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9341 | Breast Cancer Drug Promising in Phase 3 Trial | This HealthDay story covers a clinical trial of a new drug for breast cancer – one that may be useful in women with BRCA mutations. The opening sentence is misleading, saying that the drug, talazoparib, improves survival. The study found that talazoparib helped women go longer without progression of their cancer. It re... | mixture | breast cancer | The story does not mention costs. When a drug has not been approved, and thus is not on the market, it can be hard to estimate cost. In this case, however, there is a similar drug on the market: The PARP inhibitor olaparib (Lynparza) is $13,440 per month, without insurance, according to a 2015 report. The story describ... |
10801 | Acupuncture Reduces Hot Flashes for Half of Women, Study Finds | The news release focuses on an article published in the journal Menopause, which evaluated the extent to which acupuncture may reduce the number of hot flashes women experience during or after menopause. The release does a good job of describing the study’s key findings, but offered readers no information about its lim... | false | Women's health | Costs aren’t addressed at all. How much does it cost? And could acupuncture be covered by insurance? According to an acupuncture referral site, a single session of acupuncture typically costs between $60 and $120. Given that participants in this study received up to 20 acupuncture sessions over six months, that could p... |
8554 | Japan state of emergency mutes nightlife but cities still open as infections rise. | The total number of Japanese novel coronavirus infections hit more than 5,300 on Thursday, NHK public broadcaster said, showing no signs of slowing despite a state of emergency being imposed this week on Tokyo and six other areas. | true | Health News | Tokyo’s nightlife districts of Shibuya, Akasaka and Ginza areas were much quieter than usual overnight as the state of emergency took effect, but cities have not shut down and many workers are still commuting to offices by day. The central bank warned that the coronavirus pandemic had created an “extremely high” level ... |
17308 | "Florida Democratic Party Says Rick Scott ""oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the nation’s history." | "The Florida Democratic Party said Scott ""oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the nation’s history."" The Columbia/HCA settlement has since been surpassed in dollar value, though the bigger cases involved Medicare somewhat less directly. Because the Democratic Party could have been a bit more specific in its wording... | true | Candidate Biography, Medicaid, Medicare, Florida, Florida Democratic Party, | "First, Gov. Rick Scott scared the bejesus out of seniors with an online ad claiming that Medicare rate cuts would lead them to lose access to their doctors, hospitals and preventive care. Then, the Florida Democratic Party fired back at Scott, issuing a press release that called Scott ""the ultimate Medicare thief."" ... |
4031 | 2 Indiana environmental groups merge, plan kids’ health push. | Two longtime Indiana environmental groups have merged and drafted plans for a refocused mission on children’s environmental and health initiatives. | true | Lead poisoning, Health, General News, Environment, Indianapolis, Environmental health, Indiana, Poisoning | The Hoosier Environmental Council and Improving Kids’ Environment announced their merger Thursday. Both Indianapolis-based nonprofits will come under the banner of the Hoosier Environmental Council, which has been Indiana’s leading environmental health advocate for more than 36 years. Improving Kids’ Environment worked... |
7915 | U.N. to create global coronavirus fund, Norway says. | The United Nations will create a fund to prevent the spread of coronavirus and support the treatment of patients worldwide, Norway said on Monday. | true | Health News | The purpose of the fund is to assist developing countries with weak health systems in addressing the crisis as well as to tackle the long-term consequences. The United Nations could make a formal announcement this week, the ministry said. Norway, which suggested the fund, has not committed how much money it would put i... |
2394 | Food, beverage companies slash calories in obesity fight. | A voluntary effort by the world’s largest food and beverage companies to remove billions of calories from the products they sell in the United States to help combat the nation’s obesity epidemic has far exceeded its five-year goal, according to an independent evaluation released on Thursday. | true | Health News | In May 2010, 16 of the nation’s biggest food and beverage companies, from Coca-Cola Co to Kraft Foods Group, pledged to remove 1 trillion calories from the U.S. marketplace by 2012 and 1.5 trillion by 2015, compared with a 2007 baseline. In fact, as of 2012 they sold 6.4 trillion fewer calories, found an analysis by re... |
2215 | Britain tells Canada and France to pull their weight on Ebola. | Britain’s international development minister Rory Stewart called on France and Canada on Monday to offer more help in tackling the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo. | true | Health News | Stewart, who visited the Ebola zone earlier this month, told a U.N. meeting that Britain had donated $45 million towards a previous Ebola outbreak and the current one, and that he had authorized a further $63 million of British spending. “We are going to have to put a lot more money into this on a ‘no regrets’ basis,” ... |
5898 | NC officials confirm 3rd death from Legionnaires’ disease. | North Carolina health officials say a third person has died from an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease linked to a hot tub display at a fair. | true | Health, General News, North Carolina, State fairs, Legionnaires disease | The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the third death to news outlets Monday. The department says 140 cases of Legionnaires’ have been confirmed in 19 North Carolina counties and “multiple states.” It says in addition to the three deaths, 94 people have been hospitalized. The agency says the cases are c... |
4353 | Alabama to test Auburn students, employees for TB. | Alabama health officials say they’ve identified an Auburn University student with a case of pulmonary tuberculosis. | true | Health, Auburn, Tuberculosis, Alabama, Auburn University | The state Department of Public Health says they notified the school this week of plans to investigate and ensure that students and employees will be screened quickly to see if they were infected. On Wednesday, the state and university began identifying students enrolled in classes, as well as faculty and staff, who mig... |
4705 | No-spray zones divide French farmers from anxious neighbors. | When tractors laden with pesticides and other chemicals start spraying the vineyards that produce fruity Bordeaux wines, Marie-Lys Bibeyran’s phone starts to ring. | true | Paris, General News, France, Health, Emmanuel Macron, Europe, Wine | “People call me and say, ‘I was on my terrace having lunch and we had to rush inside, the kids were in the swimming pool,’” says the Bordeaux vineyard worker who turned anti-pesticide campaigner after her brother died from liver cancer, a death she suspects was linked to agro-chemicals he sprayed as a wine-industry wor... |
7629 | GSK's two-drug HIV treatment proves itself in key tests. | GlaxoSmithKline’s simple two-drug treatment for HIV works as well as standard triple therapy, even in people with relatively high levels of the virus that causes AIDS, clinical study results presented on Tuesday showed. | true | Health News | Doctors and investors alike have been anxious to see how the experimental combination of dolutegravir and lamivudine, also known as 3TC, would stack up against highly effective triple drugs championed by arch-rival Gilead Sciences. GSK’s majority-owned ViiV Healthcare unit, which is responsible for HIV medicine, had re... |
37534 | Homemade masks are sufficient against coronavirus exposure during a shortage of masks, N95 respirators, and other personal protective equipment (PPE). | ‘100 Million Masks’ — Are Homemade Masks Sufficient for COVID-19 First Responders? | mixture | Fact Checks, Viral Content | On March 20 2020, KOMO anchor Mary Nam shared a photograph of a person wearing a surgical mask (a form of personal protective equipment, or PPE, known to be in short supply due the coronavirus pandemic), and put out a call for anyone who knows how to sew and has access to a sewing machine to participate in an effort to... |
30209 | A species of spider new to the U.S. has a lethal bite which killed five people in the summer of 2018. | The author of the post, Gary Neaderhiser, appears to have something of a penchant for fake, scare-mongering Facebook posts, such as the one he published on 21 August 2018, which bore the heading “HEADLESS MANNEQUIN STABS MAN IN MALL WITH KNIFE.” | false | Critter Country, animals, spiders | Invasive and exotic animals have long been common subjects of scarelore, and messages alerting readers to the supposed threat posed by some new or previously unheard-of species often spread like wildfire across message boards, social networks and email inboxes. These posts typically take the form of a “public service a... |
8839 | Blood pressure drug Micardis cuts heart risk: study. | The blood pressure drug Micardis was as effective in preventing serious heart problems in high-risk patients as certain older drugs, but with fewer side effects, international researchers said on Monday. | true | Health News | The Boehringer Ingelheim drug Micardis, or telmisartan, is typically used in patients with heart failure, but the study found it worked as well as the ACE inhibitor ramipril, marketed in the United States as Altace by King Pharmaceuticals Inc. “We have one more alternative to use,” said Dr. Salim Yusuf of McMast... |
10449 | Scientists reverse diabetes in monkeys | This television story on pig islet cells being transplanted into monkeys makes a huge leap from a finding in 12 monkeys (some of which rejected the transplant) to “hope for millions of people with diabetes.” And it uses the predictable television approach of finding an 8-year old diabetic and his parents who talk about... | false | No projection of cost was given. Some comparison could have been made based on the current costs of human-to-human islet cell transplants, but the story virtually ignored that angle. As stated above, no details of the study were given. As stated above, no details of the study were given. The story provides no data on t... | |
10007 | Diabetes Drug Has Good Results In Long Trial | New Zealand police said on Wednesday they would be scaling down search operations for the two people who are missing after a volcanic eruption last week, admitting the bodies may never be found. | false | The official death toll from the eruption on White Island, also known by its Māori name of Whakaari, stands at 16. Six bodies were retrieved from the island on Friday. Those still missing, presumed dead, are Winona Langford, a 17-year-old Australian, and Hayden Marshall-Inman, a 40-year-old New Zealand tour guide. Thei... | |
35208 | Warmer weather will inhibit the spread of the new coronavirus. | What's true: Some viral strains, such as those that cause common cold and influenza, are less likely to spread during warmer seasons. What's false: However, according to the World Health Organization, COVID-19 “can be transmitted in ALL AREAS, including areas with hot and humid weather.” This disease will not “go away”... | unproven | Politics, COVID-19 | On Feb. 10, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump told the crowd at his rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, that the new coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, could, in theory, miraculously go away in April when it gets a little warmer. Trump said: “The virus, they’re working hard, looks like by April you know in... |
6493 | Madagascar forest overwhelmed by thousands seeking sapphires. | A sapphire rush has brought tens of thousands of people into the remote rainforests of eastern Madagascar, disfiguring a protected environmental area and prompting calls for military intervention. | true | Africa, Madagascar, International News, Forests, Environment, Sapphire, Asia Pacific, AP Weekend Reads | More high-quality sapphires have been found in the biodiverse area known as Corridor Ankeniheny-Zahamena in the past six months than were found in the entire country over the past 20 years, according to Vincent Pardieu, a French gemologist who has been visiting mines there for more than a decade and was in the area las... |
10047 | Research shows promise in reversing Type 1 diabetes | Responsible reporting of a promising, but very preliminary finding in diabetes research. The caveats and context were all there. Nice job. As one of the independent experts was quoted saying, ” If this is reproducible and correct, it could be a phenomenal finding.” The story emphasized that this is still a big IF. | true | Los Angeles Times | Not applicable. Costs were not discussed, which is understandable at this early stage of research which the story emphasized. Adequate explanation of the results from a tiny study. There was no discussion of potential harms. The story could have at least emphasized that not much can be known about potential harms after... |
37412 | Blue Buffalo Dental Bones pose a severe risk of injury or death to dogs, gravely injured a dog named Dallas, and led to the deaths of other dogs. | ‘Blue Buffalo Dental Bones Hemorrhagic Gastritis’ Facebook Warning | unproven | Fact Checks, Viral Content | On January 5 2020, Facebook user Nikki McDonald shared the following post about the brand Blue Buffalo’s Dental Bones product, reporting that her dog Dallas was gravely injured and nearly killed after she gave him the product:In under a week, the post was shared hundreds of thousands of times. Facebook’s “view edit his... |
30372 | President Donald Trump sent a video message to Belgian citizens criticizing their government for being part of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. | Bayer AG had hoped a new trial strategy focusing jurors on scientific evidence could stem a burgeoning tide of U.S. lawsuits over its glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup, but a second jury finding on Tuesday that the product caused cancer has narrowed the company’s options, some legal experts said. | false | Politics | Bayer shares tumbled more than 12 percent on Wednesday after a unanimous jury in San Francisco federal court found Roundup to be a “substantial factor” in causing California resident Edwin Hardeman’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The jury decision was a blow to Bayer after the judge in the Hardeman case, at the company’s req... |
16348 | "Milwaukee police and firefighters ""are routinely getting 4 percent raises annually while everybody else is either getting zero or one percent raises." | "Kovac said police and fire workers ""are routinely getting 4 percent raises annually while everybody else is either getting zero or one percent raises."" That scenario was seen in 2012, but so far has not reappeared. Uniformed workers have had a leg up on general employees since Act 10, but only marginally in a time o... | false | Workers, Wisconsin, Nik Kovac, | "Some city employees would get a New Year’s gift under a proposal by Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to soften Act 10’s effect on their pocketbooks. After losing a legal fight, the city is complying with Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011 collective-bargaining law and will begin deducting pension contributions from those workers not... |
32370 | Donald Trump dropped out of the presidential race in August 2016 due to a brain tumor. | Needless to say, we hope, this story was a complete fabrication. NTMY News is an entertainment web site that publishes “political news and satire,” and this article was clearly the latter. | false | Junk News, donald trump, election 2016 | While there are many real world reasons to criticize the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, a subset of the internet became intent on smearing Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with a number of fictitious health issues in August 2016. Clinton has been subjected to various conspiracy theories concerning her... |
1840 | New Jersey may be first state to ban smoking on beaches, in parks. | New Jersey could become the first state in the nation to ban cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products in all public parks and beaches if Governor Chris Christie signs into law a sweeping anti-smoking bill approved by lawmakers. | true | Health News | The bill passed both houses of the New Jersey legislature with strong bipartisan support and was sitting on Chistie’s desk on Friday but the Republican presidential hopeful would not indicate his intentions. The legislation would completely prohibit smoking inside all state, county and municipal parks. Public beaches w... |
36809 | It’s been rumored that George Soros and pro-Clinton groups funded protests and paid professional protesters after Donald Trump was elected president. | George Soros, Pro-Clinton Groups Fund Trump Protests | unproven | Politics | We haven’t found any proof that George Soros or pro-Clinton groups have funded anti-Trump protests. After Donald Trump’s upset victory in the 2016 election, thousands of Trump protesters were reported in cities like New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland and Philadelphia, CNN reports: Protesters are upset about ... |
11493 | Researchers develop test for pregnancy complication | "This story took preliminary research on a diagnostic test for a common and urgent pregnancy complication—preeclampsia—and made the research appear to be a life-saving medical breakthrough. In the study, an international group of researchers reported identifying a “metabolic signature”—a group of 14 biomarkers in the b... | mixture | "Costs are not mentioned in this story. This is partially excusable because the diagnostic test is still under development, but, given the possibility of applying this test in low-resource settings, it would have been important for the reporter to ask the researchers for a cost range to show whether it is going to make... | |
27903 | Planned Parenthood health centers do not perform mammograms. | That care management program includes providing women with information about mammograms, referring them to health centers where they can obtain mammograms, and assisting them in covering the costs of the procedure by referring them to government programs that provide free mammograms or by using grant funds to reimburse... | true | Politics | During a debate between presidential candidates on 16 October 2012, President Barack Obama mentioned Planned Parenthood several times, on one occasion stating women “rely on Planned Parenthood for … mammograms, for cervical cancer screenings.” That statement drew criticism asserting that President Obama had falsely im... |
41788 | "The Green New Deal would ""permanently eliminate all Planes, Cars, Cows, Oil, Gas & the Military."" " | We explain what the Green New Deal includes — and doesn’t — and why there is confusion over some of the content. | false | climate change, environment, Green New Deal, | On Feb. 7, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced her Green New Deal in the House and Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts introduced a companion resolution in the Senate. The text of the legislation, which is a nonbinding resolution, lays out a broad vision for how the country might tackle climate change over th... |
12120 | The governor’s cuts would kick over 8,000 people out of their homes. | Our ruling Quade and Merideth said that the governor’s cuts would cause 8,000 people to lose their homes. | false | Corrections and Updates, Housing, State Budget, Missouri, Crystal Quade, | "After Eric Greitens vetoed a bill in late June that would have created a possible mechanism for funding in-home care for Medicaid eligible seniors, veterans and people with disabilities, Rep. Crystal Quade, D-Springfield, and Rep. Peter Merideth, D-St. Louis City, wrote an open letter condemning the governor. In the l... |
7657 | Scientists plan DNA hunt for Loch Ness monster next month. | A global team of scientists plans to scour the icy depths of Loch Ness next month using environmental DNA (eDNA) in an experiment that may discover whether Scotland’s fabled monster really does, or did, exist. | true | Science News | The use of eDNA sampling is already well established as a tool for monitoring marine life like whales and sharks. Whenever a creature moves through its environment, it leaves behind tiny fragments of DNA from skin, scales, feathers, fur, faeces and urine. “This DNA can be captured, sequenced and then used to identify t... |
7497 | Africa, Latin America fragile targets for coronavirus spread. | The West African nation of Mali has roughly one ventilator per 1 million people — 20 in all to help the critically ill with respiratory failure. In Peru, with more than 32 million people, about 350 beds in intensive care units exist. | true | AP Top News, Health, Ebola virus, Latin America, Africa, International News, Senegal, West Africa, Virus Outbreak, General News | The coronavirus is now moving into parts of the world that may be the least prepared. Some countries in Africa and Latin America lack the equipment or even trained health workers to respond. Many of their nations are slamming shut borders and banning large gatherings in the hope of avoiding the scenes in wealthier coun... |
13688 | "Florida First Project Says Carlos Beruff ""supported (Charlie) Crist even after he switched parties." | "Florida First Project said Beruff ""supported Crist even after he switched parties."" Beruff had supported Crist’s 2010 Senate run when Crist ran as a Republican, giving the maximum legal amount in donations. After Crist switched to an independent run, Beruff also attended a Crist fundraiser, although he denied suppor... | true | Candidate Biography, Florida, Florida First Project, | "Florida’s GOP primary for U.S. Senate has turned into mutual finger-pointing over which candidate is possibly more like former Republican Charlie Crist. A super PAC called the Florida First Project released an ad July 14 calling Sen. Marco Rubio’s primary opponent Carlos Beruff a ""Charlie Crist Republican,"" a major ... |
27572 | Kissing bugs in the U.S. carry a disease-causing parasite. | In late February 2017, the discovery of a Chagas-infected kissing bug in Lubbock, Texas led to renewed interest in risks posed by the parasite, and in July 2017 the warning spread about “barber beetles.” | true | Critter Country, barber beetle, barber beetles, chagas | A group of researchers reported in October 2014 that the Triatomine bug, a reduviid bug living in the United States, can carry a parasite that causes Chagas disease. Examples: Is the barber beetle dangerous even causing fatality with its bite while you sleep? Looking for info on a bug named the Barber Beetle. The Pink ... |
2882 | Death toll from new China bird flu rises: WHO. | Six more people in China have been confirmed as infected with the new H7N9 strain of bird flu and one of them has died, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday. | true | Health News | Three of the other five patients are in either a serious or a critical condition in hospital, while the remaining two have mild symptoms, the United Nations health agency said in a disease outbreak update. H7N9 bird flu emerged last year in China and has infected around 150 people so far there and in Taiwan and Hong Ko... |
8272 | Britain reports two cases of coronavirus, evacuation flight from China lands. | Two patients from the same family in England have tested positive for coronavirus, the first such cases in Britain, health chiefs said on Friday as an evacuation flight brought Britons home from the centre of the outbreak in China. | true | Health News | Officials had warned that the United Kingdom was highly likely to have cases of the new coronavirus, which first emerged in China’s central province of Hubei and has killed 213 people so far. “The patients are receiving specialist National Health Service (NHS) care and we are using tried and tested infection-control pr... |
17923 | "The Capitol Police force is ""going so far as to use paramilitary equipment"" in dealing with singing protesters in Madison" | "Larson said the Capitol Police force under Walker is ""going so far as to use paramilitary equipment"" at daily singalong protests in Madison. There’s an element of truth to his claim, in that these devices have paramilitary and military uses. But they also are used by a variety of non-military agencies for communicat... | false | Criminal Justice, Wisconsin, Chris Larson, | "Arrests and escalating tension became routine at the longrunning Solidarity Sing Along protests at the Capitol rotunda in Madison after a judge left in place for now the state's authority to require a permit to protest when more than 20 demonstrators gather. Many refused to get permits after the July ruling, and Capit... |
12537 | Alex Jones Says police officers smoke marijuana once a year as part of their jobs. | "Defending his own use of marijuana, Jones said police officers ""smoke it once a year, too."" He didn’t offer any proof of his claim that cops light up joints annually to test the strength of cannabis, and we couldn’t find any. Perhaps Jones anecdotally knows or has heard of police officers who don't keep off the gras... | false | Drugs, PunditFact, Marijuana, Alex Jones, | "Texas-based radio show host Alex Jones admitted during a child custody hearing that he has smoked cannabis, in violation of state law. But he only smoked it once per year, he reasoned — just like law enforcement does. Locked in a custody battle over his three children with his ex-wife, the conservative media personali... |
8975 | "Liquid biopsy"" test improves health outcomes and can save over $500 million annually for the U.S. healthcare system" | Many cases of prostate cancer would benefit from a wait-and-see approach, but the available diagnostic instrument, PSA testing, leads to hundreds of thousands of prostate biopsies each year and, for some 18% of those tested, complications such as infections and sexual dysfunction arise. This news release describes a re... | false | liquid biopsy,MDxHealth,prostate cancer | Although a major aim of the study was to examine societal costs of employing this test, the actual cost of the test to an individual patient is nowhere to be found. It appears to be in the hundreds of dollars, and there is no sign that Medicare is covering it as of yet. The release notes that a number of US-based insur... |
1755 | Scientists find rare burial site of Ice Age infant in Alaska. | Archaeologists working in Alaska’s remote interior have discovered the burial site of an Ice Age infant and a late-term fetus believed to be the youngest remains found in the Americas dating from that period. | true | Science News | The burials, found underneath the cremated remains of an Ice Age toddler, date to about 11,500 years ago and provide new insights into mortuary practices of the people who lived in the area of the Upward Sun River site at the time. The largely complete skeletons were found in a circular pit with associated “grave goods... |
16097 | When Colorado eased its medical marijuana laws, fatal accidents involving pot-using drivers soared while overall traffic fatalities decreased. | """Drugged driving"" claim based on flawed data" | mixture | "Georgia, Public Safety, Marijuana, Charles ""Chuck"" Spahos, " | "Cautions abound from opponents and supporters alike in Georgia’s debate about whether to legalize medical marijuana. The most likely measure to pass is a bill that gained traction last year and is being reintroduced this year by state Rep. Allen Peake, R-Macon, to allow cannabis oil for treatment of certain seizure di... |
34339 | More than four times as many people are stabbed to death than killed with rifles of any kind. | The most recent UCR report, which contains annual homicide figures from 2014 through 2018, can be viewed here. The report features this disclaimer: “NOTE: The Uniform Crime Reporting Technical Refresh enables updating of prior years’ crime data; therefore, data presented in this table may not match previously published... | unproven | Politics, breitbart, crime statistics, gun violence | On 16 October 2017, Breitbart.com posted a story reporting that according to 2016 crime statistics published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, more people are murdered with knives or by beaten to death than with rifles: According to FBI: UCR Table 12, there were approximately 374 people shot and killed with rifle... |
28463 | A meme presents accurately describes Japan's healthcare and health insurance system. | That’s true. More specifically, the fees are set by a government-appointed body called the Central Social Insurance Medical Council. A 2016 study in the journal Risk Management and Healthcare Policy described the system as “a uniform fee schedule at national level,” noting that “All providers, no matter whether private... | mixture | Politics, health insurance, healthcare, japan | Healthcare reform has been a perennial political project in American politics, from the presidencies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and those of Richard Nixon through Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and now Donald Trump. Both those for and against the concept of the United States’ adopting a universal health care system often us... |
9326 | Migraine patients can now try three new drugs for prevention | The story reports on three drugs recently approved by the FDA to prevent headaches in people who get frequent migraine headaches. The drugs, known as calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) inhibitors, are erenumab (Aimovig), fremanezumab (Ajovy), and galcanezumab (Emgality). The story did some things well–for example, ... | mixture | migraine | The story reported the drugs all cost about $600 a month and insurance is expected to offset the cost, “but patients will be eligible only if they have tried other drugs first and found they didn’t help.” This was a tough call. The story reported that the drugs “appeared to be equally effective. About half the patients... |
14375 | "Donald Trump Says that when Michelle Fields ""found out that there was a security camera, and that they had her on tape, all of a sudden that story changed." | "Trump said that when Michelle Fields ""found out that there was a security camera, and that they had her on tape, all of a sudden that story changed."" We see no evidence that Fields’ story about her altercation with Trump’s campaign manager has changed. She gave an initial account and hasn't backed off of it." | false | National, Legal Issues, Donald Trump, | "Donald Trump is maintaining the innocence of his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, who was arrested March 29 and charged with simple battery for forcefully grabbing a reporter. Following a March 8 press conference in Jupiter, Fla., Michelle Fields, at the time a writer for the conservative website Breitbart, tried t... |
11507 | Cravings for High-Calorie Foods May Be Switched Off in the Brain by New Supplement | This news release describes results of a small, preliminary study that adds a bit more tantalizing evidence that a dietary supplement derived from a gut bacteria product may reduce appetite for high-calorie foods. The product is inulin propionate ester, a concentrated form of a compound released by normal gut bacteria ... | mixture | Academic medical center news release,Weight loss | Granted, the study is preliminary but the release could have included an estimated cost for the supplement, particularly since a form of inulin powder is already available commercially in supplement shops and online. We’re told by the release that participants who drank a milkshake with inulin-proprionate ester had “le... |
15169 | "Reid Ribble Says Donald Trump ""wants to replace"" Obamacare ""with a single-payer system." | "Ribble said Trump ""wants to replace"" Obamacare ""with a single-payer system."" Trump continues to praise single payer -- a health care system in which the government pays for care for all citizens -- at least as it used in other countries. But he has spoken a number of times, if vaguely, about a private system and a... | mixture | Health Care, Public Health, Wisconsin, Reid Ribble, | "As the Summer of Trump wore on, a quiet congressman from Wisconsin decided he'd had enough of his party's ostentatious presidential frontrunner. Reid Ribble, a Republican from the Green Bay area, went public not only to blast Donald Trump's name calling -- particularly Trump’s calling Fox News talk show host Megyn Kel... |
1270 | London HIV patient becomes world's second AIDS cure hope. | An HIV-positive man in Britain has become the second known adult worldwide to be cleared of the AIDS virus after he received a bone marrow transplant from an HIV-resistant donor, his doctors said. | true | Health News | Almost three years after he received bone marrow stem cells from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that resists HIV infection - and more than 18 months after he came off antiretroviral drugs - highly sensitive tests still show no trace of the man’s previous HIV infection. “There is no virus there that we can measure... |
26600 | Donald Trump Says N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo “rejected buying recommended 16,000 ventilators in 2015 for the pandemic, for a pandemic, established death panels and lotteries instead. So, he had a chance to buy, in 2015, 16,000 ventilators at a very low price, and he turned it down.” | A 2015 New York state report said that in the case of a “severe” pandemic, the state would be short about 16,000 ventilators during the peak week. But the report did not recommend buying 16,000 ventilators, and did not indicate whether the state was at a fiscal position to purchase them. The state did not plan to incre... | false | New York, Coronavirus, Donald Trump, | "President Donald Trump didn’t like that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on TV that the federal government should provide the state stockpiled ventilators to help New Yorkers battling the coronavirus pandemic. Trump said his administration was helping Cuomo, and Cuomo ""shouldn't be talking about us, he’s supposed to b... |
4040 | Collins bill to combat Lyme and other tick diseases moves on. | A U.S. Senate committee is advancing a proposal from Sen. Susan Collins to improve research about Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections. | true | Health, Tina Smith, Ticks, Lyme disease, Susan Collins, Kay Hagan, Bangor, Maine | Collins, a Republican, introduced the proposal with Democratic Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith. It’s also designed to beef up prevention, diagnostics and treatment for tick-borne diseases, and it’s headed to the full Senate next. The proposal’s named the Kay Hagan Tick Act in honor of former Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina ... |
6452 | First-of-its-kind US nuclear waste dump marks 20 years. | In a remote stretch of New Mexico desert, the U.S. government put in motion an experiment aimed at proving to the world that radioactive waste could be safely disposed of deep underground, rendering it less of a threat to the environment. | true | Deserts, Technology, North America, Environment, Business, Science, New Mexico, U.S. News, Nuclear waste | Twenty years and more than 12,380 shipments later, tons of Cold War-era waste from decades of bomb-making and nuclear research across the U.S. have been stashed in the salt caverns that make up the underground facility . Each week, several shipments of special boxes and barrels packed with lab coats, rubber gloves, too... |
26344 | “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” | According to AAA data, New York was one of 12 states that had unleaded regular gasoline that cost more than $2.00 a gallon on April 27, as long as the District of Columbia is included as a state. All told, among the 50 states and D.C., New York ranked the seventh-highest for unleaded regular prices per gallon. | true | Energy, Transportation, New York, American Automobile Association, | "With the coronavirus pandemic sending automobile miles plummeting — and with it, demand for gasoline — Americans are finding prices at the pump to be lower than they’ve been in years. But New York state remains on the higher end of that range. That’s what WKBW-TV, Buffalo’s ABC affiliate, reported on April 27, citing ... |
15347 | "If women seeking an abortion see their ultrasound, ""the odds are pretty high they're going to keep the baby." | "Walker said that if women seeking an abortion see their ultrasound, ""the odds are pretty high they're going to keep the baby."" There is some evidence that some women considering an abortion opt to continue the pregnancy after seeing their ultrasound, although experts said that decision is typically based on counseli... | false | Abortion, Children, Health Care, Public Health, Technology, Women, Wisconsin, Scott Walker, | "Two days after Gov. Scott Walker announced for president, conservative commentator Laura Ingraham wanted to know if the Wisconsin Republican planned to mislead voters. Interviewing the governor July 15, 2015 on her nationally syndicated radio show, Ingraham referred to a National Journal article that was published on ... |
36067 | "An ""extreme haunted house"" called McKamey Manor possesses and awards $20,000 to attendees who can ""make it through." | Does McKamey Manor Award $20,000 to Successful ‘Extreme Haunted/Horror House’ Attendees? | unproven | Disinformation, Fact Checks | In late October 2019, a number of news organizations ran stories essentially advertising an “extreme haunted house” known as McKamey Manor, widely reporting that anyone who successfully endured the attraction would be awarded $20,000 by its proprietors.An aggregated Associated Press item claimed:WFLA-TV reports that ow... |
27998 | A photograph of Michael Jackson's face taken during a court trial is real and undoctored. | On 25 June 2009, Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Los Angeles. | true | Fauxtography, michael jackson | If there was anything more remarkable about Michael Jackson than his transformation from a singing and dancing wunderkind fronting the Jackson 5 into the world’s most popular entertainer (his 1982 Thriller album remains one of the two best-selling albums of all time), it was his metamorphosis from a dark-skinned, broad... |
18323 | "The Obama administration has put out ""more of these major rules than the Clinton administration or the Bush administration during comparable times." | U.S. Sen. Rob Portman says the Obama administration has put out more major rules than other recent administrations | true | Ohio, Regulation, Rob Portman, | "Because we deal with lots of loose rhetoric at PolitiFact Ohio, we’re attracted like a magnet to any claim that tries to actually quantify a political or ideological point. Ohio U.S. Sen. Rob Portman delivered such a tidbit during a conference call with Ohio reporters on May 23. Portman was explaining a bill he co-int... |
8472 | France's rate of coronavirus infections, deaths accelerating again. | France said its total death toll from COVID-19 infections rose above 15,000 on Tuesday, becoming the fourth country to exceed that threshold after Italy, Spain and the United States, while the rate of increase in cases and fatalities is re-accelerating. | true | Health News | But the number of people in intensive care units fell to 6,730 from 6,821 over 24 hours - declining for a sixth consecutive day, suggesting the national lockdown put in place on March 17 is having some success in containing the disease. On Monday, President Emmanuel Macron announced a second extension of this lockdown ... |
2190 | France detects mild bird flu virus on duck farm: OIE. | France has detected a low-pathogenic H5 bird flu virus on a duck farm in the centre of the country, the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Thursday, citing a report from the French agriculture ministry. | true | Health News | The virus was discovered among a flock of 2,600 ducks on a farm in the village of Marolle-en-Sologne in the Loir-et-Cher administrative department, the report posted on the OIE’s website showed. The birds, which were free-ranging and bred for hunting, are to be culled. The disease was detected as part of planned survei... |
9534 | Can’t Get to Sleep? Lay Off the Drugs | This story explains why those suffering from insomnia should take heed of the American College of Physicians’ recommendation to use cognitive behavioral therapy as a first-line treatment, before turning to prescription or over-the-counter drugs. Rather than focusing on the benefits of cognitive behavioral therapy, as a... | true | cognitive behavioral therapy,insomnia,sleep problems | Unfortunately, like the earlier Times story, the WSJ story doesn’t mention costs, either those associated with taking prescription or over-the-counter drugs to treat insomnia or those associated with cognitive behavioral therapy. The closest the story comes to mentioning cost is when it notes that one problem with the ... |
8192 | Confusion, concern as locked-down Philippines starts coronavirus quarantine. | Millions of people woke up confused, confined and frustrated in the Philippines on Tuesday, as a sweeping home quarantine order kicked in with just a few hours of warning, and Southeast Asia prepared tighter measures against a surge in coronavirus cases. | true | Health News | With many unaware that half the population of 107 million had been told to stay home for a month, stranded workers crowded checkpoints on the edges of Manila as vehicles tried to duck suspensions and police impounded taxis that were still running. “I need to make a living for my family,” said Albert Santos, 42, the dr... |
26621 | Dan Crenshaw Says longstanding Food and Drug Administration regulations “created barriers to the private industry creating a test quickly” for the coronavirus. | Food and Drug Administration regulations in place since 2004 require labaratories to get an Emergency Use Authorization from the agency to use diagnostic tests and medical treatments that haven't gone through the typical clearance process. The policy was intended to speed up the process, but researchers reported signif... | true | Government Regulation, Texas, Coronavirus, Dan Crenshaw, | "Accusations about the responsible party behind the United States’ struggle to accelerate coronavirus testing have come from every which way and the blame has fallen, often inaccurately, on the shoulders of different public officials. In a March 13 tweet, President Donald Trump said the Centers for Disease Control and ... |
13587 | It has been 269 days since (Hillary) Clinton has held a press conference. | "Trump’s email said, ""It has been 269 days since Clinton has held a press conference."" Only one event in the past 269 days -- Clinton’s appearance before the minority journalists’ convention -- could reasonably be considered a press conference, and there are good arguments for why it isn’t. The questioners were limit... | true | National, Candidate Biography, Donald Trump, | "Donald Trump and his allies have seized upon a statistic that they believe reflects poorly on Hillary Clinton -- and they’re hammering it home on a daily basis. On Aug. 30, 2016, the Trump campaign blasted out an email titled, ""HIDING HILLARY: DAY 269,"" going on to explain that ""it has been 269 days since (Hillary)... |
8765 | Take the stairs for a healthy heart. | Using the stairs at work instead of taking elevators could be a life saver. | true | Health News | A small Swiss study released on Monday showed that walking up and down stairs for three months, without recourse to the lift, increased levels of fitness dramatically. In fact, the improvement in aerobic capacity was equivalent to a 15 percent fall in the risk of dying prematurely from any cause. Subjects also saw mark... |
10898 | Dark Chocolate May Lower Stroke Risk | Three best practices on reporting on research were violated in this story: The limitations of observational studies were not explained adequately so that readers could understand. The story is based on an abstract of a talk that won’t even be given for two months yet so true peer review hasn’t taken place. Only relat... | mixture | "The cost of chocolate is not in question. Used only relative risk reduction, not absolute. We have a primer on this as well. So when it talked about 22% lower stroke rate or a 46% lower stroke death rate, we’re not told 22% of what? Or 46% of what? Later there’s mention of chocolate helping to reduce blood pressure or... | |
5486 | Kentucky’s Medicaid enrollment dips ahead of new rules. | After years of expansion because of a poor economy and new eligibility rules, Kentucky’s Medicaid population has been steadily declining as more people get jobs that pay them too much to be eligible for government-funded health care. | true | Economic policy, Health, Kentucky, Medicaid, Economy | Kentucky’s Medicaid enrollment is down “probably around 41,000” over the last five months, Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary Adam Meier told state lawmakers Tuesday. The Kentucky Center for Economic Policy says the decline is steeper than that, with enrollment falling by more than 96,000 from January to ... |
10807 | Stem Cells Repair Heart in First-Ever Study | This story creates a sense that this experimental approach is about to change the course of heart medicine and that, so far, it has only been made available to a very lucky few. The story notes that a “study researcher … could barely contain his excitement in an interview with WebMD.” It’s the job of journalism to dis... | mixture | heart disease,WebMD | The story makes no mention of costs. Because this is a phase 1 study, no costs can be determined at this stage. Needless to say, the costs are likely, however, to be significant. There is widespread concern that when stem cell therapies do become available for some conditions that they will be cost prohibitive. The rea... |
2032 | Heavy drinking may raise abnormal heart rhythm risk. | People who drink regularly, especially heavy drinkers, may be more likely than teetotalers to suffer atrial fibrillation, a type of abnormal heart rhythm, according to a research review. | true | Health News | Bar Manager Nicolas de Soto mixes a Calvados-based cocktail at ECC in Chinatown, London December 3, 2010. REUTERS/Toby Melville In an analysis of 14 studies, a team led by Satoru Kodama at the University of Tsukuba Institute of Clinical Medicine in Japan found that the heaviest drinkers were more likely to be diagnosed... |
9343 | FDA approves marketing for a contraception app for the 1st time | This Good Morning America/ABCNews.com story reports on the FDA’s first medical device clearance of a birth control app, called Natural Cycles, which helps women track their menstrual cycles and bodily temperatures to figure out when they are fertile. The story provided some data on the reported effectiveness of the app... | mixture | computer app,contraceptives,Pregnancy | The story didn’t say how much the app costs. It’s $79.99 per year, or $9.99 a month. There’s also a free one-month trial, according to the company that makes it. There’s also no data on how it compares cost-wise with other birth control methods and whether it’s covered by insurance. According to Planned Parenthood, the... |
2504 | Mother says Pennsylvania girl's lung transplant a success. | A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl with cystic fibrosis who only became eligible for an adult organ transplant because of a federal judge’s order is out of surgery after a double-lung transplant on Wednesday and doing well, her mother said. | true | Health News | Janet Murnaghan wrote on Facebook that her daughter Sarah Murnaghan was recovering in the intensive care unit after the six-hour procedure that began at 11 a.m. local time at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “Her doctors are very pleased with both her progress during the procedure and her prognosis for recovery,” M... |
8908 | WHO weighs science and politics in global virus emergency decision. | Most of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) criteria for declaring a global emergency have been met, but it is awaiting clear evidence of a sustained spread of the new coronavirus outside China before doing so, some experts and diplomats said. | true | Health News | The U.N. agency is seeking to balance the need to ensure China continues to share information about the virus while also giving sound scientific advice to the international community on the risks, according to several public health experts and a Western diplomat who tracks the WHO’s work. The WHO has declared five glob... |
8506 | Greece has won a battle against COVID-19 but war is not over: PM. | Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis praised the country’s efforts to contain the coronavirus on Monday but said there was no room for complacency before Orthodox Easter, when hundreds of thousands normally head to family gatherings. | true | Health News | Greece was swift in implementing measures of social distancing after its first case of COVID-19 surfaced in late February, imposing a nationwide lockdown days later which is being respected with few exceptions across the country. “We showed our best self and this ... fills us with pride, it arms us with more courage to... |
12147 | We stopped traffic coming through -- 78 percent. | "Trump said, ""We stopped traffic coming through -- 78 percent."" Though Trump’s claim is vague, he’s made similar remarks about the border being ""down 78 percent"" and being ""close to 80 percent stoppage."" But the latest figures available for southwest border apprehensions do not support his claim. Only cherry-pick... | false | Immigration, National, Donald Trump, | "A border wall with Mexico is needed for security reasons, even though traffic coming through has stopped significantly, claimed President Donald Trump. Trump has threatened a government shutdown if Congress doesn’t pass a bill allocating funds for parts of his promised border wall, despite his campaign assurances that... |
27428 | President Trump rolled back rules protecting residents of nursing homes. | We reached out to the AHCA for comment, but have not received a response. | true | Medical, elderly, nursing homes, obama administration | On 24 December 2017, the New York Times reported that the Trump administration was scaling back an Obama-era policy that ramped up the use of fines on skilled nursing facilities for actions that endangered vulnerable patients: The Trump administration is scaling back the use of fines against nursing homes that harm res... |
40935 | You cannot catch Covid-19 person to person. | This is incorrect. Like other coronaviruses, Covid-19 is spread via respiratory droplets from an infected person to an uninfected person. | true | online | You cannot catch Covid-19 from touching surfaces. Viruses are dead material expelled from healing cells. Everyone has thousands of viruses inside their body. There is debate about whether viruses are technically alive. The human body does contain a number of viruses that don’t do harm. Covid-19 is caused by a virus tha... |
17200 | There are still more people uninsured today than when Obama was elected president. | Kingston’s claim about number of uninsured has some merit | mixture | Georgia, Health Care, Jack Kingston, | "Republicans have made the case on several different fronts why the federal health care law is not the cure for the nation’s health care problems, primarily from a policy perspective. Some are now using a numbers-based argument to contend it’s not helping as many Americans as the law’s supporters predicted. ""There are... |
6890 | Kearney to study ban on vaping in public places. | Kearney’s mayor has asked city staffers to study whether vaping is a threat to public health and should be banned from public places in the city. | true | Health, Grand Island, General News, Vaping, Kearney, Public health | The Kearney Hub reports that Mayor Stan Clouse made the request at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. He mentioned Grand Island’s ban on vaping in public places and Kearney Public Schools barring vaping devices from school property. He told the Kearney Hub after the meeting that he’s not a fan of “too much government,” bu... |
11187 | Research: Healthy diet cuts risk of Alzheimer’s | This article provided only cursory information about a study that adds to the existing literature about dietary interventions for Alzheimers prevention. While providing a fairly complete framework for what would be included in this style diet, it did not offer a balanced view of the real potential for benefit. The stor... | false | No costs of the diet were mentioned. Does choosing such a diet cost more, less, about the same? The story didn’t explain the differing incidence of Alzheimer’s disease in the groups following different versions of a Mediterranean-style diet. The story said that 2258 people were studied, and 262 developed Alzheimer’s di... | |
26500 | “It has been estimated that only 12% of workers in businesses that are likely to stay open during this crisis are receiving paid sick leave benefits as a result of the second coronavirus relief package. | Bernie Sanders’ estimate that only 12% of essential workers would qualify for paid sick leave under the congressional coronavirus relief package exposes the chokehold that large-employer exemptions have on these benefits. Some experts say the limited scope of the rule could jeopardize efforts to slow the spread of the ... | true | Health Check, Coronavirus, Bernie Sanders, | "The pressure is building for Congress to pass a fourth coronavirus relief bill, beyond the roughly $2.2 trillion already approved to keep people and businesses viable during an unprecedented viral attack. And Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is making his case for what a supplemental rescue package should include ― guarant... |
29817 | "In 2018 or 2019, Brea Olinda Unified School District in California ""taught pedophilia as a sexual orientation." | Taking the foregoing facts into account, we issue a rating of “false” for the claim that Brea Olinda Unified School District was “teaching pedophilia as a sexual orientation.” | false | Politics | In the spring of 2019, the Christian conservative website Freedom Project prompted concern among some readers by reporting that a public school district in California was “teaching pedophilia” as a sexual orientation. On 17 April, the site published an article with the headline “Pedophilia Being Taught as ‘Sexual Orien... |
34350 | A Puerto Rico police officer has revealed that San Juan's mayor is sabotaging relief efforts to reflect poorly on President Donald Trump. | Despite this lack of evidence, the rumors were immediately picked up and distributed as fact. | unproven | Politics Conspiracy Theories, hurricane maria, mike cernovich, puerto rico | In late September 2017, as Puerto Rico struggled to address the damage from Hurricane Maria, mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto of the United States commonwealth’s capital city, San Juan, spoke out about its worsening humanitarian crisis, which has been exacerbated by a sluggish federal response: Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto told ... |
346 | Antarctic ice shelves: Searching for clues on climate change. | In a remote island outpost on the edge of the Antarctic, hundreds of miles from the southern tip of Chile, scientists at a research base are scouring the ice for clues about everything from climate change to cures for cancer. | true | Environment | Chile’s Escudero base on King George Island acts as a research hub for a frozen expanse that extends to the South Pole, with more than 300 international scientists taking turns to brave the bitter Antarctic temperatures. The Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH) has supported research into a biomolecule called “Antartina... |
5565 | 4 Wyoming schools close after possible meningitis case. | A school district in southern Wyoming has closed four of its campuses over fears that a fourth-grade student might have contracted bacterial meningitis. | true | Health, Wyoming, Meningitis, Casper | KTWO-AM reports Carbon County School District No. 2 canceled classes Thursday at the elementary schools in Hanna, Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow, as well as the high school in Hanna. Classes will resume Monday after the campuses are disinfected. Kim Deti, a spokeswoman for the Wyoming Department of Health, says meningit... |
5325 | Actress Glenn Close aims to reduce mental health stigma. | Actress Glenn Close says she wants to live in a world where mental illness is talked about openly and accepted as a fact of life. | true | Mental health, Health, Michigan, Entertainment, Glenn Close, North America, Celebrities, Ann Arbor | The Emmy- and Tony-award-winning actress is in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this week for a gathering designed to bring awareness to efforts aimed at reducing the stigma associated with mental illness. “I’m excited about every aspect of this event. I think for those of us who are coming in to participate it’s very exciting, be... |
10275 | Diabetes drug tied to bone fractures | "This article on new research that may explain how Avandia (rosiglitazone) degrades bone health has serious problems from the outset. The first sentence reads: The popular diabetes drug marketed as Avandia may increase bone thinning, a discovery that could help explain why diabetics can have an increased risk of fract... | false | "Notwithstanding the fact that this report is about the observation of a process in a related species, quantifying the effect size with regard to harm in the mice would have been helpful. Were there twice as many fractures, 10 times as many, etc.? The report is focused on the potential harms of rosiglitazone. The study... | |
10908 | HPV Shot Prevents Genital Warts in Boys and Men | This story shows many strengths, and wisely sets a single research report from the New England Journal of Medicine inside a larger debate about whether thousands of young men should receive the costly vaccine Gardasil. The story wades into discussions of sexual orientation and even at what age an individual knows this ... | mixture | WebMD | We wish the story had provided the cost of roughly $375 for the Gardasil vaccine involved in the study. But the story did a much better job on deadline than the competing HealthDay story of posing the deeper question of the overall dispute and society-level debate over universal vaccination. It quotes one researcher sa... |
24358 | "A recent Obama executive order could ""lead to a number of investigations by Interpol in the United States, potentially aimed at American officials." | Gingrich claims Obama's order will let Interpol investigate American officials | false | National, Homeland Security, Foreign Policy, Newt Gingrich, | "Conservatives have long feared that America is losing its sovereignty to international organizations, dating back to the John Birch Society issuing warnings about ""one world government"" in the 1950s. And perhaps nothing evokes this fear more than the possibility of an international police or military force with powe... |
5782 | Sevier County may consider sales tax hike to build hospital. | Voters in Sevier County could be asked to approve a higher sales tax to subsidize the construction of a hospital after the county’s lone facility shut down last month, officials said. | true | Access to health care, Health, Texarkana, Texas | Since the De Queen Medical Center Inc. closed, residents have had to travel at least 30 miles (50 kilometers) for medical care at hospitals in Howard and Little River counties or McCurtain County in Oklahoma. Dr. Steve Cole, the county’s Rural Development Authority chairman, said Thursday that building a hospital would... |
1849 | "Children at risk as ""button"" battery use grows: study." | Children face a growing risk from “button” batteries, according to a U.S. study showing a near doubling of emergency room visits in the past two decades as the objects can cause electrical or chemical burns if swallowed. | true | Science News | Most of those emergency room trips are due to coin-shaped batteries that have become ubiquitous in toys, remote controls and hearing aids and represent a shiny temptation to curious toddlers, according to a study in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. “Button” batteries carry extra risks, exp... |
10517 | Fight your fear with virtual reality therapy | As the ratings and total score show, this newspaper article on virtual reality therapy fails to apply several best practices of health journalism. To call out only the two most significant failures: The reporter makes no attempt to gather independent research on the treatment’s safety or effectiveness, which conditio... | false | The article fails to report the cost of either virtual reality therapy or the equipment itself. It does not indicate whether the treatment is covered by insurance. The story makes no attempt to quantify the benefits of VR therapy either alone or in comparison to exposure therapy or other treatments. The reporter does n... | |
31398 | Photographs show a pregnant woman named Paola Lynn who was raped by a Muslim refugee in Michigan. | There are no reports of a pregnant woman being raped by a Muslim refugee in Michigan. | false | Junk News, domestic violence, muslims, paola Mascabruni | On 11 May 2017, the web site EEUU News published two photographs of a woman with a badly bruised face along with an article that included claim that the woman, identified as Paola Lynn, was pregnant and that she had been raped by a Muslim refugee in Hamtramck, Michigan: A refugee from Syria has been arrested on suspici... |
7612 | WVa providers to get substance abuse, mental health funding. | Health in West Virginia will receive $4 million in federal funding for substance abuse and mental health treatment. | true | Mental health, Opioids, West Virginia, Joe Manchin | U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced the funding Tuesday from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The funding will be split between FMRS Health Systems and Westbrook Health Services. FMRS serves residents in Fayette, Monroe, Raleigh and Summers counties. Westbrook serves Calhoun, Jack... |
2497 | Religions seen slow to go green; Pope has chance to inspire. | Few religious communities have gone as far in fighting climate change as a church in Queensland, Australia, which has 24 solar panels bolted to the roof in the shape of a Christian cross. | true | Environment | “It’s very effective. It’s inspired some members of our congregation to install panels on their homes,” Reverend David Lowry said of the “solar cross” mounted in 2009 on the Caloundra Uniting Church, which groups three Protestant denominations. Many religions have been wary of moving to install renewable energy sources... |
1748 | Nip, tuck, click: Demand for U.S. plastic surgery rises in selfie era. | Dental hygienist Jennifer Reynolds was always self-conscious about her looks, never took selfies and felt uncomfortable being tagged in photographs posted on social media. | true | Health News | The 34-year-old from Costa Rica who lives in New York opted for plastic surgery on her nose and now feels ready for prime time on social media. “I definitely feel more comfortable right now with my looks,” Reynolds explained. “If I need to take a selfie, without a doubt, I would have no problem.” Reynolds is one of a ... |
4265 | Eastern Idaho high school finds lead in water. | An eastern Idaho high school is supplying bottled water to summer school students after tests found lead in the water at a number of sources. | true | Idaho Falls, Health, Environmental health, Public health, Idaho | Officials tell the Post Register that tests last week found a lead level of 35 parts per billion at some sources at Bonneville High School. The level that’s considered safe is 15 parts per billion. Merrill Hemming is environmental health specialist with Eastern Idaho Public Health. He says tests are being done to deter... |
22919 | "In Wisconsin, ""deaths from domestic violence are at the highest in 10 years." | U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore says domestic violence deaths in Wisconsin are at their highest in 10 years | true | Families, Crime, Wisconsin, Gwen Moore, | "When U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) was honored by the National Network to End Domestic Violence, she issued a statement saying ""we have a real crisis on our hands."" In Wisconsin, her Oct. 7, 2010, statement read, ""deaths from domestic violence are at the highest in 10 years."" Indeed, eight days earlier, the Wiscon... |
5056 | EEE detected in Massachusetts for the first time this year. | Massachusetts public health officials say the potentially fatal eastern equine encephalitis virus has been detected in the state for the first time this year. | true | Health, Massachusetts, Public health, New Bedford | The Department of Public Health said Wednesday that EEE was detected in mosquito samples collected Monday in Easton and New Bedford. No human or animal cases of EEE have been found in the state so far this year and there is no elevated risk level associated with the finding. The virus is generally spread to humans thro... |
10251 | Electronic Nose Sniffs Out Heart Failure | Even in a very short story, WebMD manages to cover many of the important issues readers need to know in order to make sense of what seems like a fascinating piece of research: an electronic nose that sniffs out heart failure. The story could have spent more time with independent experts and delved a little more deeply ... | mixture | WebMD | The story does not discuss costs. Because the research is in its infancy and there does not appear to be a comparable device, we don’t think the cost question applies here. The story notes that, “11% of cases would have been missed and 16% of people would have been told they had a life-threatening condition when they d... |
9897 | AIDS treatment should be started sooner, study says | "This is a Columbus Dispatch version of a story reported by the Associated Press. Since the Columbus paper changed the original article substantially, we send our comments to the Columbus paper. Taking the big view, this story about the benefits of starting the standard multi-drug AIDS treatment sooner than current gui... | true | "As a matter of course, stories about the increased use of drugs should report the drugs’ prices. A change in guidelines based on the study would increase the number of patients eligible for treatment by several hundred thousand in the US. The annualized cost of drug treatment is $12,000-$24,000 depending on the regime... | |
28715 | Men abandoned a groundbreaking study on male birth control due to side effects such as mood changes, muscle pain, and acne. | What's true: A study investigating an injectable mixture of hormones aimed at temporarily reducing male sperm count to prevent pregnancy was shut down early, based on concerns about adverse effects raised by an outside medical board associated with the World Health Organization. What's false: The research has not been ... | mixture | Medical, birth control | On October 27, 2016, the results of a large-scale, global study on the safety and efficacy of an injectable, hormone-based form of birth control for men was released ahead of publication in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. This study was the first large scale test of a specific injectable combination... |
35241 | A video clip shows former President Barack Obama stressing the need for U.S. pandemic preparedness in 2014. | Obama stressed the importance of investing in research for the long term. “If and when a new strain of flu, like the Spanish flu, crops up five years from now or a decade from now, we’ve made the investment and we’re further along to be able to catch it,” he said. “It is a smart investment for us to make. It’s not just... | true | Politics, COVID-19 | In the United States, one of the most controversial issues surrounding the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic of early 2020 was a debate over whether the Trump administration failed at adequately preparing the country for such an outbreak, and in responding to it in a timely and effective manner once it hit the U.S.... |
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