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10476 | The right moves may prevent injury | This excerpt from a recently published book on women’s sports injuries has been presented as a freestanding article by the Denver Post. This article itself excerpts a slightly longer section of the book that appeared in The Washington Post. The article provides an excellent overview of exercises and techniques designed... | false | "The article is about a set of exercises and techniques, not a commercial program with a price. All of the ""evidence"" provided to support this idea is anecdotal, and the story doesn’t emphasize this. Indeed, the rarity of the injury demands that a large study would be needed to quantify any potential benefit. This is... | |
8533 | War-ravaged Yemen confirms first coronavirus case, braces for more. | Yemen reported its first coronavirus case on Friday as aid groups braced for an outbreak in a country where war has shattered health systems and spread hunger and disease. | true | Health News | The news of the laboratory-confirmed case came after a nationwide ceasefire prompted by the virus pandemic began on Thursday. A Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthi movement said it would halt military operations for two weeks, though the Houthis have yet to follow suit. A 60-year-old Yemeni man was diagnosed in... |
31911 | President-Elect Donald Trump appointed Kanye West to a cabinet position. | Kanye West said that he would not be pursuing a presidential run, and did not say that he had been offered any cabinet position. Circulating claims to the contrary were either fake news, or misconstrued claims from outlets outside the United States. | false | Junk News, donald trump, kanye west, satira tribune | A 13 December 2016 meeting between President-elect Donald Trump and hip-hop artist Kanye West led to immediate rumors that the entertainer had been offered or appointed to a position in the new administration’s cabinet. West had made controversial comments at a November 2016 concert stating that he “would have” voted f... |
33250 | "Teenagers are daring one another to a 72-hour challenge (or ""Game of 72""), during which they disappear for several days." | Most articles referenced an individual parent (not police) claiming teenagers were daring one another to “go missing for 48 hours.” References to the challenge were made primarily by social media users and news sites, and we were again unable to find any examples of teen participation on the platforms via which they pu... | false | Crime, 48 hour challenge, 72 hour challenge, game of 72 | Examples: [Collected via e-mail and Facebook, June 2015] Game of 72, a new facebook game encouraging kids to leave home for 72 hours? Just received it on a news item on my Facebook page. Origins: The growing encroachment of social media into every area of life hasn’t necessarily led to a rise in foolish teenage b... |
26742 | Speaking of an HIV outbreak in Indiana during his time as governor, says “we immediately deployed health resources.” | A rural county in southeastern Indiana had a spike in HIV cases in 2014 and 2015. After noticing the spike, state officials began investigating the causes of the outbreak and identifying people who might have been infected. However, a crucial component of the response — a needle exchange program — was authorized months... | mixture | Health Care, Public Health, Mike Pence, | "Vice President Mike Pence has pointed to his response to health crises in Indiana as a reason why he’s now the Trump administration’s top messenger on the U.S. coronavirus response. But his response to an HIV outbreak in Indiana while he was governor is getting new attention. A reporter challenged Pence about it in a ... |
8658 | Austria to make basic face masks compulsory in supermarkets. | Austria will require shoppers to wear basic face masks in supermarkets in a bid to slow the still too-rapid spread of the coronavirus, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Monday. | true | Health News | Austria has closed schools, restaurants, bars, theatres and other gathering places, including non-essential shops. People have been told to stay at home and work from there if possible. The country has reported 108 deaths and more than 9,000 cases, fewer than its neighbours Italy and Switzerland and within its health s... |
9098 | Compounds in cocoa may help delay onset of type 2 diabetes | BYU photo captioned “Chocolate as a medical aid?” This news release tortures the results of a basic biology cell culture study until it coughs up a headline about cocoa preventing diabetes. Researchers isolated several compounds from cocoa and found that one of them (but not the others) appeared to help rat cells in a ... | false | Brigham Young University,cocoa,Type 2 diabetes | This line of research is only at the most basic conceptual level so cost projections are unrealistic. However, there is an undercurrent in the message that suggests that this particular fraction of cocoa could be turned into a drug. When the release states that “researchers believe the starting point is to look for way... |
28514 | The DEA recently classified synthetic marijuana as a legally-obtainable Schedule II drug while continuing to list plant-based marijuana as a Schedule I drug with “no currently accepted medical use.” | What's true: The DEA recently approved a new oral liquid formulation of dronabinol — a synthetic version of the active ingredient in marijuana — as a schedule II drug. What's false: This is not the first time the DEA has approved dronabinol, which is wholly different than K2, Spice, and other recreational “synthetic ca... | mixture | Science, cannabis, DEA, FDA | On 5 July 2016, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved a New Drug Application from Insys Therapeutics for a drug they dubbed Syndros — an oral solution of the synthetic version of the most prominent psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. The pharmaceutical was approved for use by AIDS and chemotherapy p... |
28700 | President Trump has the right and the means to send unblockable text mesage to all American cellular phones. | What's true: A Federal Communications Commission system enables the sending of unblockable emergency alerts to cellular phones. What's false: No information suggests that President Trump has plans to frivolously mass-text the United States. | mixture | Uncategorized, donald trump, emergency alert system, fcc | On 30 November 2016, New York Magazine published the first of several articles reporting that as of 20 January 2017, President Donald Trump would acquire the ability to send “unblockable” text messages to all American citizens: You’ve probably, at some point, gotten a text alert on your phone about some nasty weather, ... |
10559 | Genetic tests help doctors tailor cancer treatments | This report about the application of genetic testing in cancer treatment provides useful explanation about a complicated but important development in medicine. It helps readers understand the tests’ promise and pitfalls. The story has two significant strengths: It draws on a range of sources, from supporters to skept... | true | The article states the cost of one test, $3,600, meeting the minimum standard for this criterion. But given the tests’ uncertain utility, as well as the obvious economic motivation of the test marketers, more information on costs would have been very useful. Information on insurance coverage should also have been inclu... | |
35927 | "Data displayed on the World Bank's World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS) website in September 2020 proved that dozens of nations imported or exported items labeled ""COVID-19 Test Kits"" in 2018 — more than a year before the pandemic occurred and before COVID-19 even had a name." | A side-by-side comparison of the widely circulated screenshot (left) and one of the report as it appeared at the time of writing (right), which is archived here for reference, showed where the word “medical” had replaced “COVID-19” in the updated version. | false | Politics Medical, COVID-19, Editor's Picks | An image shared on social media in September 2020 purported to reveal that international trade data showed dozens of nations bought COVID-19 testing and diagnostic materials more than two years before the coronavirus pandemic was declared and SARS-CoV-2, the responsible virus, was first identified. The above image was ... |
7027 | School district offer birth control in high schools. | A Massachusetts school district has voted to provide free birth control products and emergency contraception to students who ask to battle a high teen pregnancy rate and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. | true | Sexually transmitted diseases, Emergency contraception, Lynn, Health, General News, Teen pregnancy, Massachusetts, Birth control | The Lynn School Committee voted unanimously on the proposal on Thursday night at a packed meeting divided roughly equally been those who supported the plan, and those opposed to it. Julie Chan, a pediatric nurse practitioner with the Lynn Community Health Center, said last year there were 57 pregnant minors in the Lynn... |
9432 | Radiofrequency therapy relieved herniated disc pain in new study | Although the headline’s a bit more positive than perhaps it should be, and information about financial costs and potential harms is missing, this story aptly describes the main results, weaknesses, rationale and design of a small study of radio frequency therapy for lower back pain. As the medical literature shows, low... | mixture | back pain | Given the widely documented over-treatment issues already linked to lower back pain due to herniated discs, readers with an interest in any proposed therapy should be told what a therapy costs. Although details were sparse with respect to the patient study group (age, gender, baseline and post-treatment disability and ... |
37962 | "The National Catholic Prayer Breakfast planned to give Attorney General Bill Barr its ""Christifideles Laici Award"" in September 2020." | Sister Helen Prejean’s tweet describing the purpose of the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast’s “Christifideles Laici Award” as honoring “Christlike” behavior appeared to be a paraphrase, and as a nun, Prejean was an expert on Catholic Doctrine. It is true the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast chose Attorney General B... | true | Fact Checks, Viral Content | "On September 23 2020, “Christlike” appeared on Twitter’s list of trending topics due to a viral tweet objecting to a Catholic organization’s decision to honor Attorney General Bill Barr:The National Catholic Prayer Breakfast will present an award to Attorney General Barr for “Christlike behavior” tomorrow morning. A.G... |
3144 | EIRMC opens the first burn care center in Idaho. | Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center opened the first burn care center in Idaho at the beginning of the month. | true | Health, Trauma, Burns, Idaho Falls, Idaho | The burn program involved renovations to four hospital departments, including a total overhaul of the trauma ward, and more than 2,000 hours of training for all levels of the hospital staff. More than a dozen burn patients have been treated at EIRMC since the program quietly opened April 1. The $5 million facility is n... |
7945 | Washington state man becomes first U.S. coronavirus fatality. | A Washington state man in his 50s with underlying health issues became the United States’ first fatality from the coronavirus, officials said on Saturday, as the Trump administration stepped up efforts to combat the spread of the global outbreak. | true | Health News | The patient, who was chronically ill prior to contracting COVID-19, died at EvergreenHealth Hospital in Kirkland, near Seattle, and officials are unsure how he was exposed to the virus, said Jeffrey Duchin, head of the Washington health department’s communicable disease unit. The state has recorded two other “presumpti... |
10828 | Study: Lots of red meat increases mortality risk | This story covers a big study that reports a statistical association between a diet high in red meat and a higher death rate. The report does a number of things well: It indicates early on that the results support previous findings and current recommendation about red meat, while adding new data. It quotes a variety o... | true | Again, no treatment is involved. Speculation about the relative costs of high red meat vs. high white meat diets would not be productive. The reporter does a fair job describing the study and the findings. The article includes such details as size of the study population, the duration of the study and the method of dat... | |
22624 | More than one-quarter of America’s young adults are too fat to serve in the U.S. military | Michelle Obama says many too fat to fight in military | true | Georgia, Military, Michelle Obama, | "America, the first lady says, has a pudgy problem. A significant percentage of its youths are too fat to fit in military uniforms. First lady Michelle Obama talked about the issue during her visit Wednesday to the Atlanta area to promote healthy eating. In a speech at Alpharetta’s North Point Community Church to highl... |
10928 | Higher Statin Doses Linked to Fewer Heart Attacks, Stroke | This is a story on the results of two recently published studies that found that more intensive lowering of LDL cholesterol levels was associated with greater reductions in future risk of cardiac outcomes. While there was good information about the sorts of outcomes that were reduced in the group using the increased do... | mixture | HealthDay | There was no mention of the costs of these drugs or the cost ramifications of the increased dosages. This ought to have included the simple increase in costs due to the increased dosage of the medication and also at least a nod to the costs associated with the increase in adverse events. The story failed to provide inf... |
11147 | Drug may help hypochondriacs | "First, let's emphasize that this is a brief article in a ""Science Notebook"" section. It runs only 244 words. There are risks in trying to condense medical research stories into 244 words, and this story reflects those risks. This is a very incomplete story about a possible treatment option for hypochondriasis. The s... | false | "There was no mention of costs. The story contained an anecdote on the improvement one person observed after taking Paxil. However, there was no quantification of the average benefit, the range of benefit observed, or even an explanation of what benefit was observed. There was no mention of potential risks with the use... | |
4969 | US panel backs wider use of fish oil to prevent heart attack. | Government health experts on Thursday recommended broader use of a prescription-strength fish oil drug to help many more patients at risk for heart attack, stroke and related health problems. | true | Health, General News, Heart attack | Currently the drug, Vascepa, is approved for a relatively narrow group of patients with extremely high levels of triglycerides, a type of fat in the blood linked to heart disease. Irish drugmaker Amarin is seeking approval for a much larger group of patients who have lower fat levels but are still at risk of heart prob... |
6123 | Allegations of neglect, abuse at Georgia elder facilities. | An investigation into hundreds of senior assisted living and large personal care homes in Georgia turned up more than 600 allegations involving neglect and 90 of abuse by caregivers over the past four years. | true | Seniors, Georgia, Constitutions, Health, General News, Atlanta | In that time, at least 20 residents died and more than 100 suffered injuries after homes failed to provide care as required, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution found in examining reports issued by the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH), which licenses and inspects long-term care facilities and investigates comp... |
38100 | Dr. Dean Lorich, a surgeon who exposed the Clinton Foundation’s bungled 2010 disaster response in Haiti, was found dead in December 2017. | Dr. Dean Lorich, Who Exposed Clinton Foundation Haiti Response, Found Dead. | mixture | 9/11 Attack on America | Dr. Dean Lorich was found dead in his New York City apartment in December 2017. Theories that Lorich’s death was related to him “exposing” the Clinton Foundation’s response to the 2010 disaster in Haiti don’t check out, however. Dean Lorich, 53, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on December 10, 2017, from an ap... |
6474 | California races to deter disaster as towns face fire risk. | Impoverished towns in the shadow of Mount Shasta. Rustic Gold Rush cities in the Sierra Nevada foothills. High-dollar resort communities on the shores of Lake Tahoe. Ritzy Los Angeles County suburbs. | true | Wildfires, AP Top News, Sacramento, Destined to Burn, Suburbs, Fires, California, Science, Paradise, U.S. News | They all could be the next Paradise. A McClatchy analysis reveals more than 350,000 Californians live in towns and cities that exist almost entirely within “very high fire hazard severity zones” — Cal Fire’s designation for places highly vulnerable to devastating wildfires. These designations have proven eerily predict... |
23102 | Roy Barnes voted against a bill in the state Senate that would have made it easier to convict child abusers. | Deal said Barnes opposed bill against child abusers | false | Georgia, Children, Voting Record, Nathan Deal, | "This year's gubernatorial rivals are spending the campaign's precious last days accusing each other of abetting evildoers. Democrat Roy Barnes said in a TV commercial that in 1991, Republican candidate for governor Nathan Deal fought to weaken laws that protect rape victims. We ruled the accusation Half True. In respo... |
8143 | Brazil's Bolsonaro plays down coronavirus risk as cases top 1,500. | Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has denied the country’s healthcare system will collapse next month, contradicting his own health minister as the number of deaths in the country jumped 39% and confirmed cases topped 1,500. | true | Health News | The latest health ministry figures on Sunday show that the death toll from coronavirus in Brazil rose to at least 25 from 18 the day before, a rise of 39%, and the number of confirmed cases now stands at 1,546, up from 1,128. In an interview with CNN Brasil on Saturday night, Bolsonaro also expressed his frustration wi... |
10375 | Technique cutting cancer treatment time | This article describes brachytherapy, a radiation treatment that is gaining popularity for some breast cancers. It reports that it is more convenient due to its shorter treatment period and because it appears to expose surrounding tissues to less radiation damage. But a lack of reportorial rigor creates an overly rosy ... | false | The article does not report how much the procedure costs or how it compares to conventional radiation therapy. While price would not be a driver of this decision, price information is easy and valuable to report. The article includes no data on the benefits of the treatment. The most important potential harm of brachyt... | |
5426 | Congolese flee to Uganda after vote, raising Ebola fears. | Hundreds of refugees have crossed into Uganda from Congo in the days since that country’s troubled presidential election, a Red Cross official said Wednesday, heightening concerns about the possible cross-border spread of Ebola. Separately, the head of the World Health Organization said he has asked the supplier of an ... | true | World Health Organization, Kampala, Health, Elections, Africa, International News, Uganda, Presidential elections | The refugee influx started the day after Sunday’s vote and since then dozens of people have been arriving at a time, said Irene Nakasiita, a spokeswoman for the Red Cross in Uganda. Some Congolese trying to cross the border were forced back after resisting the efforts of Ugandan health officials screening people for Eb... |
15365 | Obama keeps talking about getting rid of all nuclear weapons. He’s already significantly reduced our capabilities there. | "Cheney said, ""Obama keeps talking about getting rid of all nuclear weapons. He’s already significantly reduced our capabilities there."" Since campaigning for office, Obama has frequently mentioned that, in an ideal world, there would be no nuclear weapons. However, Cheney ignores that Obama has consistently acknowle... | false | Nuclear, PunditFact, Dick Cheney, | "Fox News host Sean Hannity found a partner in outrage over the Iran nuclear deal in former Vice President Dick Cheney. On July 14, the pair blasted the White House’s agreement (full text) as a betrayal of Israel, saying the agreement had loose restrictions on Iran that will endanger the world. At one point, Hannity as... |
2950 | Carmat artificial heart patient in good condition: hospital. | French artificial heart maker Carmat’s first patient is in a “very satisfactory condition” 12 days after being fitted with the device, the hospital treating him said on Monday. | true | Health News | The 75-year-old Frenchman is eating normally and spent three hours sitting in a chair in the company of his family on Sunday, the team caring for him at the Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris said. “The artificial heart is functioning normally, automatically catering to the body’s needs without any manual adju... |
35286 | "Bill Gates — along with a coalition dubbed ""ID 2020"" — seeks to ""microchip"" the world population using a COVID-19 vaccine." | Keep in mind that this all coincides with the ID2020 agenda, which aims to create a global digital identification system for every person on Earth. As we’ve reported in the past, ID2020 and vaccines are being used together to harvest the biometric identities of all mankind, and all for the purpose of creating the globa... | false | Politics, COVID-19 | Microsoft founder Bill Gates is a rich man. He has put some of that wealth toward charitable organizations and initiatives through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. A primary focus of that foundation, and of Gates’ philanthropy in general, is the reduction of inequalities in health outcomes, with a focus on the de... |
14720 | One in every three women has an abortion during her lifetime. | A flawed Wendy Davis claim: 1 in 3 women has an abortion in her lifetime | mixture | Abortion, Texas, Wendy Davis, | "Former Fort Worth state Sen. Wendy Davis, the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial nominee, wants the Supreme Court to reverse the Texas law that critics say will make it harder for far-flung Texans to access abortions. Republicans who carried the changes into law said their goal was to improve women’s health by requiring ab... |
597 | Hazardous smoke blankets Sydney as winds fan Australia bushfires. | Sydney was wreathed in hazardous smoke on Thursday as strong winds fanned dozens of bushfires across Australia’s east coast, prompting health warnings for the city that is home to more than 5 million people and the state of New South Wales (NSW). | true | Environment | Firefighters were battling to control more than 40 wild fires that remained ablaze across NSW, the state’s Rural Fire Service (RFS) said. There were no reports of injuries caused by the fires by mid-afternoon local time, though 45 homes were destroyed. The strong winds have blown the dangerous smoke across large parts ... |
26553 | “This lady here applied sanitizer to her hands/forearms & went to the kitchen to cook. The moment she turned on the gas stove, her hands caught fire due to the alcohol contained in the sanitizer.” | This Facebook post has the ingredients of a hoax. We could not find the original photo through reverse image searching, and we found no news reports about it. Hand sanitizer is flammable because of its alcohol content. But the fire risks are low when the product is applied properly and given time to dry. | false | Public Health, Facebook Fact-checks, Coronavirus, Facebook posts, | "Public health officials say one of the best ways to avoid catching the coronavirus is to wash your hands with soap and water or, when that’s not an option, rub them with hand sanitizer. But some Facebook users are sharing posts saying hand sanitizer can be dangerous. ""This lady here applied sanitizer to her hands/for... |
28594 | An online graphic accurately details President Trump's notable accomplishments during his first four months in office. | As with many of the other items discussed above, whether or not one regards this as an “accomplishment” (as opposed, say, to a travesty) will depend almost entirely on one’s political views going in. | mixture | Politics Environment, donald trump, politics, trump administration | In May 2017, a Reddit user posted a graphic that purported to list all of President Trump’s accomplishments during his first four months in office. It was then widely shared on social media: TRUMP ACCOMPLISHMENTS .. Retweet the hell out of this to annoy @ABC @CBS @cnn @cnbc @MSNBC @nbc @nytimes @washingtonpost #dishone... |
13433 | "Senate Leadership Fund Says ""Catherine Cortez Masto failed Nevada rape victims. While attorney general, thousands of rape kits were never sent for DNA analysis." | "Senate Leadership Fund claims, ""Catherine Cortez Masto failed Nevada rape victims,"" and ""while attorney general, thousands of rape kits were never sent for DNA analysis."" The ad is misleading in the sense that it portrays Cortez Masto as insensitive to the plight of victims of rape, but the charge that nothing was... | mixture | Nevada, Crime, Senate Leadership Fund, | "A new Nevada ad campaign claims Democratic Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto ""failed Nevada rape victims"" during her tenure as the state’s attorney general. Senate Leadership Fund, a Republican super PAC with ties to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, has launched several ads attacking the former attorney... |
33388 | "A number of localities in the United States, France, and Britain are considered Muslim ""no-go zones"" (operating under Sharia Law) where local laws are not applicable." | Rumor: Several European and Americans cities have been designated Islamic 'no-go zones' where Sharia law prevails. | false | Politics Immigration, ASP Article, disinformation, muslims | On 7 January 2015, gunmen stormed the offices of French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 employees and wounding several others in an attack by terrorists who reportedly said they were avenging the prophet Muhammad. Concerns about Islamic extremists intensified in the tragedy’s aftermath and reinvigorated... |
28237 | Washing the lint filter in your clothes dryer can help enhance the performance and lifespan of that appliance and avoid fires. | Helpful tip claims that washing the lint filter in your clothes dryer will help enhance the performance and lifespan of that appliance. | true | Inboxer Rebellion, Household Hints | There are a number of devices and appliances that have been standard household items in American homes since before most of us were born. Electric irons, dishwashers, vacuum cleaners, gas (or electric) stoves and ovens, washing machines, and clothes dryers are but a few of the many labor-saving devices so familiar to m... |
9363 | NEW PROSTATE CANCER DNA SPIT TEST DEVELOPED BY SCIENTISTS | Getty Images This story reported on a saliva test to identify men who are at greatest risk of developing prostate cancer. The test was developed from a DNA study that identified previously unknown genetic variants common in men who had the disease. The story provided prostate cancer incidence and explained pitfalls of ... | mixture | prostate cancer | There’s no cost data. While this test isn’t on the market — and might never be — there are plenty of saliva-based genetic tests that are. Says the U.S. National Library of Medicine: “The cost of genetic testing can range from under $100 to more than $2,000, depending on the nature and complexity of the test.” This stor... |
9608 | How to Prevent a Heart Attack: Text Patients on Healthy Habits | This is a story about a now year-old study looking at whether a program of semi-personalized mobile phone text messages supporting healthy lifestyle choices led to significant differences in cholesterol levels, systolic blood pressure, and BMI in a group of patients with known coronary heart disease, compared to those ... | true | text messaging | Although the peer-reviewed study on which this story seems to have been based on makes the point that text messages could offer a low-cost strategy for reducing the chances of subsequent heart attacks, the story does not reflect on cost. A clear and readable chart in the story quantifies the apparent benefits of these ... |
28721 | Trump hotels are being renamed to eliminate use of the name 'Trump.' | "What's true: Trump Hotels announced in September 2016 that they are launching a new hotel brand called ""Scion."" What's false: Donald Trump is not removing his name from established Trump hotels." | mixture | Politics, donald trump, scion, trump | On 22 October 2016, the web site Occupy Democrats published an article reporting that Donald Trump had “just removed his name from his hotels” due to plummeting business connected with his controversial political campaign: Republicans gave Donald Trump their presidential nomination based on his brand’s marketing “succe... |
26680 | “During the 2009 swine flu outbreak, Biden made reckless comments unsupported by science & the experts. The Obama Admin had to clean up his mess & apologize for his ineptitude.” | During the 2009 swine flu outbreak, Biden said he would advise his family against traveling in confined places and said when one person sneezes “it goes all the way through an aircraft.” Scientists say that’s not how germs spread. Biden’s comments were met with backlash and his spokesperson issued a clarification. The ... | true | Public Health, Coronavirus, Donald Trump, | "President Donald Trump’s answer to criticism of the U.S. coronavirus response is partly that Joe Biden wouldn’t do any better. Trump points, sometimes wrongly, to Obama-era history, when Joe Biden was the new vice president and the country was dealing with swine flu. On Twitter, an account managed by Trump’s campaign ... |
4663 | GOP support grows for legal medical marijuana in Wisconsin. | The push to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin gained momentum Wednesday with the unveiling of a bill introduced for the first time by Republican lawmakers. | true | Legislature, Wisconsin, Medical marijuana, General News, Marijuana, Bills | The newfound Republican support comes for an idea that Democrats have tried in vain for years to get passed in the GOP-controlled Legislature. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers proposed legalizing medical marijuana earlier this year, but Republicans rejected it. Similar Democratic proposals, as well as efforts to legalize rec... |
6666 | Hawaii health officials confirm 2 rat lungworm disease cases. | Two new cases of rat lungworm disease contracted in Hawaii have been confirmed, the state Department of Health said. | true | Health, Rats, Hawaii | An adult vacationing on the northern side of the Big Island contracted the disease in December, marking the state’s ninth case of 2018, health officials said. The disease, also known as angiostrongyliasis, is caused by a parasitic roundworm and can affect a person’s brain and spinal cord. Larvae can be passed to humans... |
10162 | Dyslexia: Scanning the brain for clues | This story is the best of the three we reviewed about a study indicating that brain scans may help researchers understand brain structure and function in people who have dyslexia. It refrains from claiming that the work has near-term clinical implications for people who have trouble reading and writing. However, the bu... | true | CNN,Imaging studies | None of the stories we reviewed gave readers sufficient information on the cost of the research scans used in the study. This story includes a comment from a researcher saying that increased use of this type of brain scan would bring the “high cost” down, but it doesn’t provide an estimate of the current cost or any co... |
28250 | A video shared widely in August 2019 shows a dangerous type of worm inside of a bell pepper. | What's true: The video is authentic and does show a real worm moving about inside a green bell pepper. What's false: The experts we consulted agreed the worm was likely to be a mermithid nematode, and therefore harmless to humans. One expert explained that even if it were a different type of worm, it did not resemble a... | mixture | Critter Country | In August 2019, we received multiple inquiries from readers about the facts surrounding a viral video clip that showed what appeared to be a long, stringy worm of some kind moving about inside a green bell pepper. The video was re-posted by multiple Facebook users, many of whom warned viewers about the worm, which seve... |
9602 | Experimental drug shows promise for quick treatment of postpartum depression | This is story about a small, early test of a new type of drug to treat postpartum depression. The story is careful to note the preliminary nature of the findings and that the only source is company statements, since the study report has not been submitted for peer-review. However, it is hard to see the health news in a... | true | postpartum depression | The drug is still in early experiments, but it would have been nice to give readers some indication of how the eventual price of this drug might compare to available antidepressants. We will give the story a satisfactory rating because it specifies that 7 of 10 patients given SAGE-547 reported significant improvement i... |
10805 | FDA rejects Avastin as breast cancer therapy | Strong points: adequate evaluation of the quality of the evidence relatively dispassionate review of the data discussion of costs Weaker points: no quantification of harms conflcting messages on benefits were probably confusing to readers failed to disclose a clear conflict of interest in a source. Withdrawing a dru... | true | CNN | The several facets of costs are addressed, including the rationing charge. The story gets a shout out for talking about both sides of this third-rail issue with Avastin. It would have been nice to explain Dr. Sparano’s important comment that doctors will still be able to use Avastin for breast cancer for patients who c... |
35829 | "U.S. President Trump acknowledged that COVID-19 is deadlier than the flu in early February 2020, but continued to downplay the pandemic as ""like the flu"" in public. " | This, of course, was not the only time Trump made this faulty comparison. In March, during an interview with Fox News, Trump lamented that he had to shut down businesses, saying, “We’ve never closed down the country for the flu.” | true | Politics, COVID-19 | "U.S. President Donald Trump’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic was under heavy scrutiny on Sept. 9, 2020, as excerpts from reporter Bob Woodward’s book “Rage” started to circulate on social media. One of the most arresting passages in that book was highlighted by CNN reporter Daniel Dale, who wrote that Trump continu... |
18088 | The fact is that red light cameras change driver behavior and cut down on the most dangerous types of accidents. | "Kriseman’s point is not new: Many supporters of red light cameras tout, as he did, that benefits include changed motorist behavior and reducing the most dangerous kind of crashes. We found some studies that say cameras changed motorist behavior -- by either putting them on high alert or teaching them a lesson. But whe... | mixture | Public Safety, Florida, Rick Kriseman, | "Hopefuls for St. Petersburg mayor are divided on the city’s red light camera program. Mayoral candidate Kathleen Ford argued in her response to a Tampa Bay Times questionnaire that the city’s technology is flawed, the cost to appeal is ""prohibitively high"" and unfair, and the program should be stopped. Mayor Bill Fo... |
7845 | Famine squeezes life out of southern Somalia. | The semi-arid lands surrounding the frontier town of Dhobley in southern Somalia have become a dust-bowl, the thorny scrub stripped of all vegetation as famine grips the region and an exodus of the starving empties its villages. | true | Environment | Rukiya Mohamed, a severely malnourished one-year-old girl refugee from Madaitu Village in Somalia, is wrapped in foil at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) (Doctors Without Borders) clinic at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) transit centre in Dolo Ado near the Ethiopia-Somalia border August 11,... |
3138 | Grambling: early admission agreement with new medical school. | Grambling State University has reached an early admissions agreement with an osteopathic medical school that is to start up classes in July at a private campus on the grounds of another public university in Louisiana. | true | Louisiana, Monroe, Medical schools | Dr. Ray Morrison, dean of the newEdward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine campus,said Tuesday that he’s working on early admissions agreements with some other schools. Grambling’s agreement would provide early admission for five Grambling sophomores a year to the Edward Via campus at the University of Louisiana at Mo... |
10953 | Tell-Tale Biomarker Detects Early Breast Cancer in NIH-Funded Study | This news release sets out to describe a novel technical enhancement to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology using a fibronectin-targeting contrast agent that has the potential to detect micrometastases (breakaway tumor cells that can spread) and to help predict how aggressive the spreading cancer is likely to ... | false | Animal research,Breast cancer,Cancer,Government agency news release,Imaging | The release would have benefited from information about the potential costs of enhanced MRI, and about the overall current costs of current methods of breast cancer screening, diagnosis and therapy. The release certainly gives the impression that this technology could soon be deployed in humans, so some discussion of c... |
8525 | Congo records second Ebola death in days: WHO. | Democratic Republic of Congo recorded a second Ebola death in days following more than seven weeks without a new case, the World Health Organization said on Sunday. | true | Health News | Congo had been due on Sunday to mark an end to the second-deadliest outbreak of the virus on record, until a case was confirmed on Friday in the eastern city of Beni. The outbreak has killed more than 2,200 people since August 2018 in an area of the country where militia violence hobbled efforts to contain it. The late... |
38220 | Actor, musician and outspoken Christian Kirk Cameron has a rare form of leprosy that turns people into walking piles of rotting flesh. | Kirk Cameron Diagnosed with Rare Form of Leprosy | false | Celebrities | False reports that Kirk Cameron has a rare form of leprosy came from a self-described fake news website. The report, which was published by Last Line of Defense on July 26, 2017, under the headline “Kirk Cameron Diagnosed With Rare Form Of Leprosy,” claims that Kirk Cameron had contracted a rare strain of leprosy known... |
41288 | Pancreatitis, Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2), anaphylaxis, arthritis, encephalitis, aseptic meningitis, pneumonia, deafness, retinitis and epididymitis are also listed as side effects. | Incorrect. All of these (except aseptic meningitis) are listed under “adverse reactions” of the MMR II vaccine used in the US. That’s not the same as a side effect. Adverse reactions can refer to anything developed by chance after someone is vaccinated, but these aren’t necessarily caused by the vaccine. The two UK MMR... | false | online | Pancreatitis, Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2), anaphylaxis, arthritis, encephalitis, aseptic meningitis, pneumonia, deafness, retinitis and epididymitis are also listed as side effects. Death is listed as a side effect of the MMR vaccine. Measles is at the top of the list of the MMR vaccine’s adverse reactions. Atypical mea... |
37488 | Image depicts a person's destroyed kitchen after they tried to microwave a coronavirus mask during the COVID-19 pandemic. | Is This a Photograph of Someone’s Kitchen After Microwaving Coronavirus Masks? | false | Disinformation, Fact Checks | On April 7 2020 — in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic — a post began spreading on Facebook, warning people against microwaving face masks to sterilize them (alongside a photograph of the aftermath of a kitchen fire):Please don’t pass along the suggestion that people microwave their masks to kill germs. Why? Because ... |
28903 | Produce in California (namely tangerines) is being grown in toxic wastewater from oil company fracking activities. | "What's true: In 2014, 11 wells in Kern County were closed in an ""abundance of caution"" due to poor administration in aquifer management; some crops in Kern County are irrigated with wastewater (and have been for many years). What's false: Crops in Kern County are irrigated with ""toxic wastewater"" that has been pro... | mixture | Food, fracking | In early February 2016, social media users began sharing posts warning that specific brands of produce were grown in wastewater that was a byproduct of fracking activity (i.e., the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release fossil fuels) and th... |
10427 | Noninvasive Imaging Test Shown Accurate in Ruling Out Kidney Cancers | This release from Johns Hopkins reports on a small, preliminary trial that shows adding a diagnostic imaging technique called sestamibi SPECT/CT to CT or MRI imaging tests led to more accurate diagnosis of kidney tumors, and subsequently, fewer unnecessary surgeries for benign tumors. Sestamibi SPECT/CT is short for 99... | true | Academic medical center news release | This release notes several times that sestamibi SPECT/CT is inexpensive and widely available. It would have been good to include some cost estimates, particularly since reducing unneeded surgeries by the “thousands” presumably would be a huge cost savings. The release states that “The addition of sestamibi SPECT/CT inc... |
8873 | U.S. drug sales grew at slowest rate since 1961: IMS. | Sales of prescription drugs in the United States grew by just 3.8 percent in 2007, marking the lowest growth rate since 1961, according to data compiled by IMS Health. | true | Health News | A pharmacist counts pills in a pharmacy in Toronto in this January 31, 2008 file photo. Sales of prescription drugs in the United States grew by just 3.8 percent in 2007, marking the lowest growth rate since 1961, according to data compiled by IMS Health. REUTERS/Mark Blinch Total U.S. prescription drug sales reached $... |
7570 | NASA begs spectators for astronaut launch: Please stay home!. | NASA and SpaceX on Friday urged spectators to stay home for the first home launch of astronauts in nearly a decade because of the coronavirus pandemic. | true | Jim Bridenstine, AP Top News, General News, Florida, Science, Virus Outbreak, U.S. News | Top officials warned the public against traveling to Florida for the May 27 launch of two NASA astronauts aboard a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station. It will be the first launch of astronauts from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in nine years — ever since the last space shuttle flight in 2011. It also will b... |
10184 | Glaxo Reports Success With Bird Flu Vaccine | This story reports on an announcement that a drug company has had some success with a vaccine that protects against the virus H5N1, better known as the avian or bird flu. News reports about an impending bird flu pandemic have been disturbing and reports about the development of a vaccine is big news. However, this stor... | mixture | The story does mention that the shot would cost between 4 and 7 euros. The story should have commented on the greater societal costs of implementing such a vaccination program. Although the story says that the vaccine achieved an 80% protection rate, this is not sufficient information on the benefits of the vaccine. Th... | |
7511 | UN health agency tackles misinformation over virus outbreak. | The World Health Organization chief has traveled a dozen times to monitor the Ebola response in Congo . But when he planned to visit China’s capital last week over a new viral outbreak emerging from central Hubei province, his daughter got worried. | true | Beijing, Understanding the Outbreak, Geneva, Health, General News, Technology, Business, China, United Nations, Asia Pacific, Virus Outbreak, Europe, Ebola virus, International News | “Before I left for Beijing, my daughter was saying, ‘Oh, you should not go,’” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confided to the U.N. health agency’s executive board in a public session on Monday. The account exemplifies the fine line WHO officials are navigating between fear about the new coronavirus and ... |
8836 | Glaxo wins FDA clearance for rotavirus vaccine. | A second oral vaccine to prevent a leading cause of severe diarrhea in infants won approval from U.S. health officials on Thursday. | true | Health News | A GlaxoSmithKline logo is seen outside one of its buildings in west London, February 6, 2008. REUTERS/Toby Melville The GlaxoSmithKline Plc vaccine Rotarix fights infection with the rotavirus, which causes about 55,000 hospitalizations in U.S. children each year and kills more than 600,000 children worldwide, mostly in... |
23069 | Mr. Hurt would re-open that darn (Medicare) doughnut hole. | "Tom Perriello says Robert Hurt wants to reopen Medicare ""doughnut hole"" in prescription drug plan" | mixture | Medicare, Message Machine 2010, Virginia, Tom Perriello, | "It is legislation that shall remain nameless. But that didn't stop freshmen Democratic Rep. Tom Perriello of Virginia from attacking his opponent for opposing a provision in it, whatever it is. Perriello's ad, called ""Seniors Can't Afford a World of Hurt,"" accuses his opponent, Republican state Sen. Robert Hurt, of ... |
14258 | "Under the federal Controlled Substance Act, marijuana is listed in the same Schedule I as heroin,"" even though ""marijuana is not a killer drug like heroin." | "Criticizing the nation’s war on drugs, Sanders says that under the federal Controlled Substance Act, ""marijuana is listed in the same Schedule I as heroin,"" even though ""marijuana is not a killer drug like heroin."" Like heroin, marijuana is indeed listed as a Schedule I drug, the federal designation given to drugs... | true | Criminal Justice, Drugs, Crime, Government Regulation, Public Health, Wisconsin, Bernie Sanders, | "Campaigning for president in the liberal oasis of Madison, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont rose to the defense of marijuana. Critical of the nation’s war on drugs, Sanders said the lives of millions of Americans have been ""ruined"" because they got a police record for possessing marijuana. ""Today, under the fede... |
359 | EU approves AstraZeneca's drug for adjunct use in Type-1 diabetes. | British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc said on Monday the European Commission approved its diabetes drug Forxiga for use as an oral supplement to insulin in adults with a rare type of the disease. | true | Health News | Forxiga can now be used along with insulin in patients with Type-1 diabetes and a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 27 or more when insulin alone has not been able to control blood sugar levels, the company said. Type-1 diabetes is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin hormone. Farxiga or Forxi... |
5047 | Claims: Migrant children molested in US-funded foster care. | This story is part of an ongoing joint investigation between The Associated Press and the PBS series FRONTLINE on the treatment of migrant children, which includes an upcoming film. | true | Foster care, AP Top News, General News, Immigration, Latin America, Politics, Business, Guatemala, California, New York, Santa Ana, U.S. News, Health, United States | ___ After local Guatemalan officials burned down an environmental activist’s home, he decided to leave his village behind and flee to the United States, hoping he’d be granted asylum and his little boy, whose heart was failing, would receive lifesaving medical care. But after crossing the border into Arizona in May of ... |
32751 | An Italian doctor uncovered a surprisingly simple cure for multiple sclerosis in April 2016. | A paper presented at the 2016 American Academy of Neurology meeting recommended more research into whether stem cell should be recommended as regenerative therapy. However, chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency was not mentioned. | false | Medical, Disease, italian doctor, medical clickbaiting | On 15 April 2016, a nondescript web site called USA Daily Records claimed that an Italian doctor discovered a “surprisingly simple cure” for multiple sclerosis, a progressive neurodegenerative disease: An Italian doctor has been getting dramatic results with a new type of treatment for Multiple Sclerosis, or MS, which ... |
38132 | Warnings about a nationwide listeria outbreak that prompted voluntary product recalls from Trader Joe’s, Aldi, Albertson’s, Safeway, Pack’N Save, Von’s, Target and H-E-B stoked panic among consumers. | Nationwide Listeria Outbreak Leads to Vegetable Recalls, Consumer Panic | mixture | Food / Drink | Mann Packing issued a voluntary recall on October 19, 2017 — but the recall was prompted by a single random test for contamination and not a “nationwide listeria outbreak.” Both Mann Packing and the FDA said in statements that the recall had been issued “out of an abundance of caution” after a single random test conduc... |
9394 | Three-in-One Pill Shows Promise in Beating High Blood Pressure | This story rehashes a news release about a study that found a “triple pill” containing low doses of three blood pressure medications was more effective that the “usual care” offered to patients diagnosed with high blood pressure. The story addresses a key caveat — that the study has not been published in a journal and ... | false | high blood pressure | The story doesn’t say how much the triple pill costs, or how that cost compares with “usual care.” On GoodRx, 30 tablets of a telmisartan/amlodipine combination runs around $60, while 30 tabets of cholorthalidone is about $17. However, all of the dosages available online were twice what was used in the study. According... |
40887 | There were 700 deaths from cancer in Ireland in August. | We don’t know these figures yet as it is too soon after the fact. The figure for cancer seems realistic from past trends, as there were around 830 deaths caused by cancer in Ireland per month in Q1 of 2020. | false | online | There were 700 deaths from cancer in Ireland in August. We don’t know these figures yet as it is too soon after the fact. The figure for cancer seems realistic from past trends, as there were around 830 deaths caused by cancer in Ireland per month in Q1 of 2020. There were 70 deaths from alcohol in Ireland in August. W... |
9679 | When medication doesn't work: Innovative program eases ADHD symptoms naturally | No data or research results are presented as evidence to back up the family’s story of help for their daughter. This story mistakenly substitutes an anecdote for scientific proof and appears almost to promote the nationally franchised Brain Balance centers. Most news organizations would include more than one source for... | false | ADHD | The story does not include any mention of costs. Typically taking a child out of the home to attend any kind of face-to-face training for learning differences can be expensive. The story does not give us any idea what visits to Brain Balance Achievement Centers cost, or how many visits a typical family would make. Acco... |
1699 | Industry makes $7,000 for each tobacco death: health campaigners. | The tobacco industry makes $7,000 for each of the more than 6 million people who die each year from smoking-related illness, the health campaign group World Lung Foundation (WLF) said on Thursday. | true | Health News | Last year, more than 5.8 trillion cigarettes were smoked, similar to 2013, as rising tobacco use in China counters declines in other countries, according to a report on Thursday led by WLF. In their global Tobacco Atlas, the WLF and the American Cancer Society said that in 2013, the last year for which detailed figures... |
35996 | The federal deficit when U.S. President Barack Obama left office was $585 billion, climbing to $984 billion in January 2019. | Smoke from Australia’s fierce bushfires settled over Sydney in still conditions on Tuesday, setting off fire alarms, and halting ferry services as famous landmarks disappeared behind some of the worst haze seen in the harbor city. | mixture | Fact Checks, Politics | A 60 km (37.2 miles) firefront is devastating tinder-dry areas northwest of Sydney, Australia’s largest city, and sending hazardous smoke across the east and over the Pacific, even causing haze more than 2,000 km (1243 miles) away in New Zealand, satellite images show. “This smoky period we’ve been experiencing for the... |
9495 | CANCER BREAKTHROUGH: PERSONALIZED MELANOMA VACCINES ‘SAFE AND EFFECTIVE’ IN FIRST HUMAN CLINICAL TRIALS | Ungrounded speculation or reasonable caution? Both are present in this Newsweek story on two very early trials of immunotherapy drugs being developed to protect against melanoma. While the headline calls the research “a cancer breakthrough,” quotes from researchers bring some much-need focus on the studies’ limitations... | true | immunotherapy,melanoma,vaccine | This story doesn’t discuss how much the vaccines cost. Therefore, readers can’t compare the affordability of these vaccines to existing treatment options. The story says that four of the six patients had no cancer recurrence after 25 months in the first study, and in the second study, eight of the 13 patients remained ... |
8404 | South Asia coronavirus cases hit 22,000 as Maldives locks down capital. | The number of people infected with the coronavirus crossed 22,000 in densely populated South Asia on Friday driven by a rise in cases in India as the tiny Indian Ocean island nation of Maldives locked down its capital. | true | Health News | Health officials have warned that the region, home to a fifth of the world’s population, could be the new frontline against the disease because of millions living in packed slums and fragile public health systems. India’s caseload rose to 13,387, a jump of nearly 700 over the previous day, despite a harsh lockdown now ... |
29145 | "The factual claims made in a Facebook video entitled ""Is your food fake or real? Find out with these 16 easy tests at home!"" are valid." | In summary, this particular section of the video is actually accurate, but it shouldn’t be a cause of too much concern for consumers. | false | Food | In June 2019, tens of millions of Facebook users watched and shared a viral video that purported to demonstrate “16 easy tests” to determine whether certain foods and drinks were “fake” or “real.” The video was posted on 1 June by Blossom, a digital publishing brand that creates viral content, often in the form of “lis... |
27056 | Doctors removed 526 tooth-like structures from a child's mouth in India. | This rare phenomenon is known as compound ondontome. According to the Saveetha Dental College, this is the first “ever case to be documented world wide, where so many minute teeth were found in a single individual.” | true | Medical | In August 2019, many social media users encountered a news story about a young child in India who had 526 teeth removed from his mouth. While these reports came from reputable news outlets, such as NBC News, Time, and The Guardian, many readers were so shocked by the news that they had a hard time believing it was real... |
10137 | Processed, Fatty Foods May Dumb Down Your Kids: Study | The story used language which suggests that the diet was responsible for the differences in IQ observed by the researchers — something this study wasn’t designed to prove. And it doesn’t explain, in terms of actual food, how much worse (or better) a diet had to be to be linked to cognitive deficits (or improvements). I... | false | Diet studies,HealthDay | There is some research suggesting that diets with a lot of junk food cost less than diets that are rich in fresh fruits and vegetables. This might be a factor that explains why low-income families tend to eat more junk food than families that are well off. Frozen vegetables (and fruits) are also healthy choices and may... |
33620 | Fast food restaurants, prisons, and school cafeterias use 'Grade D but edible' meat. | Fast food restaurants and school cafeterias do not use 'Grade D but edible' meat, because no such classification exists. | false | Food, Food Preparation | It’s hard to say how long a legend about ‘Grade D but edible’ meat has been with us, but some of our readers have reported hearing it as far back as 1980: [Collected on the Internet, 1996] Here at Indiana University there is a story that has been going around for a long time, that certainly qualifies as a FOAF story. ... |
15028 | Republican leadership took the lead confirming Loretta Lynch as attorney general. | "Cruz said the Senate’s ""Republican leadership took the lead confirming Loretta Lynch as attorney general."" As the leadership of the majority party in the Senate, McConnell and his lieutenants had the obligation of having the chamber hold a vote on Lynch’s nomination, and McConnell, along with several other Republica... | false | National, Legal Issues, Ted Cruz, | "Since his election to the U.S. Senate in 2012, Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has been a thorn in the side of fellow Republicans in the chamber for his no-compromise positions on key votes. On the Oct. 18, 2015, edition of NBC’s Meet the Press, Cruz, who's running for president, defended his approach to host Chuck Todd. ""What th... |
8163 | Italy's coronavirus deaths surge by 627 in a day, elderly at high risk. | The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has leapt by 627 to 4,032, officials said on Friday, an increase of 18.4% - by far the largest daily rise in absolute terms since the contagion emerged a month ago. | true | Health News | On Thursday, Italy overtook China as the country to register most deaths from the highly contagious respiratory disease. The total number of cases in Italy rose to 47,021 from a previous 41,035, a rise of 14.6%, the Civil Protection Agency said. In its most complete analysis of the outbreak yet published, the national ... |
30228 | "A magazine advertisement from the 1950s promoted a handgun for women's use with the slogan ""for that strange, depraved creep who won't leave you alone." | A vintage women's magazine advertisement for a Colt Cobra revolver for use against 'that strange, depraved creep who won't leave you alone' is a recent fabrication. | false | Fauxtography, Advertisements, Colt Firearms Corporation, fake advertising | “Smart gals know what it takes to be confident around a masher,” reads a vintage-looking magazine as making the social media rounds since mid-2017. What does it take to be confident, according to this print advertisement? A .38 caliber Colt Cobra snub-nose revolver — “for that strange, depraved creep who won’t leave yo... |
8634 | Portugal's coronavirus cases grow, half a million workers at risk of lay off. | Confirmed coronavirus cases in Portugal pushed past the 10,000 mark on Saturday, while government data showed more than half a million Portuguese workers were at risk of being temporarily laid off due to the outbreak. | true | Health News | “This fight is not a 100-meter (109.3-yard) race; it is a long marathon,” Health Minister Marta Temido told a news conference, urging citizens to step up their fight against the outbreak as there was still “no light at the end of the tunnel.” “This is the time to balance fear and courage, courage to stay home, to cont... |
8619 | Experts urge smokers and tobacco firms to quit for COVID-19. | Health experts on Monday urged smokers to quit and cigarette companies to stop producing and selling tobacco products to help reduce the risks from COVID-19. | true | Health News | “The best thing the tobacco industry can do to fight COVID-19 is to immediately stop producing, marketing and selling tobacco,” Gan Quan, a public health specialist and a director at the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, said in a statement. The group, which links international respiratory and ... |
6293 | Native American tribe seeks to set water quality standards. | A Michigan-based Native American tribe wants to implement water quality standards under the Clean Water Act for its reservation. | true | Water quality, Houghton, Michigan, Environment, Native Americans | The Daily Mining Gazette of Houghton reports the Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public comment on the proposal by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community’s application. If approved, the tribe would be allowed to develop and maintain its own water-quality standards for surface waters on its reservation. Concerns a... |
12932 | From the release of a child rapist from the Dominican Republican to that of an Italian drug smuggler, Philadelphians have already been put in direct danger by Mayor Kenney’s policy of blocking local law enforcement from participating with federal immigration authorities. | "Philly GOP Chair Joe DeFelice said in a statement, ""From the release of a child rapist from the Dominican Republican (sic) to that of an Italian drug smuggler, Philadelphians have already been put in direct danger by Mayor Kenney’s policy of blocking local law enforcement from participating with federal immigration a... | false | Immigration, City Government, Homeland Security, Crime, Pennsylvania, Joe DeFelice, | "Has Philly released dangerous undocumented criminals in recent years? Conservatives continue to point to examples. ""From the release of a child rapist from the Dominican Republican (sic) to that of an Italian drug smuggler,"" Philly GOP chair Joe DeFelice said in an emailed statement last Wednesday, ""Philadelphians ... |
3636 | More research labs are retiring monkeys when studies finish. | Izzle, Timon, Batman, River and Mars spent years confined inside a lab, their lives devoted to being tested for the benefit of human health. | true | AP Top News, Wisconsin, Health, General News, Science, Primates, Monkeys, U.S. News | But these rhesus macaques have paid their dues and are now living in retirement — in larger enclosures that let them venture outside, eat lettuce and carrots, dip their fingers in colorful plastic pools, paint, and hang from pipes and tires — in relative quiet. More research labs are retiring primates to sanctuaries li... |
28477 | David Hogg stated that he believes that the enforced use of clear backpacks in school constitutes a violation of students' First Amendment rights, but he favors the abolition of the Second Amendment. | "What's true: David Hogg opined that a school requirement for students to carry clear backpacks was ""essentially"" a First Amendment violation and that he supports ""common sense gun reform."" What's false: David Hogg did not say that he wants to abolish the Second Amendment." | mixture | Politics, clear backpacks, David Hogg, gun control | After seventeen people were killed during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on 14 February 2018, several of its survivors have created a massive gun-control movement. In the weeks following the murders, the youth determined not to let the Parkland shooting become “just another... |
13 | 'Bull's-eye' landing caps Boeing's faulty astronaut capsule test mission. | Boeing Co’s (BA.N) Starliner astronaut spacecraft made a “bull’s-eye” landing in the New Mexico desert on Sunday, a successful ending to a crewless test mission that two days earlier failed to reach the orbit needed to dock with the International Space Station. | true | Science News | The 7:58 a.m. ET (1258 GMT) landing at the White Sands desert capped a turbulent 48 hours for Boeing’s botched milestone test of an astronaut capsule that is designed to help NASA regain its human spaceflight capabilities. A software problem on Friday caused the capsule to fail to attain the orbit needed to rendezvous ... |
10866 | New Stratagems in the Quest for Hair | We appreciated that the story took the opportunity opened by new interest in an experimental hair-loss product, Latisse, to take a broader look at hair loss medicine. We especially liked the section on costs. Hair loss is one of the elusive golden eggs for drug companies. There are two main products on the market now, ... | true | New York Times | The story provided a more thorough discussion of costs than we have seen in many stories about cosmetic products. It says, “It is, however, expensive: a month’s supply of Latisse can cost up to $150, and that is in amounts appropriate for use merely on the eyelashes. Rogaine, which is also available over the counter no... |
33660 | A thriving colony of large alligators lives deep within the bowels of the New York City sewer system. | It's amazing what a little digging will uncover. | false | Critter Country, animals, Deadly Animals, Lethal Lurkers | It’s long been rumored there are thriving colonies of alligators lurking in New York City’s sewer system. Supposedly, baby alligators brought back as pets from Florida end up being dumped into the sewer system when they outgrow their young and innocent stage. From such an inglorious beginning, these discarded gators gr... |
14592 | When Jeb (Bush) was governor, his first four years as governor, his Medicaid program grew twice as fast as mine. | Kasich said that Florida’s Medicaid spending in the first four years of the Bush administration went up twice as quickly as they did during Kasich’s first four years in Ohio. The spending numbers bear that out. However, comparisons across very different states at very different times should be used with caution. Large ... | true | National, Health Care, State Budget, John Kasich, | "Every Republican presidential candidate opposes Obamacare, but Ohio Gov. John Kasich stands out for being the only one who took advantage of the program’s Medicaid expansion option. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush wasn’t going to let that choice go unnoticed. Bush touted his opposition to expansion in Florida during a de... |
36600 | Four AI robots killed 29 human scientists in a Japanese laboratory. | Did Four Artificially Intelligent Robots Kill 29 Humans in a Japan Lab? | false | Fact Checks, Viral Content | On December 15, 2018, a Facebook user shared what appeared to be a screenshot of an article reporting the shocking news that dozens of Japanese scientists had been killed by rebellious artificial intelligence:An Instagram handle was visible in the screenshot, and that account featured the following post:4 artificial in... |
12711 | We offer a tremendous amount of low calorie, no calorie options, like waters, unsweetened products, low calorie diet items. All of which unfortunately are taxed by this tax. | "The Ax The Bev Tax Twitter account played a clip of Pepsi employee Amy Chen saying ""We offer a tremendous amount of low calorie, no calorie options, like waters, unsweetened products, low calorie diet items. All of which unfortunately are taxed by this tax."" Water, as long as it has no sweeteners added, and unsweete... | false | Food, Taxes, Pennsylvania, Ax The Bev Tax, | "At times, it hasn’t been 100 percent clear to vendors and shoppers what’s covered under Philadelphia’s sugary drinks tax. Look no further than that time ShopRite taxed hot sauce in January. But a high-ranking PepsiCo employee should probably understand, right? Well that’s not what it sounded like in a tweet earlier th... |
26236 | "Nancy Pelosi said ""Congress shall not vote remotely because it is not secure!"" while also saying that “Americans should all vote for president by mail!”" | Pelosi initially expressed concerns about technological, legal and other issues on the idea of allowing members of the House to cast votes remotely. But Pelosi has said she is open to the idea, if issues can be resolved, and backed a measure that requires the House study remote voting for its members. Pelosi is a promi... | false | Congress, Elections, Technology, Coronavirus, Facebook posts, | "A Facebook post paints House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as hypocritical on voting. An image with the post shows two photos of Pelosi. One caption reads: ""Congress shall not vote remotely because it is not secure!"" The other reads: ""Americans should all vote for president by mail!"" The post itself says: ""Yes ... |
26580 | Facebook post Says imposters in hazmat suits are going door to door in Stockton, Calif., saying they are checking residents for fever or COVID-19, but they “will enter your home and physically attempt robbery.” | Posts around the nation warn people not to open their doors to imposters who say they are doing coronavirus testing but actually want to rob the residents. Like other such claims, this one about an alleged scam in Stockton, Calif., is false, according to police. | false | Crime, Facebook Fact-checks, Coronavirus, Facebook posts, | "We’ve knocked down Facebook posts claiming that criminals are going door to door posing as coronavirus testers as a ruse for robbing people inside their homes. Now comes an image shared on a Facebook post that adds a new wrinkle. It appears to be a photograph of a flyer for residents of an apartment complex. The head... |
11299 | Study Reveals Ways to Improve Outcomes, Reduce Costs for Common Heart Procedure | This release summarizes a study that showed using the wrist as opposed to the groin during coronary angioplasty, and allowing patients to go home on the day of the procedure rather than keeping them overnight, could result in substantial cost savings and reduced complications. The study was based on data from 280,000 M... | mixture | Academic medical center news release,cardiovascular disease | Cost comparison across angioplasty strategies is the raison d’etre of this study and its accompanying news release. The release reflects on costs for both the individual procedure and for the country in great detail. The main benefit discussed here was the cost savings since that was the focus of the study. But what ar... |
11328 | Questions about Singulair and suicide | "This broadcast segment follows the FDA’s decision to investigate a possible link between the asthma/allergy drug Singulair and suicide. It demonstrates both virtues and vices of medical reporting. Among its virtues: Interviewing a clinician who prescribes the drug, helping viewers understand what this news means to t... | true | The price of the drug is not reported. The segment specifies that four suicides, and a higher number of other mental health effects, have been reported to the FDA. It also specifies that 11,000 patients participated in the pre-approval clinical trials and with no reports of similar incidents. But it fails to make clear... |
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