The claim has been shared widely online since recent events in Israel and Gaza.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: False Claim That Netanyahu’s Psychiatrist Committed Suicide Is Recirculated 2010 ‘Satire’ Post
Did Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's psychiatrist commit suicide in 2023? No, that's not true: This claim was published in 2010 by a blog that labeled its content "News, Commentary and Satire," and it was recirculated online in
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A 13-year-old satirical blog post about Netanyahu’s ‘psychiatrist’ is being shared as real news
CLAIM: News reports say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's psychiatrist died by suicide. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The claim comes from a 2010 satirical blog post.
Logically→ Story of Israeli PM Netanyahu’s psychiatrist dying by suicide is satire
Snopes→ Psychiatrist Says Sandy Hook Parents Fear for Their Lives
The parents of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim live with a constant fear that followers of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will kill them.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Psychiatrist Is NOT Correct To Claim No Virus, No COVID Pandemic, No Safe Vaccine, Nor Need For Vaccine
Is the psychiatrist who leads off a video attack on epidemiology and vaccinology correct in saying there is no SARS-Cov-2 virus, no COVID-19 pandemic, no safe vaccine and no need for one? No, that's not true. Neither Dr. Andrew Kaufman, n
Snopes→ Guns and Mental Illness: A Psychiatrist Explains the Complexities
Many questions arise that those discussing mental illness and gun violence may not even think about.
Snopes→ Records Show Psychiatrist Who ‘Diagnosed’ Trump Lacks License?
A number of far-right web sites have posted misleading stories casting doubt on whether Dr. Bandy Lee has a medical license.
Truth or Fiction?→ Psychiatrist Dr. Keith Albow on President Trump’s Sanity-Authorship Confirmed!
Psychiatrist Dr. Keith Albow on President Trump’s Sanity: Trump is Stone Cold Sane-Authorship Confirmed! Summary of eRumor: A letter by Dr. Keith Albow said President Trump is “stone cold sane” and that “there’s a genius i
Health Feedback→ Are AirPods and other wireless communication devices harmful, as claimed on social media? A look at the evidence
REVIEW An Instagram post shared on 25 February 2024 by physician Paul Saladino claimed that Apple AirPods emit dangerous levels of radiation, which can have a harmful impact on the body. It specifically highlighted dangers to reproductive health by
Full Fact→ Turpentine is not a treatment for sepsis—it is poisonous when swallowed
Dr Andrew Kaufman, a US psychiatrist, has claimed that turpentine can be used as a treatment for sepsis. It cannot, and may cause harm if ingested. Sepsis must be treated with antibiotics urgently.
Health Feedback→ Instagram reel rehashes old misinformation inaccurately linking autism with vaccines, glyphosate, and MTHFR mutations
REVIEW In November 2023, obstetrician and gynecologist Nathan Riley, who has more than 23,000 followers on Instagram, posted an Instagram reel suggesting that vaccines, glyphosate, and mutations in the MTHFR gene contribute to the development of aut
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Rogan Did NOT Talk About Purported Child Abduction Into Disneyland Secret Tunnels
Did podcaster Joe Rogan discuss a child being abducted through secret tunnels at Disneyland on his show? No, that's not true: The audio making the claim about a child being taken away from his family via a secret underground tunnel at Dis
Health Feedback→ Viral video makes inaccurate claims regarding sugar; suggests it causes medical conditions like cancer and ADHD
REVIEW A viral video shared widely across Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and TikTok in September 2023 presented social media users with a series of claims suggesting that sugar is responsible for a wide range of medical conditions, including attent
Truth or Fiction?→ Antidepressants and Hot Weather Warning
In late July 2023, a year-old warning about “antidepressants and hot weather” recirculated on Facebook (and other platforms like Reddit and TikTok): As its getting warmer in the Northern Hemisphere at least. Be careful with dehy
Health Feedback→ Vaccines don’t cause the increase in autism prevalence, changes in diagnostic criteria is the most plausible explanation
REVIEW While Andrew Wakefield’s 1998 study purporting to link autism to the MMR vaccine has since been retracted for numerous flaws, including data fabrication and ethical violations, the claim that vaccines cause autism still persists to this day
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Netherlands Did NOT Begin Euthanizing Disabled People To ‘Save The Planet’
Did Dutch physicians start to euthanize people with autism and "other minor disabilities" against their patients' will in order "to save the planet"? No, that's not true: The source of the claim distorted the findings of a recent study th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘A Hidden World Of Underground Cities’ For Child Trafficking — It’s A Railway Tunnel In The Alps
Does a video on social media portray "a hidden world of underground cities" and "tunnels for trafficking"? No, that's not true: The clip shows the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland. The claim originated in a video (archived here) posted
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Arrest Of Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris On May 10, 2023
Were three high-profile Democrats, including President Joe Biden, arrested on or before May 10, 2023? No, that's not true: The claim came from a 2021 video that theorized about that happening in the future, but two years later, as of this
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Confirmed Link Between Antidepressants And ‘90% Of School Shootings’
Are school shootings proven to be caused predominantly by the attackers taking antidepressants? No, that's not true: No credible source has confirmed this claim since it was published in 2012. The claim reappeared in a post on Instagram o
Health Feedback→ Clinical trials show no association between the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs and Alzheimer’s or memory loss
REVIEW A Facebook reel claiming “Drs. Cause Alzheimers [sic]” went viral in mid-March 2023, receiving more than 113,000 views. The video featured a speech by veterinarian and naturopath Joel Wallach, who claimed that Alzheimer’s is a new disea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia Does NOT Offer ‘Gender Affirming’ Care Directly To 3-Year-Olds — Only To Parents
Does Children's Hospital of Philadelphia offer "gender-affirming" support, including surgical or hormonal procedures, directly to children as young as 3 years old? No, that's not true: The hospital's Gender and Sexuality Development Progr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Heavy Metal Detox Does NOT Cure Autism
Does heavy metal detox cure autism? No, that's not true: An expert told Lead Stories there is "no evidence" that substantiates the claim that taking something for a "heavy metal detox" can cure autism. There is no known cause or cure for
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Worms Do NOT Cause Autism — There Is No Known Cause
Do worms cause autism? No, that's not true: An expert told Lead Stories that there is "no scientific evidence" that supports the claim, made in a video on TikTok, that worms cause autism. There is no definitively known cause of Autism Spe
Health Feedback→ Medical exemptions to COVID-19 vaccines are granted for contraindications, not including history of blood clots or adverse reaction to prior vaccine
REVIEW On 11 December 2022, radio host Dan Bongino posted a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Katie Porter Saying Pedophilia Is An ‘Identity’ Not A Crime — Clip Is Taken Out Of Context
Does a video of a congressional hearing show a Democratic congresswoman from California saying she believes pedophilia is an identity and not a crime? No, that's not true: Katie Porter's remarks were about the use of false narratives on s
FactCheck.org→ Fetterman Ad Pushes Back on Crime
A sheriff featured in an ad defending U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman accurately states that Fetterman “voted with law enforcement experts nearly 90% of the time” on the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, and voted to give “a second cha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Schools Can Prescribe Adderall To Students
Can schools prescribe students Adderall, a drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? No, that's not true: According to federal law, public schools are not allowed to prescribe Adderall to students. Lead Stories d
Health Feedback→ Claim that squalene in vaccines causes autoimmune diseases and Gulf War Syndrome is unsubstantiated by evidence
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2009 TV Show NOT Proof COVID-19 Was Planned — It’s Just An Older Conspiracy Theory
Does a 2009 television show prove the COVID-19 pandemic was planned? No, that's not true: There is no evidence presented in the nearly three-minute clip from the "Secret Societies" episode of the truTV show "Conspiracy Theory with Jesse V
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Peter Breggin Article Contains False Claims About VAERS Data, Ivermectin, Hydroxychloroquine, SARS-CoV-2 Virus
Are Peter Breggin's claims about COVID-19 vaccine deaths, ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine and the SARS-CoV-2 virus all correct? No, that's not true: In describing a conspiracy's bid for global dominion, Breggin misstates the clearly labell
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cherry-Picked ‘Studies’ Do NOT Prove COVID Vaccines Don’t Work
Does a collection of "new studies" on COVID-19 prove vaccines are not working as claimed? No, that's not true: The claim rests on the false premise that vaccine makers and public health officials promised 100% prevention. No responsible s
Truth or Fiction?→ Anti-Vaccine Disinformation Campaign Echoes ‘Doctor’s Plot’ Rhetoric
An ongoing medical disinformation campaign took a sharp turn in July 2021, when right-wing commentators and politicians pivoted to direct attacks against continued efforts by the Biden administration to get more Americans vaccinated against COVID-19. T
Health Feedback→ PCR tests are reliable to detect and monitor COVID-19 infections, which are real and had caused millions of deaths worldwide
REVIEW On 10 June 2021, the podcast War Room: Pandemic, hosted by Steve Bannon, published this video interview with lawyer Reiner Fuellmich. First published on Facebook, the video was later removed, but it continued to circulate on other platforms l
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘The Final Refutation of Virology’ Claims By Stefan Lanka Do NOT Prove COVID-19 Virus Doesn’t Exist
Does microbiologist Stefan Lanka prove that virology is not based on scientific methods? No, that's not true: The known conspiracy theorist and debunked anti-vaccination activist gives no evidence that an experiment "refutes the theory on
Snopes→ Is Asperger’s Syndrome Named After a Nazi Enabler?
Hans Asperger, an Austrian psychiatrist, first described what he called "autistic psychopathy" in 1941.
Truth or Fiction?→ Politicians Claim That Deaths By Suicide Increased During Lockdowns; Mortality Report Says Otherwise
On April 4 2021, Twitter user Elizabeth Jacobs PhD (@TheAngryEpi) tweeted about political claims involving quarantine-related suicides in 2020, contrasted with March 2021 data about mortality rates for the year before: Politicians told us repeatedly
The Dispatch→ ‘They Aren’t Who You Think They Are’
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Birthmarks NOT Caused By MTHFR Gene Variants, Which Rarely Cause Disease, Are NOT Harmful For Those Receiving Vaccines
Do variants of the MTHFR gene cause disease and increase the likelihood of vaccine reactions? No, that's not true: In rare circumstances, a MTHFR (methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase) gene variant causes neural tube defects in newborn bab
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccine candidates show high efficacy and a safe profile in clinical trials, contrary to claims in viral video
REVIEW This 7 December 2020 video shows a series of 34 clips from individuals from different countries, claiming that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous and unnecessary because the COVID-19 pandemic is not real. First published on YouTube, the platform