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Poynter→ Trick or truth: Are drug dealers really targeting kids on Halloween?
“Watch your kids’ candy!” “Looks like SweeTarts!” Halloween’s coming, and you may be seeing social media posts like these about the dangers of brightly colored pills sometimes called “rainbow fentanyl.” […] The post Trick or tru
Logically→ CDC is adding the COVID-19 vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule, making it mandatory for kids to attend school.
The CDC does not set vaccine requirements at schools. It is done by the states and subsequently changes from area to area.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Mandate Kids Get COVID-19 Vaccine For School — It’s Up To Each State
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mandate that students get COVID-19 shots? No, that's not true: While an independent CDC advisory committee did vote on October 20, 2022, to add the COVID vaccine to its list of reco
PolitiFact→ Tucker Carlson – CDC committee’s vote did not make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for school kids
“The CDC is about to add the COVID vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule, which would make the vax mandatory for kids to attend school.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, thousands of kids aren’t in cages under the Getty
There are “100,000 kids in cages” under the Getty art museum.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Joe Biden Singing Kids’ Tune ‘Baby Shark’
Does a video show President Joe Biden singing the popular children's song "Baby Shark" during a news conference? No, that's not true: The video is a deepfake created for entertainment purposes and apparently first posted by a social media
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Was NOT Legal to Send Kids By Mail in 1913
Did the U.S. Postal Service allow babies and young children to be stamped and sent through the mail until 1913? No, that's not true: Although there are reports of some children being transported by mail carriers in the early 1900s, the pr
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims About COVID Vaccines for Kids in the U.K.
(Photo by Eva Hambach/AFP/Getty Images.)A viral tweet from Dr. Simone Gold, which has been shared more than 17,000 times and liked more than 45,000 times, claims that “children in the UK aged 5-11 will no longer be offered COVID jabs,” due
Washington Post→ No, Biden is not telling kids to report their parents for covid disinformation
If this was a surprise to you — that Biden is urging children to rat out their parents — that’s because it’s completely untrue.
Snopes→ Judge Tosses Suit That Tried To Deem Books Obscene for Kids
A judge in Virginia dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday that had sought to declare two books as obscene for children and to restrict their distribution to minors, including by booksellers and libraries.
Snopes→ Court: Arkansas Can’t Ban Treatment of Transgender Kids
A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a judge’s ruling temporarily blocking the state from enforcing the 2021 law.
Snopes→ Kids-For-Cash Judges Ordered to Pay More Than $200M
Two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million.
Snopes→ London Kids to Be Offered Polio Shot After More Virus Found
Britain's Health Security Agency said it detected viruses derived from the oral polio vaccine in the sewage water of eight London boroughs.
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – Transition-related surgery limited to teens, not 'young kids.' Even then, it's rare
"They are literally chopping off the private parts of young kids."
Snopes→ Cigarette Ads Aggressively Target Kids in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, New Study Finds
The tactics included displaying cigarettes near snacks, sweets, and sugary drinks.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rachel Levine Did NOT Say Gender-Affirmation Surgery Should Be Available To Kids
Did Dr. Rachel Levine, assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, say that gender-affirmation surgery should be available to kids in an interview? No, that's not true: While Levine did support gender-af
Snopes→ Bernard Cribbins, Actor Who Delighted UK Kids, Dies at 93
Bernard Cribbins, a beloved British entertainer whose seven-decade career ranged from the bawdy “Carry On” comedies to children’s television and “Doctor Who,” has died.
AllSides→ Posts Misleadingly Omit Critical Data Supporting COVID-19 Vaccines for Youngest Kids
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/07/scicheck-posts-misleadingly-omit-critical-clinical-trial-data-supporting-covid-19-vaccines-for-littlest-kids/
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misleadingly Omit Critical Data Supporting COVID-19 Vaccines for Youngest Kids
SciCheck Digest In young children, the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are expected to primarily protect against severe disease. Both shots successfully met the set benchmarks for vaccine effectiveness, which involved comparing antibody
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Purported Hike In Kid-Size Casket Orders Does NOT Mean Kids Are Dying From COVID Vaccine
Does a purported increase in child-size casket orders at one company mean that children are dying from the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: There have been no confirmed reports of children dying from the vaccine. However, children h
Snopes→ Did Rep. Debbie Lesko Say She Would Shoot Her Own Grandkids to Protect Them?
It appears Lesko mixed up wording in her speech in an unfortunate way on the U.S. House floor, which then went viral for all the wrong reasons.
FactCheck.org→ A Guide to COVID-19 Vaccines for the Youngest Kids
Children under 5, including those as young as 6 months of age, are now able to be vaccinated against COVID-19 — a year and a half after vaccines were first authorized for adults. Here, we explain what’s known about the two coronavirus vaccines
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Trans Kids’ DON’T Exist Just In US Or ‘Certain Countries,’ But Around World
Do "trans kids" not exist in the "rest of the world" outside the United States or only in "certain countries"? No, that's not true: There have been multiple news reports about transgender children around the globe, from Japan to South Afr
Snopes→ Nobel Sold for Ukrainian Kids Shatters Record at $103.5M
The Nobel Peace Prize auctioned off by Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees sold for $103.5 million, shattering the old record for a Nobel.
Snopes→ US Opens COVID Vaccine to Little Kids; Shots Begin This Week
The U.S. opened COVID-19 vaccines to infants, toddlers and preschoolers.
Snopes→ Alaska Kids Served Sealant Instead of Milk at School Program
A dozen children and two adults were served floor sealant instead of milk at a day care summer program at an Alaska elementary school after containers were apparently mixed up.
Snopes→ FDA Advisers Endorse 1st COVID-19 Shots for Kids Under 5
The Food and Drug Administration's vaccine advisers gave a thumbs-up to vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer for the littlest kids.
Snopes→ Melatonin Poisoning Reports Are Up in Kids, Study Says
In 2021, U.S. poison control centers received more than 52,000 calls about children consuming worrisome amounts of the dietary supplement — a six-fold increase from about a decade earlier.
Snopes→ WH: 1st COVID Shots for Kids Under 5 Possible by June 21
White House COVID-19 coordinator Ashish Jha outlined the administration's planning for the last remaining ineligible age group to get shots.
Snopes→ Official: Kids to 911 During Siege: ‘Please Send the Police’
Nearly 20 officers stood in a hallway outside of the classrooms during this week's attack on a Texas elementary school for more than 45 minutes before agents used a master key to open a door and confront a gunman.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Data DOES Show British Children Up To 303 Times More Likely To Die From COVID After Vaccination Than Unvaccinated Kids — But Sickest Got Shots First
Does data from England show children are up to 303 times more likely to die from COVID-19 following vaccination than unvaccinated children? Yes, that's true, but raw numbers don't tell the full story. "The numbers appear correct, but ...
Snopes→ FDA Clears COVID Booster Shot for Healthy Kids Ages 5 to 11
U.S. regulators authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance their protection.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – The adenovirus was not developed to kill kids, nor is it a combination of viruses including COVID-19
An adenovirus is a combination of viruses, gastrointestinal virus, pneumonia and COVID-19 mixed together to “kill our children.”
PolitiFact→ Republican National Committee – RNC tweets distortion of what Biden said to teachers about kids in their classrooms
“Biden to teachers: ‘They're not somebody else's children. They're yours when you're in the classroom.’”
Snopes→ Moderna Seeks to Be 1st with COVID Shots for Littlest Kids
Moderna asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than 6.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Social media posts twist facts about hepatitis outbreak in kids, Johnson & Johnson vaccines
Hepatitis outbreak in kids may be related to Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Five Kids Did NOT Die From Fentanyl-Laced Marijuana Around Wichita, KS, On April 11, 2022
Did five kids die from using fentanyl-laced marijuana in Wichita, Kansas, and surrounding areas on April 11, 2022? No, that's not true: The Wichita Police Department and the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office told Lead Stories that they did
PolitiFact→ Mary Miller – Rep. Mary Miller says White House is encouraging kids to take "castration" drugs, undergo surgeries
The Biden Administration is engaging in extreme ‘woke’ politics by encouraging children to take chemical castration drugs and undergo surgeries, and they are lying to children by telling them puberty blockers are "reversible."
Snopes→ Huggy Wuggy Police Warning Prompts Misleading Rumors About TikTok and YouTube Kids
We looked at the origins of an inflated controversy about a character named Huggy Wuggy from a survival horror video game called "Poppy Playtime."