At a time when the surgeon general says misinformation has become an urgent threat to public health, an investigation by The Associated Press found a vocal and influential group of chiropractors has been capitalizing on the pandemic by sowing fear and
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FactCheck.org→ Migrants Not Responsible for Latest COVID-19 Surge
Infectious disease experts say low vaccination rates, resistance to protective measures such as wearing a mask and the highly transmissible delta variant are driving the current surge of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. But with numerous Republicans criticiz
The Dispatch→ Are New York Hospitals Refusing to Release Newborns to Unvaccinated Parents?
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Full Fact→ What do we know about the AstraZeneca vaccine in pregnancy?
We have been asked lots of questions on WhatsApp regarding the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in pregnancy. Here we answer a collection of the queries. We have written lots more about the AstraZeneca vaccine, and the other Covid-19 vacci
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Final Numbers
Summary The statistics for the entirety of Donald Trump’s time in office are nearly all compiled. As we did for his predecessor four years ago, we present a final look at the numbers. The economy lost 2.9 million jobs. The unemployment rate incr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pentagon Did NOT ‘Confirm Majority Dying And In Hospitals Are Vaccinated’
Did the Department of Defense "confirm" the majority of those dying and hospitalized with COVID-19 were vaccinated? No, that's not true: The claim is made without any offer of proof. There is no public record of a Pentagon statement about
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California Is NOT Mandating Vaccine With Mortality Rate 174X Higher Than COVID-19
Is California mandating a vaccine with a mortality rate 174 times higher than the COVID-19 virus? No, that's not true: No children or adolescents died in the COVID vaccine trials, Pfizer told Lead Stories. The claim appeared in an Instagr
FactCheck.org→ White House and HHS Employees Aren’t ‘Exempt’ from Vaccine Mandate
SciCheck Digest While some specifics of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates haven’t been determined, misleading claims about who will be “exempt” have circulated online. Employees at the White House and in agencies w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: C-SPAN Video Does NOT Prove Fauci, HHS Officials Plotted ‘Avian Flu Virus’ Release To Enforce Universal Flu Vaccine
Does video of a 2019 conference prove that Dr. Anthony Fauci and Health and Human Services (HHS) officials plotted to release an avian flu virus in order to enforce a universal flu vaccination? No, that's not true: The stories spreading t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 48,000 Did NOT Die Within 14 days Of COVID-19 Vaccination, And There Is NO ‘Medicare Tracking System’
Did more than 48,000 people die within 14 days of receiving COVID-19 vaccines, according to data revealed in the "Medicare Tracking System"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that there have been that many deaths caused by COVID v
Health Feedback→ Study by UCSF researchers found that vaccinated people made up the minority of infections and that vaccination protects against hospitalization and death
REVIEW An article published by The Conservative Treehouse claimed that a “California study finds that vaccinated individuals are more susceptible to COVID variant infections than unvaccinated”. This claim was based on a preprint (a study not yet
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Microbiologist’ Testimony To Dawson Creek City Council Is NOT Factual, Recycles Debunked Claims
Did a self-described microbiologist tell the Dawson Creek, British Columbia, City Council the facts about the Nuremberg Code, adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines and the degree to which the vaccines revise patients' genetic code? No, t
Logically→ A Project Veritas video proves that Johnson & Johnson vaccine is unsafe for children.
It is not confirmed that the men interviewed in the video work for Johnson & Johnson. There is no indication that vaccines are unsafe for children
Truth or Fiction?→ Project Veritas and ‘Nick Karl From Pfizer’
On October 4 2021, Project Veritas — an organization that releases heavily misleadingly edited far-right propaganda videos and pretends they are journalistic “stings” — claimed to “expose Pfizer” through secret vi
Poynter→ Claims that millions of people have died from the COVID-19 vaccine are unfounded
A 52-page report from a pair of anti-vaccine advocates claims to present the truth about COVID-19 vaccines. However, it does just the opposite. The website Stop World Control published the so-called Vaccine Death Report in September 2021, and it was
FactCheck.org→ Video: Instagram Posts Spread Texas Lawmaker’s False Claims on Vaccine Testing
In this video, FactCheck.org and Univision Noticias teamed up to debunk false claims, spreading on social media, that were made by a state senator in Texas about vaccine safety. All three of the COVID-19 vaccines administered in the U.S. went throu
Health Feedback→ Article by OffGuardian, ZeroHedge claiming to list 30 facts about COVID-19 contains multiple inaccurate and misleading statements
REVIEW On 22 September 2021, OffGuardian published an article, which was reprinted by ZeroHedge and shared by other websites like InfoWars, listing 30 claims related to COVID-19. These articles, which went viral, received altogether more than 19,000
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Zelenko ‘Vaccine Death Report’ Does NOT Show Credible Data — It Rehashes Disproven COVID Vaccine Claims
Does a 52-page pdf entitled, "The Vaccine Death Report" show how dangerous and deadly COVID-19 vaccines are? No, that's not true: This document contains an international cast of claims that have already been debunked. The vaccine disinfor
FactCheck.org→ Basketball Star Bradley Beal’s Misleading Comments About COVID-19
SciCheck Digest NBA star Bradley Beal made some misleading comments — shared in viral video clips — about the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines. No vaccine is 100% effective, but clinical trials and studies show the COVID-19 vaccines are very effe
Full Fact→ What is the advice on getting the Pfizer vaccine during pregnancy?
We have been asked on WhatsApp why there appears to be a discrepancy between information on Pfizer’s website and patient information leaflet, and the official government advice for pregnant women thinking about getting the Covid-19 vaccine.
Logically→ Deaths among teenagers have increased by 47 percent in the U.K. since they started getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
The rise in deaths in 2021 was not necessarily because of the administration of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Order Dishonorable Discharge For Troops Who Refused COVID-19 Vaccination
Did President Joe Biden order dishonorable discharge for 46% of U.S. service members who refused COVID-19 vaccination? No, that's not true: Although the Biden administration opposed sections of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA
Health Feedback→ Contrary to claims on social media, people who received a COVID-19 vaccine can donate blood and other blood products, including convalescent plasma
REVIEW This video, originally posted to TikTok and shared on social media platforms, claimed that people who received a COVID-19 vaccine can’t donate convalescent plasma because the vaccine “wipes out” natural antibodies. The video
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Reiner Fuellmich’s ‘Coronavirus Investigative Committee’ Report Does NOT Reveal New Evidence For Debunked Claims
In this video, did trial lawyer Reiner Fuellmich's "Coronavirus Investigative Committee" reveal new evidence of claims that COVID-19 is no worse than seasonal flu, can be treated with vitamins and ivermectin, is not accurately confirmed w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pine Needle Tea, Suramin Are NOT Cures For Autism Nor ‘Antidote’ For COVID Vaccine Side Effects
Does suramin or pine needle tea cure autism and serve as an antidote to people's adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: There is no evidence pine needle tea contains suramin, a drug invented by Bayer in the 20th cent
Truth or Fiction?→ Ireland vs. Alabama COVID-19 Stats
A September 28 2021 Imgur post (below) purportedly contrasted the state of Alabama with the Republic of Ireland in “Covid stats”; it appeared to be a screenshot of a post to r/Ireland from the same day: Ireland Covid stats versus
Full Fact→ Red Cross hasn’t banned blood donation from vaccinated people
A post on Instagram claims the Red Cross has said people vaccinated against Covid-19 are prohibited from donating blood for certain purposes as the vaccine “wipes out” some antibodies present in blood. A video screenshotted in the post refe
Full Fact→ Figures about Pfizer side effects for children need more context
A post on Instagram claims that 86% of children suffered an adverse reaction to the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in clinical trials. Specifically, it says that 86% suffered an adverse reaction after the first dose, with 78.9% suffering an adv
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccine Is Not Rated ‘Toxic,’ No Evidence For ‘Eugenics’ Conspiracy Theory
Are COVID vaccines toxic and did mysterious "globalists" seek to kill off the weak and enslave the rest of the world's population by triggering the pandemic? No, that's not true: Both are recycled conspiracy theories, being repeated in a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Preprint Article Withdrawn — Ottawa Study Had NOT Found Myocarditis In One Of Every 1,000 Vaccinated People
Did a study conducted at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, which was posted as a preprint on medRxiv.org, show the incidence of myocarditis after a COVID-19 vaccination was one in a thousand -- a much higher incidence than other s
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Covid Killed 47 Out Of Every 100,000 People’ in ‘Counties Where Trump Got over 70 Percent of the Vote’
As COVID-19 continued to rage through the United States in late September 2021, a tweet (later shared to Imgur) claimed that the virus killed 47 out of 100,000 people in counties where former U.S. President Donald Trump received 70 percent or more of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove That Justin And Sophie Trudeau Faked COVID-19 Vaccinations — Appropriate Procedure Was Used
Does a video prove that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau faked the first doses of their COVID-19 vaccinations? No, that's not true: Although their vaccinations appeared to be unconventionally ad
Poynter→ A look behind Real Raw News’ sensational (and fabricated) headlines
After the Pentagon mandated the COVID-19 vaccines for the U.S. military in late August, a viral story describing an intense backlash among service members exploded online. “27 U.S. Air Force Pilots Resign Over Covid-19 Vaccination Mandate,”
Poynter→ A look behind Real Raw News’ sensational (and fabricated) headlines
After the Pentagon mandated the COVID-19 vaccines for the U.S. military in late August, a viral story describing an intense backlash among service members exploded online. “27 U.S. Air Force Pilots Resign Over Covid-19 Vaccination Mandate,”
Full Fact→ MP makes unevidenced claims about vaccine damage
On 17 September Conservative MP Sir Christopher Chope presented the Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Bill for its second reading in the House of Commons. The bill seeks to require the government sets up an independent review into “disablement
Logically→ Pfizer has voluntarily recalled all lots of its anti-smoking drug over carcinogen presence.
Pfizer's recall of Chantix over a "potential increased cancer risk in humans" is wrongly being used to question the safety of the company's vaccine.Sharing the screenshot of a Daily Mail article on the recalling of Chantix, an anti-smoking d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New England Journal of Medicine Did NOT Backtrack And Does NOT Admit COVID Vax May Not Be Safe For Pregnant Women
Did the New England Journal of Medicine backtrack and admit the COVID-19 vaccine may not be safe for pregnant women? No, that's not true: An update posted by the Journal did not change the number of pregnancies a study found resulted in a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: British Funeral Director O’Looney Does NOT Make Case That COVID-19 Pandemic Is Not Real
Did a funeral director from Milton Keynes, England, make a case that the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax, or that it is caused by the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: O'Looney's conspiracy theories defy logic and are readily dismisse
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Meme Is NOT Correct That There Is No Scientific Proof Behind FDA Approval
Is a meme correct in implying that there is no scientific proof behind the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of vaccines? No, that's not true: The FDA provides publicly available documentation on its website for each of the th
FactCheck.org→ Posts Spread Dubious Claim About Ivermectin and Male Fertility
SciCheck Digest The Food and Drug Administration says male infertility is not a known side effect of the antiparasitic medication ivermectin. Dubious claims that the drug sterilizes 85% of male users were incorrectly attributed to a questionable 2011