The new bill in Tennessee penalizes the distribution of abortion pills by mail and has not banned contraceptive medication.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tennessee, Missouri Are NOT Banning Plan B, Other Emergency Contraceptive Pills
Did Tennessee and Missouri ban Plan B and other emergency contraceptive pills? No, that's not true: These states are not banning Plan B and other morning-after pills at the time of writing. Tennessee legislators passed a bill criminalizin
Snopes→ No, Pregnancy Tests Do Not Contain Plan B Pills
Please, do not eat any part of a pregnancy test.
PolitiFact→ Pam Keith – Tennessee passed a ban on mailing abortion pills, not emergency contraceptives like Plan B
“Tennessee just banned Plan B and made it a crime punishable by a $50,000 fine to order it.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Plan B Pills Are NOT Inside Pregnancy Tests — Tablet Inside Tests Is A Desiccant Disc To Keep Contents Dry
Are Plan B pills inside pregnancy tests? No, that's not true: The small discs that are found inside pregnancy test kits are not a consumable pill of any kind but desiccant tablets that are part of packaging. Desiccants are "commonly used
Snopes→ Next Battle over Access to Abortion Will Focus on Pills
Use of abortion pills has been rising in the U.S. since 2000 when the FDA approved mifepristone — the main drug used in medication abortions.
Snopes→ Braces, Sex Pills, Fake Eyeball Among Bizarre NJ Beach Trash
Volunteers picked up a record amount of trash from New Jersey's beaches last year, with plastic items dominating the haul.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Oprah Winfrey is not hawking diet pills
“Oprah reveals her fully-natural solution that allowed her to drop 62 (pounds) in six weeks.”
Snopes→ Is the Video of Pills Burning on Top of a Stove Real?
The video showed 10 pills growing into a snake-like form above the flames from the stovetop that might remind some readers of Medusa.
Logically→ A Muslim vendor sold fruit juices adulterated with infertility pills to Hindu customers.
An old video of a fruit vendor who was caught mixing food color into fresh juice has been misattributed as a recent incident with a false narrative.
Full Fact→ Facebook posts falsely advertise weight loss pills as endorsed by judges on US Dragons’ Den
Clips advertising weight loss pills have been shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook, claiming endorsement from judges on Shark Tank, the US version of Dragons’ Den. This is false. Weight loss pills have never featured on the US version of
Snopes→ Did Pro-Abortion Protesters Take Abortion Pills Outside Supreme Court Building?
Visual evidence surfaced supposedly showing four protesters outside the federal courthouse taking pills to end early pregnancies.
Truth or Fiction?→ Are Birth Control Pills 1000 Times More Likely To Cause Blood Clots Than The J&J Vaccine?
An April 13 2021 Facebook screenshot of a tweet was part of disordered discourse surrounding a “pause” by the Biden administration of the Johnson & Johnson shot for COVID-19. As conspiracy theories about and disinformation about the eff
Snopes→ Buttigieg-Warren Clash on Campaign Trail Spills Into Debate
The long-festering feud between Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg erupted in a high-stakes debate that tested the strength of the Democratic Party's shrinking pool of presidential contenders just six weeks before primary voting begins.
Snopes→ Does a Viral Video Show ‘Paralysis’ Pills in Turkish Snack Sold in the US?
The image of two small tablets inside a Luppo coconut cream bar caused widespread concern — and widespread misinformation — in November 2019.
Snopes→ As the Nation’s Opioid Crisis Grew, the Pills Got Stronger
An Associated Press analysis of drug distribution data released as a result of lawsuits against the industry found that the amount of opioids as measured by total potency continued to rise early this decade even as the number of pills distributed began
Snopes→ Police: 3 Students Had Thousands of Fentanyl Pills on Campus
The opioid crisis has gripped communities across the U.S.
Snopes→ Grocery Robots Detect Spills with Some Far-Off Human Help
The googly eyes are fake, but each robot has eight cameras — some directed down at the floor and others that can see shelves.
Snopes→ Pills for Appendicitis? Surgery Often Not Needed, Study Says
A new study says surgery isn't always needed for appendicitis and that antibiotics instead can often do the trick.
Snopes→ Indiana Police Say They Seized ‘Trump-Shaped Ecstasy Pills’
Some drug traffickers appear to be using President Donald Trump's image to brand their illegal wares.
Snopes→ A Sticky Mess: Liquid Chocolate Spills Onto Polish Highway
A tractor-trailer has overturned on a Polish highway, spilling tons of liquid chocolate that are solidifying into a huge sticky mess.
Snopes→ Ex-Wife Ivana Claims Donald Trump Is Addicted to Penis Enlargement Pills?
A fake news site used a screenshot of Ivana Trump to prop up a false claim she said her famous former husband is "addicted" to penile enhancement drugs.
FactCheck.org→ Q&A On Paxlovid, Pfizer’s COVID-19 Oral Antiviral
For much of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were few effective treatments — and no easy-to-take oral pill to treat infection with SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. That changed when the Food and Drug Administration authorized Paxl
AllSides→ What would the end of Roe mean for access to abortion pill?
https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/may/06/ask-politifact-what-would-end-roe-mean-access-abor/ A dr
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: What would the end of Roe mean for access to abortion pill?
Many states have already passed restrictions that reduce access to abortion pills. If Roe v. Wade is overturned by SCOTUS and states ban abortions, such bans would also include abortion pills.
Health Feedback→ Claim that squalene in vaccines causes autoimmune diseases and Gulf War Syndrome is unsubstantiated by evidence
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Health Feedback→ Social media posts inaccurately link hormonal contraceptives with polycystic ovarian syndrome, infertility, and depression
REVIEW Birth control (contraception) refers to any method, medicine, or device used to prevent pregnancy. Common methods include permanent male and female sterilization, barrier methods that block the sperm like condoms and diaphragms, and hormonal
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Five Kids Did NOT Die From Fentanyl-Laced Marijuana Around Wichita, KS, On April 11, 2022
Did five kids die from using fentanyl-laced marijuana in Wichita, Kansas, and surrounding areas on April 11, 2022? No, that's not true: The Wichita Police Department and the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office told Lead Stories that they did
FactCheck.org→ Clinical Trials Find No Increase in Mortality Among COVID-19 Patients Treated with Remdesivir, Contrary to Viral Claim
SciCheck Digest Remdesivir is the only antiviral medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat COVID-19. But a retired chiropractor misleadingly claims on a viral clip on social media that the drug is “killing people.” St
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Farmed Salmon Is NOT Dyed Or Poisonous
Is farmed salmon poison? And is the "grey" meat of a farmed salmon dyed with artificial colors that can make people blind? No, that's not true: Salmon flesh is not gray like a battleship. Ingested and metabolized carotenoids, regardless i
Health Feedback→ Health benefits of CBD gummies are unsupported by scientific evidence; Shark Tank and other TV personalities didn’t endorse them
REVIEW The legal market for cannabis is soaring in the U.S. since the 2018 Farm Bill classified hemp, a variety of the plant Cannabis sativa, as a crop and not as a drug. This market is expected to grow by 37% to reach 19.5 billion by 2025. The main
FactCheck.org→ Evidence Still Lacking to Support Ivermectin as Treatment for COVID-19
SciCheck Digest Randomized controlled trials haven’t found ivermectin is beneficial in treating COVID-19, although results for ongoing studies will provide a more definitive answer. Yet, a video presents two weak studies as “powerful” and “
Truth or Fiction?→ Missouri ‘Ectopic Pregnancy’ Bill
On March 10 2022, Imgur and Twitter users shared a viral tweet concerning an abortion bill in Missouri’s ectopic pregnancy provision — purportedly making any life-saving treatment of the complication “illegal”: NEW A bill in
FactCheck.org→ Facebook Post Misleads on NIH’s Position on Ivermectin
SciCheck Digest The National Institutes of Health has not recommended and the Food and Drug Administration has not approved ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment. But a Facebook post misleadingly implies that an article published on the NIH website is an
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Repeat Inaccurate Reporting on Ivermectin and Omicron
SciCheck Digest A Japanese company found that the antiparasitic drug ivermectin showed an “antiviral effect” against the omicron variant in a lab setting. Reuters has corrected a story in which it “misstated” that the drug was e
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CBD Gummies Are NOT Endorsed By ‘Pioneer Woman’ Ree Drummond
Did Ree Drummond reverse her husband's Type 2 diabetes and launch a line of CBD gummies on live TV? No, that's not true: Unscrupulous marketers have hijacked Drummond's name and reputation using Facebook ads and a bogus version of her web
FactCheck.org→ DeSantis Misleads on Omicron-Resistant COVID-19 Antibody Treatments
After the Food and Drug Administration pulled its authorization of two COVID-19 antibody drugs because the treatments are highly unlikely to work against the omicron variant, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida misleadingly claimed the decision had been made
FactCheck.org→ DeSantis Misleads on Omicron-Resistant COVID-19 Antibody Treatments
After the Food and Drug Administration pulled its authorization of two COVID-19 antibody drugs because the treatments are highly unlikely to work against the omicron variant, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida misleadingly claimed the decision had been made
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Angelina Jolie Did NOT Give A ‘Rare Interview’ Touting A Keto Weight-Loss Line — It’s A Clickbait Ad
Did Angelina Jolie give a "rare interview" where she blamed Brad Pitt's drinking for their divorce and then touted a keto weight loss line? No, that's not true: The Oscar-winning movie star never gave an interview where she denigrated her
Snopes→ US Regulators Lift In-Person Restrictions on Abortion Pill
The Food and Drug Administration permanently loosened a key restriction on abortion pills, eliminating a long-standing requirement that the medication be picked up in person.