Does a 2019 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guideline for treatment of refugees "blow a hole" in the widely reported warnings against use of veterinary ivermectin to treat COVID-19? No, that's not true: The human formulat
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Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Unsupported claim that COVID-19 vaccines caused hundreds of serious reactions among military veterans misuses VAERS reports
REVIEW On 14 July 2021, the organization Judicial Watch claimed in this press release to have records “detailing the adverse reactions veterans had to the COVID-19 vaccines”. These alleged reactions included cardiac arrests, strokes, dee
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ VAERS reports may initiate investigations into potential associations between a vaccine and adverse events, but on their own cannot prove causality
REVIEW On 21 July 2021, multiple social media posts drew attention to the website of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a doubling of death reports made to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System. The specific sta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: VAERS Numbers Are NOT Proof 895 Veterans Were Killed Or Injured By COVID Vaccine — VAERS Tallies Unverified Reports
Do these numbers from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) document 895 deaths or serious injuries of military veterans from COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: Anyone with internet access can add a report to the VAERS l
Full Fact - All content→ Adverse event reports after vaccines are not necessarily due to vaccines
A Facebook post claims that, in the USA there have been 387,087 reports of adverse events “of this evil shot in the arm”, presumably referring to the Covid-19 vaccine, up until 18 June 2021. As we have said before, the fact that an adverse
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Retracted study misused statistics and adverse event reports to claim that COVID-19 vaccines don’t offer “clear benefit” and caused deaths
REVIEW A study published in the journal Vaccines in late June 2021 claimed that there were two deaths caused by COVID-19 vaccines for every three lives saved by the vaccines, and concluded that COVID-19 vaccination showed a “lack of clear benefit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Is NOT Correct That VAERS List Of Adverse Reaction Reports Is Data That Proves COVID Vaccine Caused Deaths
Is this video correct in its claim that the federal Vaccine Adverse Events Report System (VAERS) delivers data proving 6,000 people were killed by COVID vaccines? No, that's not true: The VAERS website repeatedly warns users against makin
Snopes→ See Hank Aaron’s 1952 Scouting Reports
"I recommend bonus," indeed.
Snopes→ Woman Reports Finding ‘Dead Body’ Outline Under Carpet of New Home
What's worse than a dead body in your home? The possible remnants of a long-dead body in your home.
Snopes→ Reports: US Student Found Killed in Russia, Suspect Arrested
The body of Catherine Serou, 34, was found in a wooded area near the city of Bor, 250 miles east of Moscow, the reports said.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC’s VAERS ‘Reports’ Are NOT Solid Proof of Vaccine Injuries Or Deaths — Just Starting Point for CDC, FDA Investigators
Does the government's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) provide data or reports that prove the COVID-19 vaccine or other vaccines have caused injuries or deaths? No, that's not true: As the VAERS webpage itself repeatedly exp
Snopes→ Study Shows AI-Generated Fake Reports Fool Experts
AIs can generate fake reports that are convincing enough to trick cybersecurity experts.
Snopes→ Reports: Facebook to End Rule Exemptions for Politicians
Facebook has had a general “newsworthiness exemption” since 2016.
Liste→ This video has circulated in reports about torrential rain in Saudi Arabia since July 2020
A video that shows several vehicles being crushed by a slab of concrete has been viewed thousands of times in online posts alongside a claim it was filmed in India after a cyclone struck in 2021. The claim is false: the video has circulated online si
Full Fact - All content→ Fake missing child reports used to scam Facebook users
Posts reporting the disappearance of a girl called Ellie Morrad have been circulating on Facebook. One post says she went missing in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. But another says she went missing in Porthmadog in north west Wales. The photo accompan
Liste→ This photo has circulated in reports about a Russian helicopter crash in 2015
A photo has been shared thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim it shows a Myanmar military helicopter crash on May 4, 2021. The photo circulated online one day after an armed ethnic group claimed it had shot down a Myanmar mili
Liste→ Photo of Indonesian crew praying on a submarine has circulated in reports since at least July 2020
An image has been shared thousands of times on Facebook, Twitter and news reports alongside a claim that it shows Indonesian sailors praying on a submarine before it sank in April 2021. The claim is false: the image has circulated in reports since at l
Snopes→ Virus-Hit Russia Reports 25% Death Increase in January-March
Russia’s state statistical service did not provide an explanation for the sharply higher death toll, but critics have suggested that Russian officials underplay the severity of the pandemic in the country.
Snopes→ US Recommends ‘Pause’ for Johnson & Johnson Vaccine over Clot Reports
More than 6.8 million doses of the J&J vaccine have been administered in the U.S., the vast majority with no or mild side effects.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ There is currently no cure for AIDS; reports to the contrary are incorrect
REVIEW Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic and potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that infects immune cells. AIDS is the last stage of HIV infection, when the virus has damaged
Liste→ This photo has circulated in reports about a Russian plane landing in India in 2018
A photo has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim that it shows a Russian cargo flight landing in Myanmar to transport “sophisticated weapons” in March 2021. However, the claim is false. The photo in fact has ci
Snopes→ Reports Say CNN’S Chris Cuomo Got Special COVID-19 Testing
The news anchor emerged as a central figure in the latest damaging stories about his older brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Snopes→ Spa Witness, Police Reports Detail Carnage in Georgia
When he heard the first two gunshots, Marcus Lyon dove behind the bed where moments earlier the massage therapist had been rubbing his neck.
Liste→ This footage circulated before the Covid-19 pandemic in reports about students fleeing tear gas at a school in Nigeria
Footage of students fleeing a building has been shared in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim that it shows children running from a school where “live virus” Covid-19 vaccines were being forcibly administered to black kids. The claim, however
Liste→ This photo has circulated in reports about a deadly landslide disaster in Myanmar in 2020 – months before the military coup
A photo of corpses has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Twitter and a discussion forum alongside a claim that it shows anti-coup demonstrators who were killed by Myanmar’s military. The claim is false; the photo has circulated seve
Liste→ This photo has circulated since October 2020 in reports about a Yemini boy who was assaulted by his father
Photos of a boy covered in bruises have been shared thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim that he is the Muslim boy who was beaten for allegedly drinking tap water inside a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in Mar
Liste→ False news reports claim Elon Musk is dead after Tesla factory explosion
Reports circulating on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram claim that tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is dead following a “Tesla factory explosion”. The claim is false; the reports are not genuine news articles and there are no credible reports of Musk'
Top Fact Checks→ Adverse incident reports by the CDC show that almost 1000 people died after getting the COVID-19 vaccination.
VAERS records illness or death after the vaccine but cannot verify the cause of death.
Snopes→ Reports: Myanmar Security Forces Shoot Dead 8 Protesters
Demonstrators have regularly flooded the streets of cities across the country since the military seized power on Feb. 1 and ousted the elected government of leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Liste→ This photo has circulated online since 2019 in reports from various countries about a hyena attack
Social media posts shared thousands of times in February 2021 claim a "bloodthirsty wolf" has been spotted in multiple locations in Pakistan. The posts shared an image of an animal and a purported letter from Pakistan’s Forest, Wildlife & Fisheri
Liste→ Indian social media posts, media reports falsely claim WHO approved herbal medicine as Covid-19 treatment
Multiple Facebook and Twitter posts shared hundreds of times claim the World Health Organization (WHO) approved Coronil, an Indian herbal medication, as a Covid-19 treatment. The claim was also shared in multiple Indian news reports. The claim is fals
Liste→ These photos have circulated in reports about an earthquake in Turkey in 2020, not Afghanistan
Two photos have been shared in multiple Facebook and Instagram posts that claim they show destruction in Afghanistan following an earthquake in February 2021. The claim is false: both photos were taken from Associated Press reports about an earthqua
Liste→ This video has circulated in reports about the aftermath of flooding near Jakarta in 2020
A video has been viewed thousands of times on Facebook alongside a claim that it shows the aftermath of floods that hit a residential area on the outskirts of Jakarta in February 2021. The claim is misleading; the scenes in the footage match with video
Snopes→ How Safe Is Your Baby Food? Company Reports Show Arsenic, Lead and Other Heavy Metals
Heavy metals including lead, arsenic and mercury can be found in commercial baby foods at levels well above what the federal government considers safe for children, a new congressional report warns.
Liste→ The photo has circulated online since 2013 in reports about members of the RSS helping flood victims in Uttarakhand
Multiple Facebook posts share a photograph they claim shows members of the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh group carrying food and medicine to the survivors of a deadly flash flood in a remote Indian Himalayan valley on February 7, 2021.
Liste→ Miscarriage reports are not proof of Covid-19 vaccine danger to pregnancy
Social media posts warn of miscarriages following Covid-19 shots, citing data from a US government reporting system. But a causal link between the two has not been established: the reports are not proof that a vaccine caused a problem, and the US Cente
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Misleading to compare the safety of COVID-19 and flu vaccines based solely on VAERS reports; VAERS reports alone cannot demonstrate that a vaccine caused an adverse event
REVIEW With the worldwide rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, claims that the vaccines caused severe adverse events or deaths spread on social media. A meme published on 15 February 2021 claimed that a person is 300 to 900 times “more likely to die” a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Of Informal COVID-19 Vaccine Reaction Reports is NOT Evidence Deaths Were Caused By Vaccines
Does this list of reports from the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) prove COVID-19 vaccines are causing sudden deaths in a surprising number of young and middle-aged people? No, that's not true: The individual cases
Liste→ False video reports of Shanghai earthquake use old images of past disasters
Videos viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter purport to show the aftermath of a major earthquake in the Chinese city of Shanghai on January 31, 2021. The claim is false: the images in the clips show var
Liste→ This video reports on a fatal shooting in China’s Hunan province in 2010
A video news report about a fatal shooting of three judges has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Twitter and YouTube alongside a claim that the shooting occured in China in December 2020. The claim is misleading; the video news report in fact