REVIEW The claim that no childhood vaccine has ever been tested against a placebo in a double-blind, randomized trial commonly crops up in anti-vaccine content. One example of this claim can be seen in this Instagram post. Prominent figures in the
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The Dispatch→ The Trials of Donald Trump, Explained
The Collision takes over.
The Dispatch→ The Trump-Trials Round Robin
Taking stock of where Trump’s major civil and criminal trials stand.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: RSV ‘Vaccine’ NOT Linked to ’12 Deaths During Clinical Trials’
Did an RSV "vaccine" cause "12 deaths during clinical trials," as a post on Instagram suggested? No, that's not true: None of the 15 deaths of thousands of children in three key clinical trials were deemed to be caused by the drug. The Fo
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Social media post misleads about children’s deaths in RSV drug clinical trials
Twelve babies died from taking RSV drug in clinical trials.
The Dispatch→ Chris Christie Predicts Political ‘Fallout’ for Trump’s Trials
The former New Jersey governor talks to Dispatch Politics about his path to the nomination.
PolitiFact→ United Facts of America: What experts say about the Trump trials and the 2024 election
PolitiFact sponsored United Facts of America, our free fact-checking festival. We heard from @aronberg and Jon Sale, a white collar criminal defense attorney, about the Trump trials and their potential effect in the 2024 election.
The Dispatch→ Trials and Primaries and Motions, Oh My
Looking ahead at the next several months of politics and the law colliding.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Updated COVID-19 Vaccines NOT Only Tested On ‘A Total Of 10 Mice’ — Hundreds Of Humans Also Received Shots During Clinical Trials
Were the updated COVID-19 vaccines only tested on 10 mice before they were given emergency use authorization in September 2023? No, that's not true: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) told Lead Stories that the revised vaccines have a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clinical Trials For MRNA Universal Influenza Vaccine Will NOT Involve Only ’50 Healthy Volunteers’ To ‘Assess The Safety’
Will a new mRNA universal flu vaccine only be tested on 50 volunteers to "assess the safety" of the experimental shot? No, that's not true: New drugs and medicines in the United States go through rigorous testing and three phases of clini
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
Logically→ Fifty-eight percent of pregnant women suffered a miscarriage in the Pfizer vaccine trials.
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccines Tested in Clinical Trials, Despite Bogus Social Media Claims
SciCheck Digest The COVID-19 vaccines were tested in large, randomized controlled trials before the Food and Drug Administration authorized them for emergency use. But a popular YouTube video spins a conspiracy theory that distorts legal codes
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccine Data Do NOT Show Increased Risk Of Serious Adverse Events Of Special Interest In Randomized Trials
Does a reanalysis of Pfizer and Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccine data show an increased risk of serious adverse events of special interest? No, that's not true: The authors of this study created their own subset of serious adverse events of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Media NOT ‘Put To Death For Lying’ At Nuremberg Trials — Those Executed Were Convicted Of War Crimes Against Humanity
Was "even the media" prosecuted during the 1945-46 Nuremberg trials of Nazi Germany's leadership and "put to death for lying to the public"? No, that's not true: This claim misrepresents the purpose of these historical legal proceedings,
Health Feedback→ 2014 study by Dyall et al. is an in vitro study; clinical trials showed hydroxychloroquine is ineffective against COVID-19 in people
REVIEW On 31 October 2022, The Epoch Times released a preview video of an interview with Meryl Nass, an internal medicine physician, as part of its program American Thought Leaders. The full interview was released the following day; the full transcr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Vaccine Clinical Trial NOT Intended To Test Transmission Prevention — That’s Not How Clinical Trials Work
Did a Pfizer representative "admit" the company erred when its COVID-19 vaccine was "never tested on preventing transmission" of the virus during clinical trials? No, that's not true. Vaccine clinical trials for drug approval are not mean
Health Feedback→ Claim that hydroxychloroquine is an effective early treatment for COVID-19 isn’t supported by evidence from clinical trials
REVIEW As of 22 September 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two treatments for patients with COVID-19, the antiviral remdesivir and the immune modulator baricitimib. The FDA has also given Emergency Use Authorization (EU
AllSides→ Clinical Trials Show Ivermectin Does Not Benefit COVID-19 Patients, Contrary to Social Media Claims
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/09/scicheck-clinical-trials-show-ivermectin-does-not-benefit-covid-19-patients-contrary-to-social-media-claims/
Poynter→ Why the recent COVID-19 boosters were authorized before human trials were completed
An updated COVID-19 booster shot is now available, as strains of the coronavirus continue to spread. President Joe Biden said Sept. 6 that the updated boosters are meant to provide […] The post Why the recent COVID-19 boosters were authorized bef
FactCheck.org→ Clinical Trials Show Ivermectin Does Not Benefit COVID-19 Patients, Contrary to Social Media Claims
SciCheck Digest Randomized clinical trials have repeatedly found that ivermectin does not benefit COVID-19 patients. The National Institutes of Health recommends against its use for COVID-19. Ivermectin enthusiasts continue to falsely claim the contrar
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Why were the recent COVID-19 boosters authorized before human trials were completed?
The updated COVID-19 boosters’ effectiveness was tested in mice and authorized before data could be gathered from human trials because of a pressing need to address the rapidly changing nature of coronavirus variants, an expert said.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccine Trials Did NOT Skip Animal Testing Because All The Animals Were Dying — No Steps Were Skipped
Did COVID vaccine trials skip animal testing and go straight to people because all the animals were dying? No, that's not true: In an email to Lead Stories, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said, "The claim is completely false.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Moderna, Pfizer Vaccines Do NOT Show Increased Risk Of Serious Adverse Events Of Special Interest In Randomized Trials
Are Pfizer and Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccines associated with an increased risk of serious adverse events of special interest? No, that's not true: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in an email to Lead Stories that the vacc
Snopes→ Congress Dives into UFOs, but No Signs of Extraterrestrials
Congress held its first hearing in half a century on unidentified flying objects.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Depp, Maxwell trials held in different jurisdictions with different media rules
“The same system that kept you in the dark about Ghislaine Maxwell…doesn’t mind live-streaming Johnny Depp’s trial.”
Snopes→ Jurors Reject Array of Defenses at Capitol Riot Trials
Jurors have heard — and rejected — an array of excuses and arguments from the first rioters to be tried for storming the U.S. Capitol.
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: Ivermectin Is NOT Proven ‘Effective’ Against Omicron Variant In Phase 3 Clinical Trials — Reuters ‘Misstated’ Drug Company News Release
Is ivermectin "effective" against the omicron variant of COVID-19 in Phase 3 clinical trials? No, that hasn't been proven: The incorrect information comes from a January 31, 2022, Reuters story that was later updated by the news organizat
PolitiFact→ No evidence government-funded AIDS clinical trials caused foster children deaths in New York
An investigative report that evaluated government-funded clinical trials for HIV and AIDS treatments found no evidence that the medications caused foster children to die.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Cabal Leaders’ Did NOT Go To Antarctica To Surrender To Extraterrestrials & Earth Alliance
Did "cabal leaders" go to Antarctica to surrender to extraterrestrials and the Earth Alliance? No, that's not true: The article provides no verifiable evidence to support its story that terms for surrender are being negotiated. The articl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The British Medical Journal Did NOT Reveal Disqualifying And Ignored Reports Of Flaws In Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Trials
Did the British Medical Association's news blog reveal flaws that disqualify the results of a contractor's field testing of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, and were the problems ignored by the Food & Drug Administration and by Pfizer? No,
Health Feedback→ An investigation found no evidence that deaths of HIV-positive foster children enrolled in AIDS drug trials were caused by trial medication, contrary to recent claims
REVIEW In October 2021, there were claims that Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), was linked to various research experiments allegedly funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH
Snopes→ Were Accused Witches Burned at the Stake During Salem Witch Trials?
We tackled some of the most popular myths for Halloween 2021.
Full Fact→ Covid-19 vaccines passed animal trials
In an apparent reference to the Covid-19 vaccines, a post on Facebook claims that people are “being Injected by something that couldn’t even make it past the Animal Trials”. The post does not mention Covid-19 vaccines specifically, bu
AllSides→ Ongoing Clinical Trials Will Decide Whether (or Not) Ivermectin Is Safe, Effective for COVID-19
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/09/scicheck-ongoing-clinical-trials-will-decide-whether-or-not-ivermectin-is-safe-effective-for-covid-19/
FactCheck.org→ Ongoing Clinical Trials Will Decide Whether (or Not) Ivermectin Is Safe, Effective for COVID-19
SciCheck Digest Studies on whether ivermectin is beneficial in treating COVID-19 patients haven’t been conclusive, and health officials have warned people not to self-medicate. But multiple large trials are continuing to assess the antiparasitic
Logically→ The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is experimental; it is still in clinical trials.
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has been tested rigorously. It is safe and effective against COVID-19.
Health Feedback→ Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated its efficacy and safety in several stages of clinical trials before been authorized for emergency use, and therefore isn’t experimental
REVIEW In December 2020, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine became the first COVID-19 vaccine authorized for emergency use in the U.S. Since then, the country has administered more than 202 million doses of this vaccine to its population. On 23 Au
Full Fact→ Post makes misleading claims about Covid vaccines and animal trials
A post on Facebook incorrectly claims that vaccines are unapproved and experimental, and that all the animals used in trials died. The author does not specify that they are discussing the Covid-19 vaccines, but the claims are very similar to ones