.
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Does Ivermectin Cause Sterility in 85 Percent of Men Who Use It?
Widely shared social media posts claim that ivermectin, an anti-parasitic medication that some are using to treat COVID-19 despite little evidence of efficacy, sterilizes 85 percent of men who use the drug. a.image2.image-link.image2-14
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ COVID-19 treatments can improve a patient’s survival and recovery, but don’t replace the individual and community benefits of vaccination
REVIEW During the summer of 2021, many countries experienced a new COVID-19 surge mainly driven by the spread of the more contagious Delta variant. First identified in India in October 2020, this variant became rapidly dominant in many countries inc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Numbers Don’t Support Public Commenter Claiming ‘We Are Killing More People Than We Are Saving’ During FDA VAX Panel
Did a member of the Food and Drug Administration's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee say, "We are killing more people than we are saving with the shots"? No, that's not true: A member of the public said this. The
Snopes→ Flynn’s ‘Vaccine in Salad Dressing’ Comment Not as Crazy as It Sounds
In this case, the truth may actually be stranger than fiction.
Snopes→ Did Kamala Harris Honor McCain’s Captors at Monument in Vietnam?
The vice president allegedly dishonored McCain by laying a wreath at the monument, instead of honoring him.
Snopes→ An 1895 Headache Treatment Called ‘Vibration Therapy’?
It is our considered opinion that this "treatment" would cause more headaches than it would cure.