Does use of birth control pills, classified by international cancer researchers as a Class 1 carcinogen, mean that a woman will develop cancer? No, that's not true: Decades of research show that oral contraceptives do not significantly in
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elephant-Shaped Rock Formations Are NOT Proof Of Giants — They Had Volcanic Origins
Do rock formations that resemble elephants prove that giants once ruled the world? No, that's not true: These two formations -- one in Heimaey, Iceland, and the other off the eastern shore of Molokai in the U.S. state of Hawaii -- were bo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pelosi Was NOT Removed From Office By House Democrats On Or Before October 4, 2022
Was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi removed from office by Democrats in the House on or before October 4, 2022? No, that's not true: Such a claim appears to be clickbait and there is no evidence to support it. The claim appeared in a Facebook
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims About Ivermectin From Rep. Paul Gosar
Rep. Paul Gosar. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.)A viral tweet from Arizona GOP Rep. Paul Gosar, a frequent purveyor of misinformation, claims that: “Ivermectin worked as a therapeutic treatment for Covid.” Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Websites About Geoengineering Do NOT Prove Airplanes Are Spraying The Atmosphere To Control Weather
Do a video of a plane's contrails and websites about geoengineering prove that climate control spraying is taking place? No, that's not true: There is no large-scale atmospheric spraying taking place. The plane's contrails are made almost
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Covid-19 Vaccination Reactions Are NOT Causing US Military Crashes And Aircraft NOT Grounded In September 2022
Are complications from COVID-19 vaccinations causing U.S. military pilots to crash, resulting in the U.S. Navy and U.S Marine Corps grounding all aircraft after crashes in California killed six people in September 2022? No, that's not tru
Truth or Fiction?→ GOP Gubernatorial Hopefuls Regurgitate ‘Students Identifying as Cats’ Smear
A right-wing, fully debunked smear about “students identifying as cats” spread further up the disinformation chain in late September 2022, going from local school gossip to statements from Republican gubernatorial candidates: Right-Wing La
FactCheck.org→ Ad Distorts Abortion Views of Republican House Candidate from Nevada
An ad from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee falsely claims that Nevada Republican House candidate April Becker supports a nationwide abortion ban and “taking away a woman’s right to abortion with no exceptions.” Becker h
FactCheck.org→ No Indication Breast Milk After Vaccination Unsafe, Despite Posts About New Study
SciCheck Digest No evidence suggests it’s dangerous for babies to consume breast milk from mothers who get vaccinated against COVID-19. Online posts, however, have pointed to a study that found temporary, trace amounts of vaccine mRNA in milk aft
FactCheck.org→ What Vice President Harris Said — And Didn’t Say — About Hurricane Relief
In a “fireside chat” with actress Priyanka Chopra, Vice President Kamala Harris said the Biden administration is “thinking about the families in Florida [and] in Puerto Rico” and “what we need to do to help them in terms o
Truth or Fiction?→ Study: ‘Registered Republicans Had Far Higher Excess Death Rates Than Registered Democrats’ in Ohio and Florida
On October 3 2022, journalist James Surowiecki tweeted about a “new study” of post-vaccine pandemic mortality, contrasting deaths in Florida and Ohio with voter registrations: New study of almost 600,000 deaths in Ohio and Florida shows t
Full Fact→ Queen’s funeral was not cover-up for planning global recession
There’s no evidence to support a video claiming that the Queen did not die on 8 September, and that her funeral was a cover-up for world leaders to gather to plan a global recession.
Logically→ King Charles fathered a secret child who is now heir to the British throne.
There is no evidence to suggest Prince William is not first in the line of succession.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trudeau Did NOT Drop Vaccine Mandate Because 9 In Every 10 COVID-19 Deaths Have Been Among the Vaccinated
Did Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau drop Canada's vaccine mandate because nine in every 10 COVID-19 deaths have been among the vaccinated? No, that's not true: The Canadian government made no such claim in the announcement of its p
FactCheck.org→ Pro-Dixon Ad Uses ‘Joke’ About Drag Queens in a Misleading Attack on Whitmer
Michigan’s Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel said she was joking when she said in a June speech that there should be “a drag queen for every school.” During the speech, Nessel talked about her frustration with politicians who f
FactCheck.org→ Fetterman Ad Pushes Back on Crime
A sheriff featured in an ad defending U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman accurately states that Fetterman “voted with law enforcement experts nearly 90% of the time” on the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, and voted to give “a second cha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Do NOT Contain Graphene Oxide
Do any of the COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in the United States contain graphene oxide? No, that's not true: Graphene oxide is not listed as an ingredient in any of the four COVID-19 vaccines available in the U.S. There is no public
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Column Of NATO Military Equipment Blocked By Residents Of Moldova’ on September 18, 2022
Did locals block a NATO column in Moldova on September 18, 2022? No, that's not true: The video that allegedly demonstrates the "evidence" was shot in 2016. The claim appeared in an English-language tweet (archived here) on September 18,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Italians Taking Down EU Flag Is NOT From September 2022 — It’s From 2013
Does this video show Italians take down the European Union (EU) flag and replacing it with an Italian flag after the right-wing Brothers of Italy group won an election in 2022? No, that's not true: This video is from December 13, 2013. Th
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccine Opponents Misrepresent CDC Webcast on Causes of Blood Clots
SciCheck Digest The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosted an online seminar about the treatment of blood clots, which is expected to grow as the U.S. population ages and the obesity rate increases. But some vaccine opponents misrepresented
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: China Is NOT Creating Fake Eggs Made for Human Consumption
Are nefarious actors based in China manufacturing fake eggs made of plastic and selling them for human consumption? No, that's not true. The absence of corroborating reports on what would be a noteworthy event in the history of food raise
Logically→ The government intended to crash the pound in order to enrich currency speculators.
There is no evidence to suggest that the government set out to devalue the pound and enrich those betting against it.
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Breastfeeding NOT Unsafe For Babies First 2 Days After Vaccination Despite Traces Of MRNA Found In Breast Milk
Do the trace amounts of COVID-19 vaccine mRNA found in breast milk during the first two days after vaccination make it unsafe for babies? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to suggest breastfeeding after COVID mRNA vaccination shoul
FactCheck.org→ Everytown’s Misleading Ad on Johnson’s Votes ‘Against Funding for the Police’
A TV ad from a gun control advocacy group claims Republican Sen. Ron Johnson voted “against funding for the police, preventing local departments from hiring more officers.” But the two votes cited were against trillion-dollar spending bill
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Charles IS Expected To Be Crowned King
Is the United Kingdom's current head of state, Charles III, expected not to become the country's crowned king? No, that's not true: Upon the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, 2022, Charles, the prince of Wales, became
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hospitals Did NOT Force Vaccination Of Children For COVID-19; Myocarditis Risk Is Greater Without Vaccine Than With It
Did hospitals force the vaccination of millions of children for COVID-19 and are they now trying to normalize a rare side effect? No, that's not true: Hospitals do not have that kind of power and less than a handful of states have mandate
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Government Does NOT Own Or Co-Own Moderna’s COVID Vaccine, Has No ‘Ulterior Motive’ To Mandate Shots
Does the U.S. government own or co-own Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, giving it an "ulterior motive" for mandating the shots? No, that's not true: There is no evidence to support this claim. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious D
Logically→ Covid-19 vaccinations cause AIDs, weaken immune systems, and cause other forms of harm.
Previous fact checks by Logically show that there is no evidence that Covid-19 vaccines cause AIDs or weaken immune systems. The claims are false.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: High-Dose Intravenous Vitamin C Is NOT A Proven Alternative To Chemotherapy That ‘Will Kill Cancer Cells’
Can high-dose intravenous treatments of vitamin C kill cancer cells and act as an alternative to chemotherapy? No, that's not entirely true: Though preliminary evidence suggests that treatment by intravenous vitamin C (IVC), or ascorbic a
Truth or Fiction?→ Elected Officials Spread Questionable Claims of ‘Rainbow Fentanyl’
Claims of “rainbow fentanyl” are ushering in the 2022 Halloween season, but the most frightening aspect of the rumors might be how willing lawmakers are to believe them. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) has taken up the tal
FactCheck.org→ Video Makes Baseless Claim About Insurance Coverage of Vaccinated Frenchman
Quick Take COVID-19 vaccines have been found to be safe and effective in trials and real-world conditions. Yet an online video baselessly claims a French life insurer refused to pay benefits for a man who died after receiving the vaccine because the in
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking a Denzel Washington Quote
A viral Facebook post claims to quote actor Denzel Washington saying, “If you don’t read the news, you’re uninformed. If you do read the news, you’re misinformed.”The line is famous as an apocryphal quote from Mark Twain,
Logically→ Fifty-nine percent of flights in China have been canceled due to a coup against President Xi Jinping.
There is no evidence that the canceled flights are related to a rumored coup, and reports of mass cancellations are unsubstantiated.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cinnamon, Apple Cider Vinegar Are NOT ‘Natural Diabetes Cures’
Are cinnamon and apple cider vinegar "Natural Diabetes Cures"? No, that's not true: Multiple publications report there is not yet a cure for diabetes. And while cinnamon has been shown to help stabilize glucose levels, taking insulin and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show ‘China Coup Against Xi Jinping’
Does a video of night explosions confirm that Chinese President Xi Jinping was overthrown from power during a coup in Beijing in September 2022? No, that's not true: The footage does not show the capital of China at all -- it was shot in
FactCheck.org→ GM, Ford Vehicles Were Donated to Ukraine by Carmakers
Quick Take Two American carmakers have donated 100 pickup trucks and SUVs to assist with humanitarian aid in Ukraine. But an Instagram post makes the baseless claim that the vehicles were provided at U.S. taxpayers’ expense. Full Story Since Rus
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Blood Supply Is NOT Contaminated By People Who Got COVID-19 Shots
Is the U.S. blood supply contaminated by donors who have had the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: There is no scientific evidence that the vaccine enters the bloodstream and Lead Stories spoke to experts who refuted the claim. The c
Logically→ Joe Biden was overthrown in a coup
There is no evidence to suggest that President Biden has been overthrown in a coup, or that one has been attempted in recent days.
Health Feedback→ Water fluoridation hasn’t been associated with cognitive or other health problems so far, contrary to widespread claims
REVIEW Tooth decay is one of the most common preventable childhood diseases. A 2018 report from the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics estimated that in 2015 and 2016, tooth decay affected 45.8% of the U.S. population, including 21.4% of the