The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will meet April 23 to “provide further recommendations” on the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, possibly clearing the way for its r
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The Dispatch→ Did a 2-Year-Old Die After Receiving a Dose of the Pfizer Vaccine?
Viral social media posts and articles claim that a 2-year-old passed away after receiving the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. This claim relies on an entry in the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS), which details the alleged death of a 2-
The Dispatch→ Did an Italian Lawmaker Call for Bill Gates to Face Trial for ‘Crimes Against Humanity’?
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The Dispatch→ Did an Italian Lawmaker Call for Bill Gates to Face Trial for ‘Crimes Against Humanity’?
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The Dispatch→ Could the mRNA Vaccines Permanently Alter DNA?
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The Dispatch→ Could the mRNA Vaccines Permanently Alter DNA?
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AFP Fact Check→ This young boy was injured while stopping a dog from attacking his younger sister
An image of two children has been shared on Facebook alongside a claim that the young boy was severely injured after rescuing his sister from being raped. This is false; the little boy in the photograph did protect his sibling, pictured next to him, b
Poynter→ Florida Gov. DeSantis and YouTube are sparring over a video takedown. Is it censorship or misinformation?
In early April, YouTube took down a video featuring Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and a group of controversial scientists at a March 18 coronavirus roundtable. The online video platform, owned by Google, cited as its rationale that the video contained fals
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Florida Bill Would NOT Make A Transgender Student Athlete ‘Drop Her Pants’ To Prove She’s A Girl Before Playing On A Florida School Sports Team
Would a proposed Florida bill make a transgender student athlete "drop her pants" to prove she's a girl before playing on a Florida school sports team? No, that's not true. Both versions of the bill in Florida (a state House bill and a st
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Schools Did NOT Stop Teaching Cursive So We Couldn’t Read The Bill Of Rights Or US Constitution
Did U.S. schools stop teaching cursive writing so that future generations would be unable to read the Bill of Rights or the Constitution? No, that's not true: Schools did not stop. At least 21 states still require that their students lear
Snopes→ Alaska Piñata Maker Now Makes Coronavirus-Shaped Models
“Coronavirus is the perfect villain for children."
FactCheck.org→ Irish Professor Makes Unfounded Claims About Long-Term Effects of mRNA Vaccines
SciCheck Digest The COVID-19 mRNA vaccines authorized for use were found to be safe and effective in clinical trials and real-world conditions. A professor in Ireland baselessly claims in a video circulating on social media that they are not, and that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Out Of Shadows’ Film Does NOT Prove Satanic Child Rapists Control Government, Hollywood, And A D.C. Pizza Parlor
Does the film "Out of Shadows" prove a child-raping satanic cult controls the U.S. government and Hollywood, and operated out of a Washington, D.C., pizza parlor? No, that's not true: The film declares that the lid came off in a leading D
Snopes→ New Migrant Facilities Crop Up to Ease Crowding, Again
For the third time in seven years, U.S. officials are scrambling to handle a dramatic spike in children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border alone.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Was NOT Convicted By Military Tribunal
Was Hillary Clinton convicted by a military tribunal on April 16, 2021? No, that's not true. "The story is false," the Defense Department press operations duty officer told Lead Stories via email on April 16, 2021.There is no military tri
Truth or Fiction?→ Are Birth Control Pills 1000 Times More Likely To Cause Blood Clots Than The J&J Vaccine?
An April 13 2021 Facebook screenshot of a tweet was part of disordered discourse surrounding a “pause” by the Biden administration of the Johnson & Johnson shot for COVID-19. As conspiracy theories about and disinformation about the eff
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jay-Z and Beyonce Did NOT Buy DMX’s Masters And DMX Did NOT Have 17 Kids
Did Jay-Z and Beyonce buy DMX's masters? No, that's not true: The family of DMX, born Earl Simmons, released a statement about the late rapper saying the speculations were false. The claim originated from a now deleted post (archived here
Health Feedback→ Shark Tank judges didn’t endorse a “keto diet pill”; many advertisements for keto diet supplements promoted by suspicious Facebook accounts
REVIEW Multiple Facebook ads containing a video clip appearing to promote a diet supplement to aid weight loss, such as this one and this one, claimed that “every judge” from the American business reality television show “Shark Tank” had “
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Orphanages And Nursing Homes Are NOT Merging In Canada
Do orphanages and nursing homes in Canada move into one building so that orphans and the elderly can build relationships with each other? No, that's not true: Intergenerational programs do exist in Canada, but they are for the elderly in
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines were developed in record time due to scientists’ good understanding of similar coronaviruses and unprecedented investments from companies and governments
REVIEW Vaccines for COVID-19 became available to the public less than a year after the virus was first detected, much faster than any other vaccine development in history. Some social media users have used the speed of development to imply that COVID-
Health Feedback→ Compensation for vaccine injury claims can be awarded even without proof that the vaccine caused the injury
REVIEW A Facebook ad published on 9 April 2021 claimed that the U.S. government paid out more than $4.5 billion for vaccine injury claims and implied that this is an indication that vaccines are unsafe. The ad was published by Health Choice Connecti
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Founded on a Ku Klux Klan Member’s Land?
Increased scrutiny on the town of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota following the extrajudicial killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in April 2021 also brought back to light the community’s historical link with the infamous white supremacist group the K
FactCheck.org→ The Facts on the Recommended J&J Vaccine ‘Pause’
So far, nearly 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the U.S., including 7.2 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. In six cases there have been reports of “a rare and severe type of blood clot” in th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Face A Military Tribunal On April 8, 2021
Did Hillary Clinton face a military tribunal on April 8, 2021? No, that's not true. "The story is fabricated," the Defense Department press operations duty officer told Lead Stories via email on April 12, 2021. Lead Stories previously deb
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Homemade Weed Killer Is NOT Proven To Perform As Claimed
Is this weed-killing recipe that uses vinegar, Epsom salt and Dawn Dish Soap a safe and proven home remedy to kill weeds? No, that's not true: While this recipe might cause sprayed plants to shrivel and turn brown, it is not proven to wor
Health Feedback→ The current U.S. generation is healthier than previous ones partly because vaccines reduced infectious diseases; childhood immunization schedules are safe, contrary to chiropractor’s claims
REVIEW The claim that vaccines contain toxic ingredients and make people sick is recurrent among groups opposing vaccination. An iteration of this claim in a Facebook post from chiropractor Patrick Flynn went viral on Facebook in early April 2021, i
Truth or Fiction?→ Rap Legend DMX’s Death Confirmed Hours After Confusion Online
Hip-hop icon DMX died on April 9 2021, hours after confusion spread on social media thanks to premature reports of his passing. The music news outlet XXL posted a statement sent by the rapper’s representatives: We are deeply saddened to announce
Full Fact→ Poverty is not the same as food insecurity
“In early 2020–just before our country went into lockdown–there were 4.3 million children growing up in poverty. Three children in every ten growing up in families that were struggling to pay the bills or put food on the table.&rdquo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘End Times’ Expert’s QAnon And COVID-19 ‘Zombie’ Claims On Jim Bakker Show Are NOT True
Are zombies created by COVID-19 and do the world's richest people drink the blood of tortured children? No, that's not true. A guest on the show of disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker, conspiracist Stephen Quayle, peddles multiple untrue c
Truth or Fiction?→ Was ‘Syndrome K’ a Fake Illness Invented By Italian Doctors to Save Jewish People From Nazis?
On April 8 2021, Imgur user “ThisTimeLastYear” reposted the history meme below, which claimed that Italian doctors once developed a fictitious disease called “Syndrome K” to hide Jewish people from advancing Nazis: A disease f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev Did NOT Utter This Famous Quote About Americans On September 29, 1959
Did then-Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev say in a speech, "Your children's children will live under communism. You Americans are so gullible..." on September 29, 1959? And was this speech on the same day as the day he purportedly banged h
The Dispatch→ Do Americans Need a Vaccine Passport for Interstate Travel?
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The Dispatch→ Do Americans Need a Vaccine Passport for Interstate Travel?
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Full Fact→ Viral video contains several false pandemic claims
A viral video on Facebook includes a number of false and misleading claims about the Covid-19 pandemic. The video consists of a woman recommending a publication in New Zealand called The Real News, which she summarises and reads from. There are a
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Spring/Summer PSA’ on Rabbit Nests and Mowing
As spring began in the Northern Hemisphere, screenshots of a post warning readers planning yardwork to be on the lookout for rabbits and their nests began to circulate: We were able to track down what appeared to be the original post (frequently share
Snopes→ Lawmakers Call YouTube Kids a ‘Wasteland of Vapid’ Content
A House subcommittee says the Google-owned video service feeds children inappropriate material so it can serve them ads.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘This Superman Poster From the 1950s Is Pretty Awesome’
On April 6 2020, Imgur user u/Crabsforeveryone shared a “pretty awesome” poster of Superman which was purportedly released in the 1950s: That post was image-only, with no links indicating whether the poster was accurately represented. Text
Full Fact→ Rusty hand sanitiser stand doesn’t prove hand gel is poison
A picture of a rusty hand sanitiser dispenser with the caption: “A picture says a million words. POISON” has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook. The image seems to imply that because dripping hand sanitiser has damaged the stand, it
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Special Forces Did NOT Arrest John Podesta and Huma Abedin
Did U.S. Special Forces arrest former Hillary Clinton campaign aides John Podesta and Huma Abedin? No, that's not true: There's no credible corroboration for an article that makes the claim, which rests on a purported single unnamed sourc
Truth or Fiction?→ Politicians Claim That Deaths By Suicide Increased During Lockdowns; Mortality Report Says Otherwise
On April 4 2021, Twitter user Elizabeth Jacobs PhD (@TheAngryEpi) tweeted about political claims involving quarantine-related suicides in 2020, contrasted with March 2021 data about mortality rates for the year before: Politicians told us repeatedly