Is there no scientific consensus that climate change is happening? No, that's not true: A scientific survey of more than 88,000 climate-related studies found that more than 99 percent of research agrees that climate change is real and pri
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ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Social media posts falsely suggest Australian birth-rate drop was caused by COVID vaccines
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Logically→ Lancet study did not show 74 percent of deaths were caused by COVID-19 vaccinations
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Purple Dot On Air Quality Map Is NOT Evidence Smoke Plume Was Caused By Gold And Lithium Mining
Did a large plume of smoky air from Canada, which spread poor air quality conditions to many places in the U.S. in late June 2023, originate from gold and lithium mining operations in Sakami, Quebec, and not from forest fires? No, that's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A ‘Lancet Study’ Does NOT Show COVID Vaccine Caused 74% Of Deaths In Sample — Lancet Rejected Paper And Its Methods
Did a preprint paper submitted to The Lancet on July 5, 2023, find that 74 percent of the deaths in the autopsies it reviewed were caused by the COVID-19 vaccine? Additionally, was it also a legitimate study from The Lancet? No, neither i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘All Diseases’ Are NOT Caused By Mineral Deficiencies
Do "all diseases come from mineral deficiencies"? No, that's not true: While some conditions stem from mineral deficiencies, it is "absolutely not" true that all diseases are caused by not consuming enough minerals, an expert in the study
Logically→ Strange Schumann resonances were not caused by aliens
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Explosion Was NOT Caused By ‘Direct Energy Weapon’ — It’s A Rolling Shutter Artifact In Video
Was an explosion caused by a Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) caught on tape -- showing a beam of light coming down from the sky in the split-second before the enormous blast? No, that's not true: Although this footage of an explosion is real
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Apricot Seeds Do NOT Prevent Cancer, Have NOT Caused Hunza Valley People To ‘Never Get Cancer’
Do the people of the Hunza Valley in northern Pakistan never get cancer because they consume apricot seeds? No, that's not true: There are recorded cases of cancer among the people of the Hunza Valley that date back several decades and th
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Investigators say 30 tons of lost ammonium nitrate likely caused by leak, not by a grand conspiracy
30 tons of lost ammonium nitrate on a California-bound train suggest an orchestrated conspiracy.
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 is caused by a virus, not snake venom; no snake venom in COVID-19 vaccines, contrary to claim by chiropractor Bryan Ardis
REVIEW Among some of the wildest claims about the origins of COVID-19 can be traced back to chiropractor Bryan Ardis, who in an April 2022 pseudodocumentary titled “Watch The Water”, falsely claimed that COVID-19 wasn’t caused by a virus, but
Health Feedback→ No evidence that hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin cure cancer; cancer and multiple sclerosis aren’t caused solely by parasites, contrary to claim by orthopedic surgeon
REVIEW A Facebook video posted on 5 May 2023 claimed that parasites cause cancer and multiple sclerosis, receiving more than 130,000 views. The video is an excerpt from a 5 December 2022 episode of the podcast “After Hours with Dr. Sigoloff”, du
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – These on-air medical emergencies were not caused by COVID-19 vaccines, as video suggests
Video shows people collapsing because of COVID-19 vaccines.
Logically→ U.K.’s ONS data has been misrepresented to show that COVID vaccines caused 600,000 deaths in the U.S.
Logically→ No, the BBC has not admitted that the COVID-19 vaccines caused excess deaths in 2022 in the U.K.
Logically→ The amount of ammonium nitrate seized in West Bengal is not ten times of what caused the 2020 Beirut explosion
Health Feedback→ An ONS study didn’t show that the COVID-19 vaccine caused a higher risk of heart-related deaths in women, contrary to viral claim
REVIEW Claims that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine increased the risk of heart-related death in young women went viral on social media in early April 2023 (examples here and here). The claim was based on a 27 March 2023 study by the U.K. Office for
Health Feedback→ Kaposi’s sarcoma is an opportunistic cancer that occurs in advanced AIDS patients; it’s not caused by poppers
REVIEW In 2021, an estimated 650,000 people died of AIDS-related illnesses worldwide. When untreated, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infections progress to a chronic condition known as Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or AIDS. AIDS is potentia
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Report doesn’t prove COVID-19 vaccines caused excess deaths
Report proves that COVID-19 vaccines caused 300,000 excess deaths in 2022.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lauren Boebert Satirical Tweet About ‘Millions Of Boating Accidents’ Caused By ATF Pistol Braces Ban Widely Misinterpreted
Did Rep. Lauren Boebert literally mean that banning pistol braces is causing "millions of boating accidents" when she posted a tweet critical of "Biden's ATF rule"? No, that's not true: The term "boating accident" is a well-known in-joke
Full Fact→ Facebook post falsely denies planes caused Twin Towers to collapse
A Facebook post denies that planes caused the Twin Towers to collapse.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Menstrual Cycles ARE Natural, Are NOT Caused Because Body Is Removing Toxins
Are menstrual cycles not natural and are they caused because the body is removing toxins? No, that's not true: "It is completely natural and it is essential," a physician and scientist told Lead Stories about the menstrual cycle. The clai
Logically→ The experimental Spanish flu vaccine tested in 1918 caused the Spanish flu, not the virus.
PolitiFact→ Was Silicon Valley Bank demise caused by Trump easing regulation, 'woke' efforts, or something else?
Democrats blamed the demise of Silicon Valley Bank on banking regulation changes signed by former President Donald Trump. Republicans blamed the bank’s focus on "woke" investments. Here's what experts in finance and banking had to say about those exp
Logically→ The COVID-19 vaccine caused Tom Sizemore to suffer a ruptured cerebral aneurysm, leading to his death.
Logically→ mRNA vaccines have caused a sharp increase in the number of stillbirths recorded in Singapore.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Bombshell New Study’ Does NOT Prove That mRNA ‘Jabs’ Have Caused ‘Tens Of Millions Of Serious New Health Problems Worldwide’
Did a "bombshell new study" prove that mRNA "jabs" have "caused tens of millions of serious new health problems worldwide," including a condition known as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)? No, that's not true: The 2022 stu
Logically→ The video depicts a fracture in the earth’s crust caused by recent earthquakes in Turkey.
This old video shows the Loess Plateau in China's Pinglu County and is unrelated to the recent earthquake that hit Turkey in February 2023.
Logically→ The video shows a cat rescued from the rubble caused by the Turkey earthquake in February 2023.
A November 2022 video of people in Turkey flocking to rescue animals from a shelter where they were mistreated has been linked to the earthquakes.
Poynter→ Have vaccines caused ‘100% of COVID deaths in Canada?’ Not even close.
Canada’s government has not published data showing that all COVID-19 deaths in the country are caused by COVID-19 vaccines, despite claims spreading online. “100% of COVID deaths in Canada now […] The post Have vaccines caused ‘100% of
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Have COVID-19 vaccines caused all COVID-19 deaths in Canada? No
“100% of COVID deaths in Canada now due to mRNA vaccine.”
Logically→ Thailand will ban Pfizer after booster vaccination caused Princess Bajrakitiyabha to fall into a coma.
There is no evidence that the princess' condition was caused by any vaccination and Thai officials have stated there are no plans to ban Pfizer.
Poynter→ No, Damar Hamlin’s mid-game collapse was not caused by the COVID-19 vaccine
MediaWise teen fact-checker Saahil Mishra debunks the claim that athlete Damar Hamlin collapsed because of the COVID-19 vaccine - and gives you some tips on how to evaluate scientific claims you see online. The post No, Damar Hamlin’s mid-game collap
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Every Disease Is NOT Caused By Iron Deficiency
Is every disease caused by a lack of iron in the body? No, that's not true: There are many different types of disease, including infectious diseases (like hepatitis and COVID-19), non-communicable diseases (such as heart disease and strok
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Thailand Does NOT Plan To ‘Nullify’ Pfizer-BioNTech Contracts — NO Evidence COVID-19 Vaccination Caused Thai Princess’ Collapse
Did the government of Thailand announce plans to cancel COVID-19 vaccine contracts with Pfizer-BioNTech after a suspected connection between the Pfizer vaccine and Princess Bajrakitiyabha's December 2022 collapse was established? No, that
Logically→ These videos show the tsunami caused by the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on February 6.
No tsunami occurred in either region on February 6. Videos of tsunamis from Durban in 2017 and Japan in 2011 have been misattributed.
Logically→ Egg shortages are caused by Bill Gates’ investments into farm land and a company making artificial eggs.
The avian flu outbreak in birds and factors such as inflation and supply disruption caused the recent egg shortage.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Titanic sinking was an accident that caused over 1,500 deaths, not an inside job to kill three men
The sinking of the Titanic was orchestrated by the Rothschilds and J.P. Morgan to kill prominent businessmen who opposed the creation of the Federal Reserve.
Full Fact→ False claim persists that flu vaccine caused strep A in mice
It’s based on a misreading of a paper that found a different bacteria in the upper respiratory tract of vaccinated mice.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Polio Is NOT Caused By DDT, Vaccine IS Key To Eradication
Did the end of the use of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), not the polio vaccine, cause the sharp drop in polio cases? No, that's not true: Polio is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus -- not DDT. Thanks to the vaccine, c