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PolitiFact→ X posts – No, Joe Biden didn’t get ‘turbo cancer’ from COVID-19 vaccines. There’s no such thing.

2025-05-20 Former President Joe Biden’s cancer is a form of “turbo cancer” caused by mRNA vaccines. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ No, the US Supreme Court has not ruled that Covid vaccines are ‘not vaccines’

2025-05-15 Familiar misinformation about Covid vaccines being gene therapy is circulating again. Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Rising cancers in young adults preceded pandemic, unrelated to COVID-19 or vaccines, contrary to Patrick Soon-Shiong’s claims in Tucker Carlson interview

2025-04-10 REVIEW While myths and falsehoods about diseases and treatments aren’t new, the COVID-19 pandemic represented a turning point in the landscape of health misinformation. The uncertainty that accompanied the pandemic, combined with the reach of soci Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Cleveland Clinic didn’t say millions of people with COVID-19 vaccines will die within 5 years

2025-04-04 Says Cleveland Clinic said, “Millions of COVID-vaxxed will die within ‘5 years.’” Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ No, mRNA vaccines don’t ‘genetically alter humanity’

2025-04-03 Familiar vaccine misinformation resurfaces in a Facebook video, which claims that mRNA vaccines change people’s genes. There is no factual basis for this claim. Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Suzanne Humphries repeats debunked claims on vaccines, polio in Joe Rogan interview

2025-04-03 REVIEW On 26 March 2025, podcaster Joe Rogan interviewed physician Suzanne Humphries on his show The Joe Rogan Experience. A video of Humphries’ interview, uploaded to YouTube, received more than 1.6 million views at the time of publication. Humph Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ New study contained methodological limitations and failed to show that COVID-19 vaccines increase disease burden, despite claims by Patrick Flynn

2025-02-25 REVIEW In a Facebook post from February 2025, chiropractor Patrick Flynn claimed that people vaccinated against COVID-19 were “sicker” than those who were unvaccinated. He cited a December 2024 study by Harald Walach and Rainer Klement as eviden Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Trump Executive Order Targets COVID-19 Vaccines No Longer Required for Most U.S. Students

2025-02-20 Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. President Donald Trump this month issued an executive order prohibiting discretionary federal funds from going to schools and colleges or universities that require students to get a Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Bill Gates did not write an article about using ‘forced vaccines’ for depopulation

2025-02-10 We can find no evidence that Mr Gates has written or said anything about reducing the population with forced vaccines. Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Aluminum-based adjuvants in vaccines are safe, contrary to claims based on mouse study

2025-02-05 REVIEW Aluminum salt is a component, also known as an adjuvant, of some vaccines that boosts the immune response to the vaccine’s active ingredient. This helps to give longer-lasting protection against disease. It has been used for nearly a centu Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr. Cites Flawed Paper Claiming Link Between Vaccines and Autism in HHS Confirmation Hearing

2025-01-31 Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In his second day of confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, refused to say that vaccines Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Flawed analysis of Florida Medicaid data used to promote false claim that vaccines cause autism

2025-01-31 REVIEW In January 2025, a claim that vaccines cause autism circulated online, using a study of children enrolled in Medicaid as supporting evidence for the claim. The claim was propagated through a Substack article by entrepreneur Steve Kirsch, whic Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Vaccines don’t cause mercury toxicity; the mercury compound present in some vaccines is different from the one in seafood

2025-01-30 REVIEW In late January, a Threads post with over 3,000 interactions claimed that doctors’ advice regarding mercury exposure in infants is inconsistent. Specifically, the post argued that while doctors recommend that pregnant women not eat fish “ Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines not shown to have “negative efficacy”, contrary to claim by Nicolas Hulscher

2025-01-22 REVIEW In January 2025, a Facebook post claimed that COVID-19 vaccines had “negative efficacy”, suggesting that the vaccines increased the risk of contracting COVID-19 instead of reducing it. The post cited a Japanese study published in 2024 as Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ New study from Brazil doesn’t show that COVID-19 vaccines increase risk of death in the long term

2025-01-08 REVIEW Since their rollout in December 2020, the safety of COVID-19 vaccines has been a frequent target of misinformation. Science Feedback repeatedly addressed claims about the alleged dangers of these vaccines, showing that many such assertions we Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Ron Johnson – Yes, there have been placebo-controlled studies on childhood vaccines

2025-01-02 “There's never been a placebo-controlled study on childhood vaccines.” Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Facebook meme correctly states that vaccines led to eradication of polio and smallpox, not “natural herd immunity”

2024-12-26 REVIEW In early December 2024, social media posts sharing a meme claiming that “Polio and smallpox never reached natural herd immunity” and that these diseases were “eradicated by vaccines” went viral on Facebook. Among posts which recei Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Unvaccinated people died of COVID-19 at a higher rate than vaccinated people; vaccines prevented hundreds of thousands of deaths

2024-12-18 REVIEW A series of Facebook posts from December 2024 questioned how “Billions of Unvaxxed people with NO Boosters are still alive”. This kind of loaded question is a typical example of the “just asking questions” tactic, which involves frami Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ No, COVID Vaccines Don’t ‘Sterilize’ Those Who Are Immunized

2024-12-17 Social media users are taking old comments from an immunologist out of context. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s View On Vaccines Is NOT Only That ‘They Should Be Studied’

2024-12-12 Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s only stated position on vaccines that they should be studied "like any other pharmaceutical product" as a social media post claims? No, that's not true: In 2023, Kennedy said, "There's no vaccine that is ... saf Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Fox News Commentator Had Aggressive Cancer Before COVID-19 Vaccines Were Available

2024-12-11 Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. SciCheck Digest Fox News health commentator Dr. Kelly Powers was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in July 2020, months before COVID-19 vaccines we Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim Fox News commentator Kelly Powers died from cancer caused by COVID-19 vaccines is unfounded

2024-12-06 Fox News commentator Dr. Kelly Powers died from “turbo cancer” caused by COVID-19 vaccines. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci Did NOT Say ’72 Mandatory Childrens Vaccines’ Were Never Safety Tested

2024-12-06 Did Dr. Anthony Fauci ever say that 72 mandatory childhood vaccines were never safety tested? No, that's not true: Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told Lead Stories, "This claim is Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Were NOT Manufactured By Military Contractors, But By Pfizer And Moderna

2024-12-04 Were COVID-19 vaccines manufactured by military contractors rather than by Pfizer and Moderna? No, that's not true: FDA inspection records show the vaccines were made in drug industry labs. Pfizer pointed Lead Stories to publicly availabl Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Smallpox was officially eradicated in 1980. It doesn’t need to be held in check by vaccines.

2024-11-27 Smallpox was “never eradicated, it’s held in check by vaccines,” and RFK Jr. would eliminate coverage for the smallpox vaccine. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccines Do NOT Cause Liver Flukes; Parasites Come From Contaminated Food, Water, Not Vaccination

2024-11-27 Do vaccinations cause liver flukes in the human stomach? No, that's not true: Vaccine experts contacted by Lead Stories called the notion "science fiction" and "nonsense." Liver flukes are parasites you can get from eating contaminated fo Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Japanese government didn’t declare COVID-19 mRNA vaccines to be deadly

2024-11-21 REVIEW An 8 November 2024 post on X (formerly Twitter) claimed that “leading medical experts” in Japan declared COVID-19 mRNA vaccines were the “most deadly drug in [the] history of humankind”. The post further claimed an association between Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as HHS secretary, could he ban vaccines?

2024-11-20 If he’s confirmed as President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wouldn’t be able to unilaterally ban vaccines, vaccine law experts told us. But he could reduce vaccine accessibility. Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Trump Embraces RFK Jr.’s Views on Vaccines, Fluoride

2024-11-05 In the waning days of his campaign, former President Donald Trump has further embraced some of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s incorrect or controversial views on health, including vaccines and fluoride. In a Nov. 3 telephone interview with NBC News’ D Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Q&A on the 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccines

2024-10-22 Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Updated COVID-19 vaccines targeting JN.1-lineage omicron variants of the coronavirus are now available in the U.S. for the fall and winter seasons. On Aug. 22, the Food and Drug Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Peter McCullough misleads again about the benefits and risks of COVID-19 vaccines in viral interview

2024-10-20 REVIEW In October 2024, a Facebook reel with more than half a million views showed cardiologist Peter McCullough claiming that “people are dying with these [COVID-19 vaccines]”. The reel shared a teaser of an interview between McCullough and Jos Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Peter McCullough’s claim that COVID-19 vaccines might have caused rise in sudden deaths relies on flawed analysis

2024-10-09 REVIEW In a September 2024 Facebook reel, cardiologist Peter McCullough linked myocarditis from COVID-19 vaccination to sudden death. Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle that can reduce the heart’s ability to pump blood. Some cases Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Decline in autism among high-income white households not caused by a decrease in childhood vaccination, vaccines don’t cause autism

2024-10-03 REVIEW Despite overwhelming evidence that childhood vaccination doesn’t cause autism spectrum disorder (ASD), this belief still persists among some groups. A 2020 study, for instance, found that more than one in three parents of children with ASD Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Childhood vaccines aren’t ‘poison’

2024-10-03 Despite claims on social media, vaccines are generally a safe and effective way to protect children from potentially fatal diseases. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Video Shows Alexis Lorenze Suffering Typical Reaction To DTaP, Meningitis, Pneumonia Vaccines — But Vaccination Can Prompt Reactions In People With Her Rare Condition

2024-09-23 Does a video on social media show a woman named Alexis Lorenze suffering a typical reaction to DTaP, meningitis and pneumonia vaccines? No, that's not true: An expert contacted by Lead Stories said he has "seen this many times" in patient Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2024 Paper On mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Is NOT Valid Scientific Study; Expert Calls It ‘Amateurish Gibberish’

2024-09-09 Is a 2024 article on mRNA COVID-19 vaccines by Dr. Young Mi Lee, an obstetrician and gynecologist in South Korea, and Daniel Broudy, an applied linguistics professor at Okinawa Christian University in Japan a valid, well-done scientific s Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Jeffrey Barke – FDA can still approve COVID-19 vaccines on emergency use basis, despite end of health emergency

2024-08-27 Food and Drug Administration approval for updated COVID-19 vaccines requires a public health emergency declaration. Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Fauci quoted out of context in misleading video, didn’t change his views about benefits of COVID-19 vaccines

2024-08-21 REVIEW A video comparing two interviews of Anthony Fauci, the former director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), went viral on social media in August 2024. The video was viewed more than 1.5 million times acro Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Mpox has nothing to do with the Covid-19 vaccines

2024-08-16 Mpox is caused by the monkeypox virus. It is not a side effect of vaccination. Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Facebook reel misinterprets patents for proposed therapies and vaccines as patents for viruses

2024-08-16 REVIEW A Facebook reel posted on 1 August 2024 shared a screenshot of a tweet asking “Why are there patents on viruses?” The screenshot listed AIDS, H1N1, Ebola, swine flu, Zika, SARS, and coronavirus as evidence of viruses being patented. It al Go to site post…»

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