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26625 | For coronavirus cases “in the U.S. 38% of those hospitalized are under 35.” | Some college students on spring break have ignored the public health warnings to not congregate in large groups, but experts say young people are vulnerable to coronavirus, too. The CDC reported that between mid-February and mid-March, 20% of the hospitalizations for coronavirus were for patients age 20-44 and 18% were... | false | Coronavirus, Marco Rubio, | "With plenty of college students congregating for spring break, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., warned on Twitter that coronavirus is not only afflicting the elderly. ""We only have 3 months of information on #Covid_19,"" Rubio tweeted March 19 to his 4 million followers. ""We have created the perception that younger people... |
5138 | Man returns to Fort Dodge to help others with mental illness. | It takes an unusual mind to dream up a place like Freedom Pointe. | true | General News, Iowa, Mental health, Fort Dodge | Among the soda tower, the tables of puzzles and games, and the incongruous cabinet of stuffed penguins — it’s a long story — you’ll find a place for mental health support, not from doctors or professionals but from those who have been through mental illness themselves. The unusual mind running it all is Randy Hoover, w... |
12876 | If you have a family, the current minimum wage easily qualifies you for food stamps. | "Patrick said that in Texas, ""if you have a family, the current minimum wage easily qualifies you for food stamps."" Our finding is that a household of two or more residents including a single full-time minimum-wage worker would clearly qualify for SNAP as would a household of four or more with two full-time minimum-w... | true | Food, Poverty, Workers, Texas, John Patrick, | "Pitching for a bump in the minimum wage, a labor leader suggested a hike could save all Texans money by elevating low-income workers who’d no longer need government help. We don’t know about that. But we flipped on the Texas Truth-O-Meter after John Patrick, president of the Texas AFL-CIO, said at a January 2017 Capit... |
7873 | Thailand cancels flights to holiday island as storm threatens. | Thailand canceled flights to a popular tourist island, battened down beachside resorts and evacuated offshore oil rigs as the first tropical storm in nearly 30 years menaced its southern shores on Thursday. | true | Environment | Tropical storm Pabuk approached southern Thailand with winds of up to 65 kph (40 mph), bringing high waves and gusty winds ahead of its expected landfall on Friday. Bangkok Airways canceled all flights to and from popular holiday destination Koh Samui, potentially stranding tourists. Media also reported that ferry serv... |
37879 | "A CNN chyron indicated that COVID-19's global death toll was approaching ""three million"" people on April 26 2020, transposing the rate of reported cases with the rate of deaths worldwide." | CNN ‘Global Death Toll Approaches Three Million People’ Chyron Error | true | Fact Checks, Viral Content | On April 27 2020, a screen capture purportedly of CNN showing anchor Wolf Blitzer with a chyron reading “GLOBAL DEATH TOLL APPROACHES THREE MILLION PEOPLE” circulated on social media, often marked with question marks, circles, and an arrow:On the right side of the screen was a column titled “CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC,” with... |
31907 | "John Kasich said if women can't be trusted to ""keep their legs closed,"" then they are unfit to choose abortion." | Earlier Newslo fabrications included claims that Chris Christie thought that a female Viagra would spread “lesbianism” (and separately, that he voted down a gender pay parity bill for religious reasons), an Alabama politician tried to mandate saliva-based “hunger tests” for food stamp recipients, Ted Cruz said he’d run... | false | Junk News, abortion, fake quote, john kasich | On 15 December 2016, Politicops published an article appearing to report that Ohio governor John Kasich said that if a woman couldn’t be trusted “to keep her legs closed” than she was unfit to decide whether or not to have an abortion: Recently, Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich vetoed the so-called “heartbeat bill,” a ... |
15905 | "In states that have private-sale background checks for handguns ""49 percent fewer women are shot and killed." | "Haas said in states with comprehensive background checks for handguns, ""49 percent fewer women are shot and killed."" She supports that statement by pointing to figures examining a narrower group of female firearms victims -- those killed in domestic violence situations. But figures examining the broader group of vic... | mixture | Crime, States, Women, Guns, Virginia, Lori Haas, | "Closing a loophole in state law that allows some Virginians to buy firearms without going through a background check is a matter of life and death to women, according to Lori Haas, state director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. Haas was among a number of gun control advocates who spoke at a news conference last... |
10838 | New guidelines urge every pregnant woman to get early testing for risk of Down syndrome | "This story reports on a new American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommendation that all pregnant women, regardless of their age, be offered screening for Down syndrome. This represents a departure from previous guidelines, which stated that only women 35 and older be offered testing. The new gui... | mixture | "Although the story does mention the cost of amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling, the story does not mention the cost of the new twofold screening protocol. This is important information for consumers given that insurance may not cover the screening yet. Although the story does state the ""accuracy rate"" for t... | |
12653 | "Since 2012,"" city of Austin ""property taxes have gone up almost 30 percent while incomes have only risen 4 percent." | "Troxclair said: ""Since 2012,"" city of Austin ""property taxes have gone up almost 30 percent while incomes have only risen 4 percent."" Both percentages, we found, have flaws enfeebling this admittedly difficult comparison. In our attempt to be precise, we estimate that city taxes on homesteads in 2016 were up aroun... | false | City Budget, City Government, Families, Texas, Ellen Troxclair, | "An Austin City Council member declared that city property taxes have lately surged with family incomes failing to keep up. Ellen Troxclair, who represents District 8 in Southwest Austin, told Lauren Petrowski of Austin’s Fox 7 on a February 2017 edition of ""Good Day Austin"" that she wants the city this year to ""mov... |
33436 | Muslim nurses working in the UK may refuse to wash their hands to preserve their modesty under Islamic law. | Can Muslim nurses working in the UK refuse to wash their hands? | false | Uncategorized, ASP Article, jewsnews, muslims | On 20 October 2014, several blogs picked up a rumor claiming that Muslim nurses in the UK could refuse to wash their hands, as the practice conflicts with Islamic (i.e., sharia) law. The story spread with alacrity, sparking outrage on social media sites. The rumor hinged in part on its immediacy, and most iterations in... |
5672 | Ebola outbreak spreads to 3rd province in eastern Congo. | Congo’s year-long Ebola outbreak has spread to a new province, with two cases, including one death, confirmed in South Kivu, according to the government health ministry. | true | Africa, Health, General News, Ebola virus, International News | The movement of the potentially deadly disease to a new province highlights the difficulties that health workers in Congo face in controlling the outbreak. Two new patients tested positive in the Mwenga area of South Kivu, adding to North Kivu and Ituri provinces where there are confirmed cases of the disease, accordin... |
24527 | In some states, it is still legal to deny a woman coverage because she's been the victim of domestic violence. | Michelle Obama claims that domestic violence counts as a pre-exisiting condition in some states | true | National, Health Care, Michelle Obama, | "In his effort to pass a health care overhaul, President Barack Obama has enlisted help from a close ally — his wife, Michelle. On Sept. 18, 2009, the first lady gave a speech about the importance of health care reform to women, and cited several reasons she thinks the current system is gender-biased. This line caught ... |
24363 | "Hank Gilbert Says a careless attitude and ""poor oversight by the Texas Department of Agriculture"" led to deaths and illnesses traced to a Texas peanut plant." | Hank Gilbert says agency's inadequate oversight allowed salmonella-related deaths, illnesses | mixture | Agriculture, Consumer Safety, Texas, Hank Gilbert, | "East Texas Democrat Hank Gilbert, running a second time for state agriculture commissioner, blasted out of the chute with a dramatic claim about the agency he wants to head. Gilbert, hoping to deny Republican Commissioner Todd Staples a second term, said Dec. 14: ""A careless, lackadaisical attitude has already result... |
9292 | New Harvard research finds walnuts may help slow colon cancer growth A walnut-enriched diet may cause beneficial genetic changes in animal cancer cells, affecting inflammation, blood supply and growth of tumors | Mice are not people. Yet many medical research headlines about mouse studies extend the implicit promise that whatever is discovered may cure diseases in humans. This release tries to correct that by mentioning “animal study” in the sub-headline and in its first sentence. That’s more than many releases would do, but th... | true | colon cancer,Harvard,walnuts | In this very narrow discussion of a small study in mice, the suggestion is that someday maybe walnuts (or some nutritional element of walnuts) could help people by slowing the growth of colon cancer. But while the study doesn’t mention how much (or how little) such a therapy might cost, we think this criterion is Not A... |
37927 | A dancer at a Las Vegas strip club may have infected several customers with COVID-19 after a performance. | Was There a Potential COVID-19 Outbreak at a Las Vegas Strip Club? | false | Disinformation, Fact Checks | A typically-false post from the “satirical” blog World News Daily Report (WNDR) got a bigger boost than usual online after being shared by an entrepreneur.The post delivered a characteristically lurid “story” about a COVID-19 outbreak involving a strip club in Las Vegas:Helen “Bunny” Lagrande, 26, and eighteen clients ... |
17678 | "In ""reality,"" there have ""been no problems whatsoever"" with the Texas voter ID law." | "Abbott said there were ""no problems whatsoever"" with the voter ID law leading up to the 2013 Texas elections. As Speaker Wright and some fellow Texans could attest, none is not correct. News stories reveal various if rare experiences that could be construed as problems, such as voters having to scramble to get the p... | false | Elections, Texas, Greg Abbott, | "On the eve of the 2013 general election, a Republican candidate for governor of Texas in 2014 suggested the state’s mandate requiring voters to present photo identification at the polls was proving no big squeeze. Critics including Democrats had said the requirement, implemented for the first time in the November elec... |
9510 | How Probiotics May Help Depression | Depression and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are both common conditions in the US. Consequently, so any treatment that can effectively manage both conditions is an attractive one. This story about a new study looking at probiotics for depression does a good job identifying the strengths and limitations of the research... | true | depression,Probiotics | Readers aren’t given information about how much the probiotic might cost. The story states that twice as many people in the probiotic group experienced a decrease in depression scores when compared to the placebo group (64% vs. 32%). However, readers aren’t told the magnitude of the decrease in depression scores (did t... |
19847 | "Rick Scott Says the Congressional Budget Office ""said if you’re going to buy your own policy with these (health care) exchanges you’ll be paying 10 percent more ... about $2,100 more for a family." | "Scott said that the Congressional Budget Office said people would pay 10 percent more for policies on the exchange, ""so about $2,100 more for a family."" What he doesn’t say is that these policies will have to offer comprehensive coverage. So people will pay more, but they’re also get more benefits. Additionally, the... | false | Health Care, Florida, Rick Scott, | "Add this to the list of qualms Florida Gov. Rick Scott has with the nation’s health care law. He says it will lead to increased premiums. How? Through the part of the law that creates an online marketplace for individuals who do not receive insurance from their employers. Known as a health exchange, the idea is consum... |
10698 | Progress Toward Blood Test for Down Syndrome | This thoroughly reported and carefully written story avoids giving pregnant women false hope of an easier way to detect genetic anomalies while still presenting some compelling information about a new blood test. Pregnancy can be anxiety inducing because of the sheer number of tests already required of women: frequent ... | true | WebMD | We’ll give the story the benefit of the doubt for again leaning on an independent expert who says the technology is likely prohibitively expensive. While no dollar estimate is given, we think this is good enough for now. As with the harms, the story does quantify the benefits in one way. It says, “It could help avoid u... |
17935 | The very first meal on the surface of the moon was the Holy Communion. | Facebook post recognizes little-known space fact | true | Georgia, History, Pop Culture, Religion, Space, Facebook posts, | "Occasionally a claim comes across our desks here at PolitiFact Georgia that seems to touch all bases -- this one has God, politics and even men landing on the moon. The claim hinted at political ramifications and a possible government cover-up. And it was broadcast as a viral Facebook post. What more could a fact-chec... |
13031 | While many urban areas across the country saw a sharp increase in crime over the last year, the Philadelphia Police Department successfully lowered part one crimes. | Did major crimes drop in Philly compared to other cities in 2016? | true | Crime, Pennsylvania, Jim Kenney, | "Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration recently released a report stuffed with the good news that happened during his first year in office. It notes how the DNC was better for local businesses than the pope and contains plenty about the soda tax and the upcoming education initiatives it will fund. But the report first disc... |
20981 | Ohio’s Planned Parenthood operations received millions of taxpayer dollars via federal grants in 2010 and 2011. | Ohio Right to Life says millions of federal aid went to the state's Planned Parenthood affiliates | true | Abortion, Ohio, Ohio Right to Life, | "Ohio and several other states across the country this year have passed laws to restrict abortion rights, including legislation to defund Planned Parenthood, a nonprofit organization that provides health care services, including abortions. Ohio lawmakers, who already have passed a late-term abortion ban and other anti-... |
9911 | New Ways to Detect Ovarian Cancer | "Ovarian cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to find and treat early. There are many reasons for this, including the fact that there are no good screening tests and that the symptoms are vague and easily attributed to other causes. This story reports on new recommendations being issued by a group of cancer advo... | false | "For the same reasons above, costs are also not applicable. However, the costs of the diagnostic tests that would occur as a result of these recommendations could have been acknowledged. Although the story mentions the survival rate for early versus late stage ovarian cancer, this is not adequate information on the ben... | |
26753 | The United States is “actually screening fewer people (for the coronavirus than other countries) because we don't have appropriate testing. | The CDC has stopped publicly reporting the number of tests it’s administered. So far, the United States has lagged behind other nations in terms of coronavirus testing. It has recently taken steps to ramp up its testing capabilities. Until recently, the U.S. had insisted that only the CDC’s test could be used — despite... | true | National, Public Health, Pundits, PunditFact, Coronavirus, Lou Dobbs, | "Fox Business host Lou Dobbs, a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump and his allies, challenged the president’s top health official recently on the administration’s handling of the 2019 coronavirus outbreak. Dobbs criticized Health and Human Secretary Alex Azar over a lack of transparency in the agency’s handling ... |
3148 | AP Exclusive: PG&E’s history with blackouts signaled trouble. | The state senators grilling the CEO of Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. were upset — like millions of other Californians, some spent days in the dark when the nation’s largest utility shut off power during windstorms this fall. | true | Wildfires, AP Top News, San Francisco, General News, Bill Johnson, Fires, Business, California, Science, U.S. News, Weekend Reads | The lawmakers demanded that the executive explain why blackouts intended to prevent downed power lines from sparking deadly wildfires caused so much trouble of their own. The explanation CEO Bill Johnson offered the Capitol hearing room: Several smaller outages that PG&E triggered in the year before its debacle began i... |
10995 | FDA approves breast cancer test | "The story reports on a recently approved genetic test for predicting a woman’s risk of breast cancer recurrence. The story does mention that the test is not ""foolproof"", and there is always the risk of false positives and false negatives. However, this test is only used as a guidepost in assessing whether or not to ... | false | "The story fails to mention the anticipated cost of this test, which is a significant oversight. The cost of gene assays already on the market are typically between $3000-4000 and are only covered by some private health insurers and by Medicaid in a few states. Thus, the newer genetic test may not be financially feasib... | |
9146 | Study confirms benefits of fennel in reducing postmenopause symptoms | This news release from the North American Menopause Society makes a brief study of fennel in reducing menopause symptoms sound like the final word on the subject — but we’ve seen many other situations where a larger study debunks a short-term small scale study. The release describes results of a small, 10-week pilot st... | mixture | fennel,menopause,North American Menopause Society | Fennel supplements are sold in brick and mortar stores and online. Costs are easily established and should have been addressed in the release along with equivalent doses used in the pilot study. We found 100 mg fennel seed capsules selling on Amazon.com for $9.58 for 100 capsules. It’s not clear that there is a standar... |
2022 | Calories on menus don't affect kids' food choices. | Requiring fast-food restaurants in New York City to post calorie counts on menus did little to cut the number of calories children and teens consumed, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. | true | Health News | They found that children and adolescents noticed the calories posted on the menu but the calorie counts made little difference in what they chose to order. The researchers said taste was the most important factor the children and teens gave for their menu selections. The study, published online in the International Jou... |
28637 | "Large corporations routinely take out ""dead peasant"" life insurance policies on low-level employees to be paid out as executive bonuses." | While corporate-owned life insurance was once a reasonably common practice in big business, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 removed its primary function as a tax loophole. And although the proceeds of such policies previously paid out after the deaths of low-level employees on occasion funded executive salaries, the... | mixture | Politics | In April 2002, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled “Companies Profit on Workers’ Deaths Through ‘Dead Peasants’ Insurance,” describing what was then a little-known practice wherein large companies purchased corporate-owned life insurance (or COLI) policies on low-level employees in order to garner tax b... |
130 | Reynolds American files for FDA review of e-cigarette. | British American Tobacco Plc unit Reynolds American Inc said on Friday it had filed for a review of its Vuse e-cigarettes by the U.S. Food and Drug administration, giving it a lead over its main rival Juul Labs Inc. | true | Health News | The FDA has set a May 2020 deadline for e-cigarette makers to submit a formal application to keep their products on the market amid its efforts to curb the use of e-cigarette among teens. Reynolds, whose Vuse e-cigarettes deliver nicotine via a cartridge-based vapor system, said it had provided the health regulator wit... |
41066 | Mosquitoes kill 2,740 people every day. | This appears to be an overestimate. Mosquitoes are responsible for no more than around 700,000 deaths per year, or 1,900 a day. | false | online | 26,383 people die of cancer each day. 24,641 die of heart disease every day. This is an underestimate for all cardiovascular disease deaths, but close to the daily figure of those who die from coronary heart disease specifically. 4,300 people die of diabetes every day. Suicide is the cause of death for around 3,000 peo... |
6068 | Officials: 2 new cases of Legionnaires’ in suburban Chicago. | Public health officials are worried an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at a suburban Chicago retirement home appears to be spreading with two new cases in the nearby community. | true | Chicago, Health, General News, Legionnaires disease, Illinois, Public health | Legionnaire’s is a flu-like illness contracted when infected water vapor is inhaled. The elderly and people with weakened immune systems can be particularly susceptible. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 12 cases at Covenant Assisted Living in Batavia through August. The two new cases were reported in r... |
742 | Tropical storm warning issued for Bahamas; 1,300 still missing. | A tropical cyclone was forecast to move across the northwestern Bahamas in the coming days, potentially bringing more rain and wind to islands already devastated by Hurricane Dorian, the U.S. National Hurricane Center warned on Thursday. | true | Environment | The Miami-based hurricane center issued a tropical storm warning for islands including hurricane-hit Abacos and Grand Bahama, saying the system could become a tropical depression or storm before making landfall as early as Friday. Hurricane Dorian slammed into the Bahamas on Sept. 1 as a Category 5 storm, one of the st... |
4018 | Clock is ticking on NY deadline for student vaccinations. | When New York lawmakers revoked a religious exemption for mandatory school vaccinations, the change sent thousands of the state’s parents scrambling to get their kids shots — or get them out of the classroom entirely. | true | AP Top News, Immunizations, Religion, Health, Measles, General News, New York, Buffalo, Health care industry | Lawmakers did away with the exemption in June amid the nation’s worst measles outbreak since 1992. More than 26,000 children in public and private schools and day care centers had previously gone unvaccinated for religious reasons, according to the state Health Department. Now time is running short. Unvaccinated studen... |
2069 | Military suicide prevention efforts fail: report. | Efforts to prevent suicides among U.S. war veterans are failing, in part because distressed troops do not trust the military to help them, top military officials said on Thursday. | true | Health News | Poor training, a lack of coordination and an overstretched military are also factors, but a new 76-point plan lays out ways to improve this, Colonel John Bradley, chief of psychiatry at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, told a conference. Bradley said a team of experts spent a year interviewing troops who had at... |
7231 | Celebrities launch pot brands as California legalizes drug. | Country singer Willie Nelson, the children of the late reggae icon Bob Marley and comedian Whoopi Goldberg are just a few of the growing number of celebrities publicly jumping into the marijuana industry and eyeing the California pot market, which is expected to explode after voters legalized the recreational use of we... | true | Willie Nelson, Medical marijuana, Entertainment, Celebrities, Business, California, Bob Marley, Whoopi Goldberg, U.S. News | Regulators are still scrambling to get California’s recreational pot market launched and are racing to issue licenses to growers and sellers by early 2018. Still to be decided is who will receive the first licenses to grow, distribute and sell recreational marijuana. Growers already cleared to sell medical marijuana in... |
5296 | Minnesota lawmakers: Tax drug makers over opioid crisis. | Lawmakers and activists are making a push to force drug companies to pay more of the costs of the opioid crisis, and they got a boost Wednesday from a cousin of the most famous Minnesotan to die from the addictive drugs, the late rock star Prince. | true | Health, Minnesota, Prince | Chazz Smith told a rally of over 80 people in the Capitol rotunda that his younger cousin had everything, yet opioids still took his life in 2016 . Authorities blamed counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl that looked like generic Vicodin. Smith said Prince’s death shows the power that addiction can hold on anyone. “We’... |
2522 | Makers of fraudulent breast implants on trial in France. | Five French executives went on trial on Wednesday to jeers from victims for supplying women with hundreds of thousands of substandard breast implants and triggering a global health scare. | true | Health News | More than 300,000 women around the world were fitted over a decade with implants from the French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), and the trial includes 5,000 civil plaintiffs and 300 lawyers. PIP’s founder and long-time chief executive, 73-year-old Jean-Claude Mas, has admitted filling the implants with an unappro... |
28465 | A rapist may sue a victim for custody of a child in 31 states, but in no states may victims seek child support from rapists. | What's true: Some states do not have laws to prevent the perpetrators of rape from seeking custody and visitation of children conceived during that act. What's false: No laws restrict rape victims from seeking child support from their rapists. | mixture | Politics Legal | A meme long circulated via social media holds that in 31 states it is legal for a rapist to sue his victim for custody of a child conceived during a sexual assault, but in no states do rape victims have legal standing to sue their attackers for child support: The latter claim was the more straightforward, asserting th... |
3367 | Tests: No carbon monoxide in baby deaths at housing complex. | North Carolina’s state medical examiner’s office said Thursday that it found no sign of carbon monoxide poisoning in the deaths of two infants at a public housing community where the gas has forced evacuations. | true | U.S. News, Health, General News, North Carolina, Durham, Carbon monoxide poisoning, Poisoning, U.S. News, Public health | The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner issued a news release Thursday saying that the two infants who lived in McDougald Terrace in Durham had tested negative for the gas. The release said that a determination about the causes of the infants’ deaths are pending an autopsy but that it it was releasing the information ... |
4118 | Flu has killed 4 Utah children since October. | Health officials say four children have died from the flu in Utah since October, and with a new strain of the illness, the threat may not subside for weeks. | true | Health, Utah, Flu, University of Utah, Infectious diseases | The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Trahern W. Jones, a pediatric infectious disease fellow with the University of Utah School of Medicine and Primary Children’s Hospital, said Wednesday that emergency rooms and clinics have been swamped with flu cases. Utah Department of Health spokeswoman Jenny Johnson says the initia... |
8248 | UK PM Johnson orders Britons: you must stay at home. | Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered Britons on Monday to stay at home to halt the spread of coronavirus, imposing curbs on everyday life without precedent in peacetime. | true | Health News | All but essential shops must close immediately and people should no longer meet family or friends or risk being fined, Johnson said in a televised address to the nation. Johnson had resisted pressure to impose a full lockdown even as other European countries had done so, but was forced to change tack as projections sho... |
3949 | Minnesota reports 8th flu death of season. | Minnesota has reported another flu death, bringing the total to eight so far this season, the state Department of Health said Thursday. | true | Health, Flu, Minnesota | The death is one more than the previous week. But no child deaths due to influenza have been reported since the flu season began, the department said. According to the Health Department’s weekly flu update , Minnesota hospitals admitted 117 influenza patients last week. So far, more than 500 people have been hospitaliz... |
33791 | Secret flights whisked bin Laden family members and Saudi nationals out of the U.S. immediately after September 11 while a general ban on air travel was still in effect, and before the FBI had any opportunity to question any of the passengers. | These flights were screened by law enforcement officials, primarily the FBI. For example, one flight, the so-called Bin Ladin flight, departed the United States on September 20 with 26 passengers, most of them relatives of Usama Bin Ladin. Screening of this flight was directed by an FBI agent in the Baltimore Field Off... | false | September 11th | In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks on America, the Federal Aviation Administration immediately ordered all flights in the United States grounded, and that ban stayed in effect until September 13. (Even then, for that first day commercial carriers were mostly either completing the interrupted flights of S... |
37766 | Listening to the album Qabalista by Selki Girl can cause an out-of-body experience. | In June and July 2020, TikTok’s #witchtok community was awash in claims Selki Girl’s Qabalista “triggered astral projection” experiences. In one viral video, above, a user described intense sensations often reported in conjunction with out-of-body experiences, but did not “astrally project.” What seems likeliest is a t... | unproven | Fact Checks, Viral Content | In late June and early July 2020, a rumor on TikTok’s #witchtok hashtag held that the album Qabalista by Selki Girl “triggered astral projection” or other strange experiences; a video with hundreds of thousands of engagements involved one user relaying their experience:In the above clip, user @righteous_dragon explaine... |
16213 | More people are losing their insurance (due to Obamacare) than are becoming newly insured. | "Cain said that ""more people are losing their insurance (due to Obamacare) than are becoming newly insured."" While it’s reasonable to ask questions about the limitations of the available data, there is wide consensus from five private-sector organizations that roughly 10 million more Americans are insured today than ... | false | Health Care, PunditFact, Herman Cain, | "Herman Cain’s longshot 2012 Republican presidential bid may be long over, but he’s continued to opine on national affairs. Take, for example, his recent blog post titled, ""Nine facts Democrats don't want you to hear before you vote tomorrow."" The post, published Nov. 3, 2014, and forwarded to us by a reader, begins ... |
9828 | Spinal tap may predict Alzheimer’s years ahead | This story is a good example of what an independent expert’s perspective can bring to a piece. Stories about predictive tests for Alzheimer’s Disease may play with the emotions of affected families. This story appropriately evaluated evidence, so that the current state of this research – what it might mean and what it ... | true | dementia | No discussion of costs. Yes, we know that it’s too early to use this in clinical settings, but the story makes the case that this builds on research following patients for as long as 12 years. Any predictive test would hold appeal for many people – so cost ramifications are important to discuss even at this early stage... |
37856 | Woodstock occurred during a pandemic. | Did Woodstock Occur ‘in the Middle of a Pandemic’? | mixture | Disinformation, Fact Checks | On May 1 2020, the American Institute for Economic Research reported that Woodstock was held during a pandemic — information which, in a vacuum, could pass for a charming piece of late 1960s nostalgia.But this information does not exist in a vacuum. In”Woodstock Occurred in the Middle of a Pandemic,” AIER (side note: t... |
11388 | Skin cancer drug said to show promise | "Melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer. If caught early, it is highly treatable. If found in advanced stages, the 5 year survival drops significantly. This story reports on the results of a small pilot study showing a benefit in treating advanced stage melanoma using a new class of drug. This short story does... | true | "The story does not mention costs, but it is understandable that pricing may not be available with a drug so early in development. The story does a good job of quantifying the benefits of treatment in absolute terms by providing the actual number of months with no new lesions for both the new drug group and the standar... | |
34937 | In January 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved a nasal spray containing cocaine. | The press release, and Merry Jane’s article, were accurate. In a Jan. 10 letter addressed to Cody Laboratories, a subsidiary of the Philadelphia-headquartered Lannett, the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research wrote: | true | Medical | In January 2020, readers asked us about the accuracy of a story that claimed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved a new cocaine nasal spray for use as a local anesthetic. On Jan. 13, the cannabis and drug industry website Merry Jane published an article with the headline “A Cocaine Nasal Spray Just ... |
38209 | House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was in a car accident and later tested positive for cocaine. | Nancy Pelosi in Fatal Car Accident, Tests Positive for Cocaine | false | Government | A series of reports published by a self-described “satirical” website is behind false rumors that Nancy Pelosi was in a car accident and later tested positive for cocaine. The first report appeared at OurLandoftheFree.com on August 7, 2017, under the headline, “Nancy Pelosi In Critical Condition After Head-On Car Crash... |
5584 | UMass Amherst officials say 2 students have meningitis. | Officials at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have issued a warning to the community after two students were diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. | true | Health, University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Meningitis | One student was diagnosed with a variant of the disease on Oct. 24, and a second was diagnosed this past weekend. Both students are in stable condition and health workers are contacting people who may have been in touch with the infected students. Meningitis, which can cause inflammation around the brain and spinal cor... |
22237 | "The Republican budget plan ""says that 10 years from now, if you’re a 65-year-old who’s eligible for Medicare, you should have to pay nearly $6,400 more than you would today." | President Obama says Republican Medicare plan would cost people $6,400 more in 10 years | true | National, Medicare, Barack Obama, | "In his April 13, 2011, speech on his vision for America’s fiscal future, President Barack Obama quickly went on the offensive against the Republican deficit-cutting budget proposal championed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., a plan that passed the House in a partisan vote two days later. Obama was... |
4434 | Conservation program hopes to help people of all abilities. | An environmental conservation program based in western Wisconsin plans to expand its work opportunities and environmental education program to people of all abilities. | true | La Crosse, Environmental education, Wisconsin, Neighborhoods, Environment | WisCorps has hired someone with a visual impairment and another person with a physical disability to work on erosion control and planting in neighborhood parks, and building accessible gardens this summer, Wisconsin Public Radio (http://bit.ly/2s8XH2P) reported. WisCorps Executive Director Matthew Brantner said the gro... |
31851 | MMA fighter Ronda Rousey has been found dead in her bathtub. | The “USA Today News” article included an image of a large law enforcement presence in a residential neighborhood, a picture that appeared to come from a blog devoted to the television show House and did not depict any real event involving Ronda Rousey. | false | Junk News, death hoax, ronda rousey, usa today | On 2 January 2017, the “USA Today News” web site reported that Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Ronda Rousey had been discovered dead in her home following a routine wellness check: On the morning of January 2, 2017, Ronda Rousey was found in a bathtub in her Venice residence, dead. Despite an immediate medical respons... |
5098 | 3 International Space Station astronauts land in Kazakhstan. | An International Space Station crew including an American, a Briton and a Russian landed safely Saturday in the sun-drenched steppes of Kazakhstan. | true | Top News, Jeff Williams, International News, Kazakhstan, Science, Europe, Russia, Yuri Malenchenko | The Soyuz TMA-19M capsule carrying NASA’s Tim Kopra, Tim Peake of the European Space Agency and the Russian agency Roscosmos’ Yuri Malenchenko touched down as scheduled at 3:15 p.m. local time (0915 GMT) about 90 miles (145 kilometers) southeast of Zhezkazgan in Kazakhstan. All descent maneuvers were performed without ... |
9277 | Life Extension-supported study published in Lancet Neurology finds green tea extract improves cognition in Down Syndrome | Life Extension is a health supplement company that helped support a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial looking at the benefits of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a constituent of green tea extract, in young adults with Down syndrome. For a news release provided by a company, the language used... | mixture | Down Syndrome,green tea extract,Life Extension | The release doesn’t mention the cost of the green tree extract used in the study. By going to the manufacturer’s website we found that a bottle of Life Extension Decaffeinated Mega Green Tea Extract with 100 capsules — about a month’s supply – is priced at $22.50. The release doesn’t provide any context for understandi... |
9319 | FDA approves new flu pill that can be taken after onset of symptoms | This story is one of two we are reviewing that focuses on FDA’s approval of a drug designed to speed patient recovery from flu symptoms (the second story is from The New York Times). The drug is baloxavir marboxil, marketed under the trade name Xofluza. This ABC News story didn’t adequately address cost, potential harm... | false | influenza | Costs are not addressed. As the New York Times reported in its second paragraph: The pill will cost $150, according to a spokeswoman for Genentech, which will sell Xofluza in this country. Genentech will offer coupons that lower the price to $30 for patients with health insurance and to about $90 for the uninsured. The... |
28399 | About 125 women took Mifepristone to terminate their pregnancies during a protest demanding the legalization of abortion in South Korea. | We reached out to Women on Waves and Femidangdang for more information about the protest but did not receive a response prior to publication. | mixture | Politics | In late August 2018, a number of pro-life web sites such as LifeNews.com published articles reporting that 125 women “took abortion pills to kill their babies” during a protest concerning the legality of abortion in South Korea: The accompanying photograph did depict a protest in South Korea, but the claim that 125 wo... |
2570 | To stay fit during holidays bend, don't break routine: experts. | Sticking to a fitness routine is not always easy, but holiday feasting, drinking and family can make it even harder. | true | Health News | ‘Tis the season, experts say, to bend your fitness routine so it does not break. “Consider the holidays a time to maintain fitness, not a time to set new goals or be ambitious,” said fitness expert Shirley Archer, author of “Fitness 9 to 5” and “Weight Training for Dummies.” The average American gains one pound (.45 k... |
8033 | Swiss virus death toll hits 235 as official says worst case scenario `not yet materialized'. | The death toll in Switzerland from coronavirus had climbed to 235 while total cases stand at 13,213, the health ministry said on Saturday, though officials said their worst fears have so far not materialized. | true | Health News | The fatalities were up from 197 on Friday, with the number of confirmed infections increasing from 12,161. The Alpine country of 8.6 million people is deploying army medical units at hospitals to help in regions like Ticino, which borders hard-hit Italy, and has began tapping its strategic stockpile of pharmaceuticals ... |
27137 | Every U.S. president since 1976 has declared at least one national emergency. | In short, although many Americans may not have been aware of it at the beginning of 2019, the United States has been under one or more states of national emergency continuously for the last four decades. | true | Politics | In 1976, U.S. President Gerald Ford signed off on the National Emergencies Act (NEA), federal legislation that ended all previous national states of emergency and formalized the process by which the President can declare states of emergencies and undertake special powers during those emergencies. In general, the Presid... |
11019 | Nasal irrigation may prevent chronic sinus ailments; however, steam inhalation not effective | In this randomized controlled study of 871 patients, researchers found a slight improvement (44.1% for users of nasal irrigation vs. 36.6% for those using another treatment method) based on a measurement of clinical and self-reported symptoms from patients with sinus infections who were given instructions in how to use... | mixture | Journal news release | The release does not mention cost. Normal saline can easily be made at home or purchased from a local pharmacy. The cost is low in both cases and it should have been mentioned in the story especially in contrast to the cost of antibiotics. The benefits information was pretty spare. We would have liked some numbers — ra... |
11196 | In a new book, Kitty Dukakis credits electroconvulsive therapy for relieving her famously disabling depression | The article describes one person’s experiences–a famous person’s experiences–with electroshock therapy for severe depression. Although her story is compelling and interesting, anecdotal story-telling is fraught with potential bias. The information is based on one person’s experiences without any objective or independen... | mixture | The article does not mention costs of treatment. The story does not describe benefits in quantitative terms, although the story describes qualitative experiences anecdotally. There is no description of whom this might benefit or under what circumstances (those for whom other treatments have failed or for whom an immedi... | |
7521 | 4 passengers dead aboard cruise ship anchored off Panama. | Four passengers have died aboard a cruise ship now anchored off the coast of Panama and two people aboard the ship have tested positive for the coronavirus, the cruise line said Friday, with hundreds of passengers unsure how long they will remain at sea. | true | Panama Canal, Rotterdam, Health, General News, Flu, Latin America, Caribbean, Travel, Virus Outbreak | Holland America Line said in a post on its Facebook page that more than 130 people aboard the Zaandam had reported flu-like symptoms. “Holland America Line can confirm that four older guests have passed away on Zaandam,” the statement said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with their families and we are doing everything w... |
30560 | A worker at a British dairy that produces Anchor Butter contaminated the company's products with HIV-infected blood. | Though it is very rare, HIV can be spread by eating food that has been pre-chewed by an HIV-infected person. The contamination occurs when infected blood from a caregiver’s mouth mixes with food while chewing. The only known cases are among infants. | false | Food, aids, anchor butter, contaminated food | Mere days after an identical rumor targeted the U.K.-based confectionery company Cadbury in February 2018, a flurry of social media posts spread the claim that a worker at a U.K. dairy “added HIV infected blood in the Anchor Butter production”: The name of the dairy where Anchor Butter is produced in England is actual... |
10057 | Blue Breakthrough? Blue Food Dye Could Help Prevent Spinal Cord Injury | "The lasting value of this TV news segment on rats, candy and spinal cord injury may be that it allows us to coin a term for a chronic, pernicious condition long affecting health and medical journalism but not previously identified: Blue M&M Syndrome. This condition may be diagnosed when a story on medical research has... | false | "Since there is no clinical treatment, reporting costs is not possible. The segment makes no attempt to describe the benefits of the treatment specifically. The study suggests that rats with spinal cord injuries given the chemical intravenously were able to walk with a limp afterwards. The control rats were unable to w... | |
9251 | Continuing Developments In Medical Consensus On The Utility Of Peppermint Oil For Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) | This news release about a brand of peppermint oil used to treat symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) disguises the company sponsorship of the only published trial of the product and appears intended to fool readers into believing that independent researchers concluded this brand is superior to other, less-costly ... | false | IM HealthScience,irritable bowel syndrome,peppermint oil | The news release by the maker of IBgard notes that its product is available at “CVS/pharmacy, Walgreens and Rite Aid” and other stores, but it neglected to tell readers that the recommended doses would cost up to four times as much as generic peppermint oil capsules, with a monthly cost that could exceed $100 (6 capsul... |
41012 | A network of Canadian scientists are making excellent progress in Covid-19 research. | At least one group of Canadian scientists has recently announced some progress in understanding Covid-19. | true | online | Doctors in India have been successful in treating coronavirus with a combination of drugs (Lopinavir, Retonovir, Oseltamivir along with Chlorphenamine) and are going to suggest the same medicine globally. India’s ministry of health has advised that the anti-HIV drugs, Lopinavir and Retonovir, are used in some groups of... |
10645 | Arthritis creams are probably better than goat tears | "If you ever wondered about the evidence for those hot and/or smelly creams for arthritis pain, this column drove home a ""healthy skeptic"" perspective, emphasizing, for the most part, that ""there’s no good evidence that any over-the-counter rub or cream offers real relief for arthritis,"" according to one source. We... | true | "The story listed the cost per unit for all three creams. The story didn’t provide the numbers from a cited 1994 study on capsaicin benefits. Overall, the message of ""no good evidence"" was clear. But, confusingly, the story gave the last word to a rheumatologist who said some of these creams ""do seem to help some pe... | |
15257 | A minor cannot get a tattoo without parental consent but can get an abortion without parental consent. | "Rubio said ""a minor cannot get a tattoo without parental consent but can get an abortion without parental consent."" Rubio has a good argument for about 11 states, but that’s a minority. More commonly, parents by law need to be at least notified -- and in many cases give their consent -- for a minor to have an aborti... | mixture | Abortion, States, Florida, Marco Rubio, | "Teenagers getting inked is apparently subject to greater parental say than getting an abortion, according to U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio. In an Aug. 4 interview with Southern Baptist Convention President Russell Moore, Rubio joined other Republicans in criticizing Planned Parenthood amid the release of videos by an anti-abo... |
4814 | Feds: No more education, legal services for immigrant kids. | The federal government has stopped paying for English-language courses and legal services at facilities that hold immigrant children around the country, imposing budget cuts it says are necessary at a time when record numbers of unaccompanied children are arriving at the border. | true | AP Top News, Language, General News, Immigration, Legal services, Education, Health, U.S. News | The Health and Human Services department notified shelters around the country last week that it was not going to reimburse them for teachers’ pay or other costs such as legal services or recreational equipment. The move appears to violate a legal settlement known as the Flores agreement that requires the government to ... |
5419 | Sumatran rhino is extinct in Malaysia as lone survivor dies. | The Sumatran rhinoceros has become extinct in Malaysia, after the last of the species in the country succumbed to cancer. | true | Wildlife, Iman, General News, Rhinoceros, Malaysia, Science, Asia Pacific | The Wildlife Department in eastern Sabah state on Borneo island said the rhino, named Iman, died of natural causes Saturday due to shock in her system. She had uterine tumors since her capture in March 2014. Department director Augustine Tuuga said in a statement that Iman, who reportedly was 25 years old, was sufferin... |
9196 | Amgen Announces Repatha® (Evolocumab) Significantly Reduced The Risk Of Cardiovascular Events In FOURIER Outcomes Study | This release reports on a large clinical trial that studied the use of the drug Repatha in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Or, more accurately, it reports that the details of the results of that study will be revealed at a major scientific meeting more than a month from now. While the release does... | mixture | Amgen,Repatha | There is no mention of costs in this release. As noted above, the list price for Repatha is around $14,100 yearly. Based on a related Reuters story, perhaps fueled by this news release, some insurers have questioned the drug’s high price given that detailed evidence of its efficacy has been wanting. Readers deserve to ... |
2321 | New wave of water workouts attract the young and fit. | While older, overweight or injured exercisers have always valued the cushioning effects of water workouts, a new wave of trendy, lively and high intensity group fitness classes is luring the young, the hip and the able-bodied into the pool. | true | Health News | Aqua Zumba, boot camp, and synchronized swimming are among the classes experts say put every muscle through a range of motion even the fittest can’t approach on dry land. Lori Rose Benson of the YMCA of Greater New York said seniors populate daytime pool classes, but the evening attracts a younger, party-oriented crowd... |
4453 | Study: Genetic test predicts middle-aged obesity risk. | Can a genetic test identify newborns at risk of becoming severely obese by middle age? Researchers say they have come up with one, and that it might allow interventions in childhood to avoid that fate. | true | Health, Obesity, Genetics, North America | The test examines more than 2 million spots in a person’s genetic code, seeking variants that individually nudge a person’s obesity risk up by a tiny amount. The researchers drew on previously published data about those variants to create a risk score. A high score didn’t guarantee obesity, nor a low score rule it out.... |
5467 | Texas judge: Hospital can remove baby from life support. | A Texas judge on Thursday sided with a hospital that plans to remove an 11-month-old girl from life support after her mother disagreed with the decision by doctors who say the infant is in pain and that her condition will never improve. | true | AP Top News, General News, Fort Worth, Health, Courts, Tinslee Lewis, U.S. News, Texas | Trinity Lewis had asked Judge Sandee Bryan Marion to issue an injunction in Tarrant County district court to ensure that Cook Children’s Medical Center doesn’t end her daughter Tinslee Lewis’ life-sustaining treatment. Texas Right to Life, an anti-abortion group that is advocating for Tinslee, said the girl’s mother wi... |
41781 | Mr. Stone told Mr. Trump that he had just gotten off the phone with [WikiLeaks founder] Julian Assange and that Mr. Assange told Mr. Stone that, within a couple of days, there would be a massive dump of emails that would damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign. | Here we lay out the conflicting accounts of what Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal attorney, told the House Committee on Oversight and Reform at the Feb. 27 hearing, and what the president has said in the past. | false | Russia investigation, | Michael Cohen gave public testimony under oath that contradicted past statements by President Donald Trump on WikiLeaks, Stormy Daniels and a proposed Moscow real estate deal, as well as Trump’s Vietnam War deferrals and his net worth.Here we lay out the conflicting accounts of what Trump’s former personal attorney tol... |
6532 | Future is in doubt for cheaper versions of biologic drugs. | They were the drugs that were supposed to save the U.S. tens of billions of dollars. | true | Rheumatoid arthritis, Health, General News, Arthritis, Business, U.S. News | Called “biosimilars,” they are near-copies of complex and expensive biologic drugs to treat cancer, rare diseases and autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis and colitis. But U.S. sales have been so limited that their future is in doubt. Already, one company has scrapped nearly all its biosimilar development pro... |
41947 | “We’re having tremendous plans coming out now - health care plans - at a fraction of the cost that are much better than Obamacare.” | President Donald Trump boasted that “we’re having tremendous plans coming out now — health care plans — at a fraction of the cost that are much better than Obamacare.” No such cheap plans have come out yet, though the administration has proposed rules that would expand the sale of less expensive insurance with fewer be... | mixture | Affordable Care Act, association health plans, health insurance, | Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, President Donald Trump boasted that “we’re having tremendous plans coming out now — health care plans — at a fraction of the cost that are much better than Obamacare.” No such cheap plans have come out yet, though the administration has proposed rules that would... |
30344 | "First Lady Melania Trump posted a tweet that was arranged in a way that the first letters of each line spelled out the word ""HELP." | The potential value of recyclable metals in discarded mobile phones, laptops and desktop computers in China will more than double to around $24 billion by 2030, environmental group Greenpeace forecast on Thursday. | false | Viral Phenomena, fake tweets, melania trump, trump administration | China, the world’s largest mobile phone market, is trying to promote recycling of electronic waste, or e-waste, to improve its environment, cut costs and ease its dependence on foreign resource imports. In a report carried out with the China Association of Electronics for Technology Development, Greenpeace said rising ... |
2082 | More U.S. teens get vaccinated, CDC finds. | More U.S. teens are getting recommended vaccines against certain cancers, meningitis and infectious diseases, government researchers reported on Thursday. | true | Health News | More than 40 percent of girls have received at least one dose of the new vaccine that protects against a virus that causes cervical and other cancers, according to the report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than half have received a booster shot that protects against tetanus, whooping cou... |
8811 | Common drugs hasten decline in elderly: study. | Elderly people who took commonly prescribed drugs for incontinence, allergy or high blood pressure walked more slowly and were less able to take care of themselves than others not taking the drugs, U.S. researchers said on Saturday. | true | Health News | File photo shows the silhouette of an elderly man. Reuters/File They said people who took drugs that block acetylcholine — a chemical messenger in the nervous system critical for memory — functioned less well than their peers. “These results were true even in older adults who have normal memory and thinking abiliti... |
13595 | They were going to build the wall a while ago, not so long ago, like in '06. And they couldn't get environmental impact statements. | "Trump said, ""They were going to build the wall a while ago, not so long ago, like in '06. And they couldn't get environmental impact statements."" The Secure Fence Act of 2006 called for the construction of an additional 700 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. While there were environmental concerns relate... | false | Immigration, National, Donald Trump, | "Donald Trump may have confused people recently about whether he supports mass deportation. But there’s one thing he’s been consistent about: building a wall along the southern border. And having Mexico pay for it. In an interview aired Aug. 23, Fox News host Sean Hannity asked the Republican presidential nominee how l... |
16248 | "Mary Burke Says Scott Walker ""gave $6 million in tax breaks to a corporation and told them that they can keep that money even if they lay off half their workforce." | India’s ban on electronic cigarettes has been challenged in a court in the eastern city of Kolkata, marking the start of the first legal battle against the anti-vaping decision. | mixture | Economy, Infrastructure, Jobs, State Budget, Workers, Taxes, Wisconsin, Mary Burke, | The Indian government banned the sale, import and manufacture of e-cigarettes this month and warned of an “epidemic” among young people. The move could dash the expansion plans of companies such as Juul Labs Inc and Philip Morris International (PM.N) in the country. Two separate challenges have been filed to the high c... |
818 | Planned Parenthood opts out of U.S. subsidies in fight over abortion referrals. | Planned Parenthood said on Monday it was withdrawing from a federal program subsidizing reproductive healthcare for low-income women after the Trump administration banned participants in the program from referring women to abortion providers. | true | Health News | Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the United States, said its move was spurred by a federal appeals court decision last month clearing the administration’s way to restrict Title X grants under a new policy critics have branded a “gag rule.” In addition to barring recipients from making abortion refe... |
2110 | Learning to relax, cope extends cancer survival. | Working with a psychologist to reduce stress can help women whose breast cancer comes back survive longer, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. | true | Health News | They said reducing stress during breast cancer treatment can keep the immune system strong and improve a woman’s quality of life — and these two factors help women live longer. They found women who took part in a support group where they were taught to cope with their stress through relaxation techniques and problem so... |
39327 | The eRumor says that the American Stroke Associations suggests a simple three question test to give to someone who may be experiencing the symptoms of a stroke. | Test to determine a whether a stroke is happening. | true | Health / Medical, Medical, Miscellaneous | According to the website of the American Stroke Association (ASA) this eRumor is true. The American Stroke Association is a division of the American Heart Association. In an article published in February of 2003, the ASA says that a 60-second test can help determine whether someone m... |
29192 | President Trump cancelled Michelle Obama's school lunch program in October 2018. | "What's true: The Trump administration relaxed some of the nutritional guidelines regarding school lunches established during the Obama administration. What's false: President Trump did not cancel Michelle Obama's school lunch program, and changes to the ""Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act"" were announced back in May 2017... | false | Politics, donald trump, michelle obama | In October 2018, the message “Trump cancelled Michelle Obama’s school lunch program. The only meal some kids get” was shared by a number of individuals on Facebook: This message has been bouncing around Facebook for at least a year. The most popular example of this message that we could find was shared by “Tom Bones M... |
10267 | Quest for Vaccines to Treat Addiction | Through its well-sourced coverage, the story conveys that vaccines probably won’t cure addictions as successfully as they prevent polio. There’s also a nice explanation of the science behind this technology and a summary of the challenges that remain to be addressed. However, we wanted to see a lot more detail on the d... | true | Wall Street Journal | Although there was no discussion of costs, the article was clear in stating that vaccines are for the most part in an early stage of development, so this omission is understandable. We wanted to see better coverage of the data here. The story leads with an anecdote about a patient who kicked a pack-a-day smoking habit ... |
2385 | Tweaking an exercise routine to stay strong after 50. | People turning 50 may want to consider tweaking their exercise routines because as they age stiffer joints, slower recovery from injury and the loss of lean body mass are among the perils facing the youngest baby boomers, fitness experts say. | true | Health News | Studies have shown that even a 90-year-old can build muscle, so the half-century mark is a good time to retire joint-stressing high jumps and to start lifting dumbbells to build strength. Dr. Wayne Westcott, co-author of the book “Strength Training Past 50,” said maintaining lean body mass becomes harder with ageing. “... |
10972 | New scan for skin cancers goes full-body route | This was a well-done story about a new business strategy in medicine, direct to consumer diagnostic testing – in this case for skin cancer. It provided readers with a lot of information about approaches to skin cancer screening, including what they can do on their own, organizations that provide free screening, and how... | true | "The story included the costs of a Molesafe screening as well links to organizations offering no cost screening. To be more complete, there are three pieces of information the story could have included: the cost for yearly follow-up at Molesafe, whether or not Molesafe screening would be covered by some, most, or no in... | |
13517 | "Marco Rubio Says ""Patrick Murphy is the only candidate to have voted against every measure to fund Zika." | "Rubio, through a spokeswoman, said, ""Patrick Murphy is the only candidate to have voted against every measure to fund Zika."" Murphy, like most congressional Democrats, has opposed Republican-led efforts to conditionally fund anti-Zika efforts at less than what Obama has requested. But he has offered other solutions ... | false | Congress, Public Health, Voting Record, Florida, Marco Rubio, | "While the Senate bickers over Zika funding, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s campaign says Democratic challenger U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy has been playing partisan politics over the issue in the House. The same day the Senate failed to approve emergency public health funding to deal with Zika for the third time in three months... |
30931 | New research from Arizona State University suggests that a catastrophic super-eruption from the Yellowstone caldera could occur sooner than previously thought. | Till, when we asked if media reports of this conference talk were sensationalized, answered with a categorical and immediate “yes.” Because the nature of Till and Shamloo’s work does not intend to assess the probability of a massive supereruption (nor is it capable of doing so), we rank the claim that this new research... | false | Science, eruption, geology, supereruption | On 10 October 2017, the New York Times ran a story (with the ominous headline “A Surprise From the Supervolcano Under Yellowstone”) that reported on an August 2017 presentation made by Arizona State University PhD candidate Hannah Shamloo at the 2017 “International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’... |
2778 | Lilly CEO: 'It's time to go back on offense'. | After three years of seeing major drugs like Zyprexa for schizophrenia lose patent protection and wipe away billions of dollars in revenue, Eli Lilly and Co Chief Executive Officer John Lechleiter wants to change the game plan. | true | Health News | “It’s time to go back on offense,” Lechleiter said in a recent interview. New treatments for diabetes and cancer now awaiting approval and increased sales of animal-health products and drugs in China and Japan are some of the aggressive moves he has in mind. He is also counting on a robust success rate among three doze... |
11261 | Diabetes drug side effect reports triple | This is an ambitious original work of health journalism designed to explore the dangers of Avandia beyond what current research and government action allow. It also suggests that the data it gathered, by its very nature, illustrates weaknesses in the government post-market surveillance system. It’s an excellent example... | true | The article fails to report how much the drug costs, especially as compared to generic or other alternatives. If it is a relatively expensive drug, this would provide useful context. The article should have made clear the absolute risks of the most severe cardiac outcomes in the Type 2 population in general and in Avan... | |
26499 | Suggests Trump urged sick people to get out and vote during COVID-19 pandemic | Trump urged supporters during a rally to vote in the presidential election even if their doctor recently gave them the ‘worst possible prognosis’ — but he said this during his 2016 campaign, not in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. | false | Facebook Fact-checks, Coronavirus, Tweets, | "A video clip of President Donald Trump urging sick people to get out and vote has resurfaced on social media. But the video was recorded weeks before the 2016 presidential election, not amid Trump’s 2020 re-election bid and the COVID-19 pandemic, as some posts suggest. The video was shared on Twitter on April 4, 2020,... |
4997 | Indianapolis Zoo says 2 elephants beat deadly virus. | Indianapolis Zoo says two African elephants have survived a deadly virus that killed two other members of the herd. | true | Indianapolis, Elephants, Health, General News, Indiana | The zoo said in a statement Tuesday that 12-year-old female Zahara and 13-year-old male Kedar “are both healthy and have beaten the virus. We will continue to monitor the entire herd through frequent blood testing.” The two elephants were diagnosed this spring with elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus. Two others, 6-... |
808 | Malaysia's Mahathir says linking palm oil to deforestation 'baseless'. | Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Friday said linking the production of palm oil to deforestation was “baseless, unfair and unjustified”, and that the industry has grown responsibly. | true | Environment | Malaysia is the world’s second-biggest producer of palm oil, a widely consumed commodity used in everything from chocolate spread to lipstick. Several studies have shown that palm oil is a major contributor to deforestation, along with cattle ranching and soybean production. The European Union passed a law earlier this... |
38065 | President Trump ended an Obama-era gun law that required background checks to block the sale of guns to people with mental illnesses. | President Trump Rolled Back Law Blocking Gun Sales to the Mentally Ill. | true | Trump | President Obama handed down a series of gun control regulations during his last days in office. One of those regulations aimed to block gun sales to individuals with mental illness through more comprehensive background checks. Congress approved a bill rolling back the regulations in February 2017, and President Trump s... |
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