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17378 | Six people in Florida die as a result of (not expanding Medicaid) every day. | "Crist said that Florida’s decision not to expand Medicaid means that ""six people in Florida die as a result of that every day."" The statistic is based on a recent study, but experts note a few caveats. First, Crist used the study’s high-end figure; using the low-end figure cuts the number of deaths to three a day. S... | mixture | Health Care, Medicaid, Poverty, Florida, Charlie Crist, | "Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, now running for his old position as a Democrat, has attacked Republican Gov. Rick Scott for his tepid support for Medicaid expansion last year. Scott had said he would support it, but he didn’t lobby for it, and ultimately the state Legislature rejected the expansion. In a Feb. 7 int... |
27823 | "A veterinary pathologist testified that being immersed in a can of Mountain Dew would turn a mouse into a ""jelly-like"" substance." | d. Because of the condition of the mouse, its internal organs, and cartilaginous and bony structures, namely that none of them had been disintegrated or been decalcified, this mouse was not in the Mountain Dew fluid for more than 7 days and could not have been and was not introduced into the can of Mountain Dew when th... | true | Food, Food Contamination, food warnings, mountain dew | As folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand wrote back in 1988, rumors of mice found in soda bottles and cans have a long history in urban folklore. And as explained in one of our own articles, the supposed remarkable dissolving power of modern sodas is another familiar aspect of urban folklore. Both of those elements came into ... |
11035 | Doubts on mammogram software | This story provides readers with a balanced discussion of the potential downside of incorporating newer technologies into routine practice too soon. Specifically, the story reports evidence recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine that computer-aided detection (CAD), a newer method of reading mammograp... | true | The story notes the an additional $20 per mammogram with CAD when billed to Medicare. With the newer technology, costs to public health would increase via additional screening and unnecessary biopsies, and treatment would increase for cancers that may never become problematic (i.e. some forms of DCIS or ductal carcinom... | |
18578 | On changing the rules governing judicial conflicts of interest | "At PolitiFact, we award a Full Flop when an official makes a ""major reversal of position"" that is a complete flip-flop. We don’t think that fits here. Fallone sharply criticized the rule both in both the primary election and in the general election, and he went after Roggensack on it the first chance he had in a fac... | mixture | Campaign Finance, Legal Issues, Wisconsin, Ed Fallone, | "In a campaign with few flash points, the March 22, 2013 exchange between Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Patience Roggensack and challenger Ed Fallone qualified as a standout moment. At a debate organized by the State Bar of Wisconsin and We the People/Wisconsin, Fallone repeated his criticism of Roggensack for helpin... |
35194 | In 2011 Mike Bloomberg said health care providers should not treat elderly prostate cancer patients in order to alleviate health care costs and overcrowding. | Bloomberg: It’s going to get worse with the health care bill [the Affordable Care Act] and with the governor’s cutbacks, because the governor’s cutbacks — which, he may not have any choice in all fairness to the governor — but there’d be less money, some of these small hospitals will close, some of these other programs... | true | Politics | In February 2020, we received multiple inquiries from readers about the accuracy of reports which claimed that 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg had once said health care providers should not treat elderly patients with cancer due to the improbability of their recovery and as a means of prioritizing... |
5007 | Shaheen announces broad legislation to address addiction. | U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen introduced sweeping legislation Friday to spend $63 billion over 10 years to combat addiction beyond the opioid epidemic. | true | New Hampshire, Opioids, Epidemics, General News, Legislation, Health, Jeanne Shaheen | "Shaheen, a Democrat seeking a third term next year, outlined her proposal at a news conference with recovery center workers, health care providers and advocates. Substance abuse disorders claim 70,000 lives a year nationally at a cost of $500 billion to the economy, she said. New Hampshire, meanwhile, has one of the n... |
13213 | "Roger Stone Says Hillary Clinton ""shows up in Broward County"" and had a private meeting with elections supervisor Brenda Snipes." | Stone said Clinton showed up in Broward County and slipped into a private meeting with elections supervisor Brenda Snipes. Stone was wrong. He heard it third-hand from Trump supporters who claim they stumbled across such a meeting. Snipes and a spokeswoman for the Clinton campaign in Florida denied such a meeting took ... | false | Elections, Florida, Roger Stone, | "As early voters in Florida started casting votes, conservative websites buzzed about new evidence of crooked campaign tactics by Hillary Clinton to secure the crucial battleground state. The alleged scheme centered on left-leaning Broward County, already in the news for distributing some mail-in ballots without Amendm... |
1908 | Ranks of people reaching age 90 tripled since 1980: report. | The ranks of the nation’s oldest residents are growing quickly now that people who reach age 90 are expected to live longer than ever before, according to a study released on Thursday. | true | Health News | The number of Americans age 90 and older nearly tripled in the past three decades, to the current 1.9 million from 720,000 in 1980, said a report from the U.S. Census Bureau. That number may reach 9 million by 2050, according to the report titled “90+ in the United States: 2006-2008.” “I think it’s going to grow even... |
4614 | Former Bush, Reagan EPA heads warn on Trump rollbacks. | Environmental Protection Agency heads under three previous Republican presidents joined their Democratic counterparts Tuesday in telling lawmakers they were concerned by the Trump administration’s rapid rollbacks of environmental protections. | true | Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Health, General News, Politics, William K. Reilly, Environment, Christine Todd Whitman, George W. Bush, Gina McCarthy, Public health | “The EPA on the track it’s on ... is endangering public health,” Christine Todd Whitman, EPA administrator under George W. Bush, told the House Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee. Whitman said she was “deeply concerned that five decades of environmental progress are at risk because of the attitudes and approach... |
8917 | Cathay to let crew wear masks on all flights due to new coronavirus. | Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd (0293.HK) will allow all crew members and frontline employees to wear surgical masks due to concerns over a new coronavirus, and said passengers to and from Wuhan, China, could change or cancel flights for free through March 31. | true | Health News | The airline had earlier said only cabin crew operating mainland China flights could wear masks, in response to the airline’s flight attendants calling for permission to wear masks on all flights globally as cases have also been confirmed in the United States, Thailand, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. “Due to the evolvin... |
9461 | HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT: TWO-WEEK DIET BETTER FOR DROPPING POUNDS | This article describes a small and limited study (men only!) concluding that “intermittent” dieting that gives participants alternating cycles of two weeks of less restrictive weight-maintenance eating after two weeks of more restrictive calorie counts results in more weight loss over time. The article properly notes t... | mixture | diet studies,weight loss | No information was included about the nature of the two diets involved in the study or their costs. Readers might want to know if pre-packaged meals were involved, or liquid meals, for example. As we found after reading the study, the food intake of the dieters was highly controlled, and this would presumably cost mone... |
2576 | Large Europe majorities for assisted suicide: survey. | Large majorities of west Europeans favor the legalization of assisted suicide, now allowed only in four countries on the continent, according to a new survey. | true | Health News | In almost all the 12 countries polled, three-quarters or more of those responding to questions posed by the Swiss Medical Lawyers Association (SMLA) said people should be able to decide when and how they die. Two-thirds to three-quarters of them said they could imagine opting for assisted suicide themselves if they suf... |
7033 | Amazon’s growing ties to oil industry irks some employees. | Amazon is getting cozy with the oil industry — and some employees aren’t happy about it. | true | Climate, Climate change, Technology, Environment, Business, Jeff Bezos | The online shopping giant, which already works with BP and Shell, has been trying to woo more oil and gas companies to use its technology to help them find drillable oil faster, angering workers who have been pushing Amazon to do more to combat climate change. The employees say the company should drop its work with ind... |
38593 | After music icon Prince died in April 2016 at the age of 57, rumors began swirling about his cause of death. | Rumors Surround the Death of Prince | unproven | Celebrities | As the world mourned the death of music icon Prince, a number of unsubstantiated and unverified rumors about his cause of death began circulating. Prince’s cause of death is unknown, and it’s likely to remain unknown until a Minnesota medical examiner can complete an autopsy, which could take weeks. There will be no wa... |
13475 | Our African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape they've ever been in before. Ever. Ever. Ever. | "Trump said, ""Our African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape they've ever been in before. Ever. Ever. Ever."" Trump’s emphatic statement lacked any nuance. There is no comparison between the situation today and slavery, or the situation today and the Jim Crow era. Meanwhile, over the past half-cent... | false | National, Economy, Education, History, Race and Ethnicity, Public Health, Donald Trump, | "In his continuing efforts to court African-American voters -- a group that overwhelmingly backs Hillary Clinton -- Donald Trump took a moment at a rally in Kenansville, N.C., to reiterate his call for African-Americans to turn against the Democratic Party, arguing that the party has poorly served black Americans’ inte... |
8609 | Coronavirus epidemic 'under control' in Norway: health minister. | The coronavirus epidemic is “under control” in Norway, the health minister said on Monday, pointing to the low rate of transmission of the disease. | true | Health News | A person carrying the novel coronavirus in Norway contaminates now on average 0.7 other individuals, Bent Hoeie told a news conference. The government’s goal had been to limit the spread to maximum one other person. “Before we implemented tough restrictions, every contaminated person in Norway infected 2.5 other indivi... |
34466 | A government report from 2008 states that 35,000 veterans of the first Gulf War died as a direct result of adverse effects from an Anthrax vaccine they were mandated to receive. | We have reached out to Scott Miller, the filmmaker, for clarification regarding this figure and are awaiting his response. | unproven | Medical, vaccinations | On 17 January 2017, a short documentary titled Vaccine Syndrome (written and directed by Scott Miller, who has other anti-vaccine films to his credit) saw its world premiere as part of a larger series of anti-vaccine documentaries named “Vaccines Revealed” which were released over a ten-day period in late January 2017.... |
16628 | Blogger Says George Soros and Bill Gates are funding a bioweapons lab in Sierra Leone that caused the Ebola outbreak. | Bloggers worried about the New World Order connected the bank accounts of Soros and Gates to a facility responding to the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone -- a facility they strongly suggest is responsible for the outbreak. A direct link to the billionaires is unproven. One researcher who received education and research ... | false | Ebola, Public Health, PunditFact, Bloggers, | "The underbelly of the Internet is no place to find credible information about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Last week we brought you example No. 1. Example No. 2 is as follows: Several conspiracy websites have raised questions lately about a ""bioweapons lab"" in Sierra Leone being the source of the virus. Questi... |
10351 | GPS-like system helps surgeons align joints | Too often when a reporter learns about a developing medical technology used locally, the result is a gee-whiz rave. This well-reported, judiciously written story on navigation-assisted joint surgery is a welcome exception. The story plainly says the surgical technique has not been proven effective. The reporter intervi... | true | It’s good that the report states the price of the device–above $200,000–and that at least one insurer does not pay for its use. But the story should have stated what it costs a patient to get treated with the device, and who bears any additional costs. The story says the device’s efficacy is uNPRoven, but it does not e... | |
18483 | Demand for public transportation is reaching record levels in Wisconsin. | "1000 Friends of Wisconsin, arguing for restoration of transit aid, claimed that ""Demand for public transportation is reaching record levels in Wisconsin."" The group can point to hot spots where ridership in 2011 reached heights unseen for many years, and makes a decent argument that transit cuts have suppressed dema... | false | State Budget, Transportation, Wisconsin, Georgia Department of Transportation, | "The environmental group 1000 Friends of Wisconsin sees at least 10 reasons to change the way the state Department of Transportation spends money. The Madison-based group opposed the cut in state funds for public transit in Gov. Scott Walker’s first budget, which simultaneously boosted aid for highways. In the end, sta... |
14299 | "Bernie Sanders Says Hillary Clinton supported and continues to ""support fracking." | "Sanders said that Clinton supported and continues ""to support fracking."" As secretary of state, Clinton supported and promoted fracking around the world. As a 2016 candidate, her support comes with conditions such as local choice, stronger environmental regulation and chemicals. Sanders’ claim is accurate but needs ... | true | Environment, National, Bernie Sanders, | "Looking to out-green Hillary Clinton in New York, Bernie Sanders charged that Clinton’s position on fracking was at odds with voters. New Yorkers ended the practice in the state in 2014, and Sanders called for a nationwide ban during an April 11 rally in Binghamton. Clinton, in contrast, remains on the side of the fra... |
17646 | "In Wisconsin, more than 300,000 people have ""some kind of addictive gambling problem, whether it’s pathological or what we’d categorize as a problem gambler." | "Appling said more than 300,000 Wisconsinites have ""some kind of addictive gambling problem, whether it’s pathological or what we’d categorize as a problem gambler."" She relied on a published figure from a legitimate organization, but even in the squishy world of problem gambling research, there is little if any hard... | false | Gambling, Wisconsin, Julaine Appling, | "Arguing against approval of a massive tribal casino in Kenosha, the leader of a conservative social issues group recently warned of a rise in both crime and the number of gambling addicts. ""When you put a new gambling establishment closer to people, you invite more people to engage in that, and it becomes addictive,"... |
9654 | More than shots, there's new help for allergy sufferers | This is a Q&A with a physician about allergy treatments. It offers a mostly solid if standard review of what allergies are, what treatment alternatives are available, and some information about costs. It’s a “sole-source” consumer health story of the kind prepared regularly by news organizations via interviews with loc... | true | allergies,immunotherapy | Although the physician-expert interviewed for the article works at an academic medical center–where there is conceivably a vested interest in root-cause and advanced immunotherapies instead of OTC symptomatic care–the article deserves gold stars for noting the costs of the newer sublingual tablet and drop treatments, a... |
16461 | "Recently Rick Scott ""closed 30 women’s health care centers across the state." | "In a fundraising email sent out by the Crist campaign, Frankel wrote that Scott ""closed 30 women’s health care centers around the state."" Crist’s campaign said that the email should have said that Scott cut money for rape crisis centers, but even that smaller claim isn’t accurate. More importantly, the statement tha... | false | Health Care, State Budget, Women, Florida, Lois Frankel, | "Democrats have been counting on a gender gap to win races in 2014, and Democrat Charlie Crist is part of that trend, lobbying hard for the women’s vote in his battle against Republican Gov. Rick Scott. Crist has been endorsed by Planned Parenthood PAC (despite his own mixed record on abortion in the past), has vowed t... |
15279 | As governor of Florida I defunded Planned Parenthood. | "Bush said, ""As governor of Florida I defunded Planned Parenthood."" In 2001, he used his line-item veto power to end funding for Planned Parenthood affiliates, and that funding never returned. We must note that the money was for family planning and health care services, not abortions, but he did cut off state money f... | true | Abortion, Florida, Jeb Bush, | "Former Gov. Jeb Bush is using the recent release of activist videos criticizing Planned Parenthood as a chance to advertise his own record on restricting abortion. During the first Republican primary presidential debate on Aug. 6, 2015, Bush sidestepped a question from Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly about his time on the... |
23491 | "Gov. Rick Perry ""has overseen the highest Texas unemployment in 22 years." | Back to Basics PAC says Gov. Rick Perry has overseen the highest unemployment in Texas in 22 years | mixture | Economy, Texas, Back to Basics, | "In a full-page ad that ran Tuesday in newspapers across Texas, including the Austin American-Statesman, a political action group asks voters to ""tell Rick Perry to stop cowering and face Texans like a man."" It's the latest salvo in the crossfire over which gubernatorial candidate is afraid to debate: Democrat Bill W... |
5784 | Montana county faces transgender discrimination complaint. | A Montana county may have discriminated against one of its own attorneys by denying the transgender woman access to health care. | true | Access to health care, Health, Discrimination, Montana, Billings | The Billings Gazette reported Wednesday that the Montana Human Rights Bureau ruled that Yellowstone County unlawfully denied “gender-affirming health care” to Eleanor Andersen Maloney in 2018. The newspaper reports Maloney was a county prosecutor when she was denied a health insurance request for possible elective surg... |
37083 | Fruits and vegetables from other countries are being contaminated with blood containing either AIDS or HIV. | Were Blood Oranges from Libya Injected with HIV? | false | Disinformation, Fact Checks, Health / Medical, Politics, Viral Content | A popular rumor about oranges or bananas from outside the United States being injected with HIV- or AIDS-contaminated blood seems to circulate endlessly on social media despite having no basis in reality.This seems to be a spin on the popular (and completely unfounded) “foreigners carry diseases” myth that seems to be ... |
11325 | Exercise may be the Rx for RSI | This story may leave the reader with the impression that the evidence in support of exercise as a treatment for repetitive motion injuries is more consistently positive than it really is. The lead author of the literature review is quoted as saying that it’s not possible to draw firm conclusions, yet the story depicts ... | true | The story quotes an expert who states that exercise is ‘cheap’, which is generally true, but can vary depending on the type of exercise. The exercises included in most of the studies examined were taught and supervised by trained individuals, which can increase the cost. The story does not provide any data (either rela... | |
40942 | Bill Gates’ polio vaccine permanently disabled 47,000 children in India. | Cutting back on red and processed meat brings few if any health benefits, according to a review of evidence drawn from millions of people, but the finding contradicts dietary advice of international agencies and has prompted criticism from many experts. | false | online | The researchers who conducted the review said their findings suggest most people can eat red and processed meat at current average intake, typically three or four times a week for adults in North America and Europe, without significant health risks. “Based on the research, we cannot say with any certainty that eating r... |
3894 | Arizona schools use therapy dogs to assist mental health. | An Arizona school district is using four-legged therapy counselors as part of a pilot program to help students deal with issues related to mental health, officials said. | true | Arizona, Animals, Mental health, Health, General News, Mesa, Education, Dogs | The PAWsitive Peers therapy dog program was implemented in five schools in Mesa, The Arizona Republic reports. Students at East Valley Academy, Johnson Elementary School, Kino Junior High School, Rhodes Junior High School, and Mountain View High School interact with dogs in counselors’ offices and classroom visits. Sch... |
37528 | New York City Health (NYC Health) issued official guidelines for sex during a global coronavirus pandemic. | Did the NYC Department of Health Issue ‘COVID-19 Sex’ Guidelines? | true | Fact Checks, Viral Content | On March 21 2020, Facebook and Twitter users began sharing purportedly official guidelines for COVID-19 and sex, attributed to the New York City Health Department:the NYC department of health says that during the COVID-19 pandemic “you are your safest sex partner”, so i’m just trying to spread the word pic.twitter.com/... |
28577 | Researchers in Cuba have discovered a cancer vaccine that is already saving thousands of people. | "What's true: Researchers with Cuba’s Center for Molecular Immunology have developed and approved an immunologic cancer therapy that improves survivability for certain types of cancers in some cases; as of January 2017, the drug has begun clinical trials for the treatment in the United States. What's false: While the d... | mixture | Medical, cancer, cuba, healthcare | On 7 July 2017, TheNativePeople.net published a story reporting that Cuba has been evidently sitting on a cancer vaccine that has already cured thousands of people. In the article, which has since been shared thousands of times, the author writes: There are many scientists who have dedicated their life in the search fo... |
7404 | Ultra-personal therapy: Gene tumor boards guide cancer care. | Doctors were just guessing a decade ago when they gave Alison Cairnes’ husband a new drug they hoped would shrink his lung tumors. Now she takes it, but the choice was no guesswork. Sophisticated gene tests suggested it would fight her gastric cancer, and they were right. | true | AP Top News, San Diego, International News, Tumors, Genetic Frontiers, North America, Health, Business, California, Cancer, U.S. News, Science | Cancer patients increasingly are having their care guided by gene tumor boards, a new version of the hospital panels that traditionally decided whether surgery, radiation or chemotherapy would be best. These experts study the patient’s cancer genes and match treatments to mutations that seem to drive the disease. “We d... |
16045 | When Disney was looking to build Disney World, they came to Miami and we told Disney to take a hike. | "Moss said, ""When Disney was looking to build Disney World, they came to Miami and we told Disney to take a hike."" At PolitiFact we believe that politicians need to back up their claims, and in this case Moss said he doesn’t have a documented source. The account by Capp that former Mayor Clark told him in the 1980s t... | false | County Government, History, Recreation, Florida, Dennis Moss, | "A battle over whether to turn a swath of trees near the Zoo Miami into an amusement park has touched off a debate about whether Disney decades ago wanted to build in Miami-Dade and whether county officials told Disney ""to take a hike."" County commissioners will consider declaring the area blighted at a March 3 heari... |
7015 | With rare candor, Lovato chronicled her recovery and relapse. | While most celebrities tend to hide their struggles with drugs and battles with depression, Demi Lovato not only acknowledged her issues, she’s shared them with the world. | true | Mental health, Health, Entertainment, North America, Demi Lovato, Depression | Lovato has been an open book since she announced in 2010 that she was checking into a rehabilitation center to deal with an eating disorder, self-mutilation and other issues. Over the next eight years, she became a role model and bona fide pop star, releasing multi-platinum songs and albums that range from playful to s... |
4714 | Company to pay $245M toward cleanup of Kalamazoo River PCBs. | One of the companies responsible for polluting an 80-mile (129-kilometer) stretch of river and floodplains in southwestern Michigan with toxic chemicals will pay at least $245.2 million to advance a cleanup effort that began more than 20 years ago, federal officials said Wednesday. | true | Kalamazoo, U.S. News, John Irving, Dams, Michigan, Environment, Dredging, U.S. News, General News, Traverse City | NCR Corp. will fund the dredging of contaminated sediments and removal of an aging dam in the Kalamazoo River under an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of Michigan, officials told The Associated Press ahead of an official announcement. “This is a big ... |
14347 | "Bernie Sanders Says Bernie Sanders ""fundamentally changed the lives"" of Immokalee farm workers in Florida for the better." | "Sanders’ ad says he ""fundamentally changed the lives"" of Immokalee farm workers in Florida. Sanders helped give national publicity to the struggles of Immokalee tomato pickers in 2008. He visited with the workers, wrote letters to tomato purchasers urging them to join a program to pay workers more, met with a repres... | mixture | Agriculture, Human Rights, Poverty, Workers, Florida, Bernie Sanders, | "Bernie Sanders says he successfully changed the lives of exploited tomato workers in Florida. In an ad for Sanders, which ran nationally on Univision, U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., praises Sanders for taking up the plight of Immokalee tomato workers. ""He went and visited personally. Then he came back and convince... |
25803 | "Facebook post Says ""Pelosi blackmails Congress! She demands mail-in voting or no 2nd stimulus for you and your family.”" | Pelosi does not have the power to “demand” mail-in voting for November; that is being decided by each state governor The HEROES Act includes election funding for states to conduct safe elections in any form during COVID-19 | false | Congress, Facebook Fact-checks, Facebook posts, | "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is trying to ""blackmail"" Congress, according to a post on Facebook with heavy use of all-caps: ""PELOSI BLACKMAILS CONGRESS! She DEMANDS MAIL IN VOTING or NO 2nd STIMULUS for you and your family."" The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat news and misinformation on its... |
6368 | Florida latest place to declare emergency over hepatitis A. | Officials have declared a public health emergency over the rising number of hepatitis A cases in Florida, the latest part of the country dealing with outbreaks of the liver disease. | true | Health, General News, Florida, Philadelphia, Hepatitis, Miami, Liver disease, Public health | Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees declared an emergency Thursday to allow the state to spend more on testing and treatment, saying Florida has had more than 2,000 cases since the beginning of the year compared with 548 all of last year. Most have been in central Florida, and health officials are still investigating... |
41983 | A video showing people who appear to be impaired by drugs is labeled as being from California. | A video spreading on Facebook has been mislabeled to make a political statement about Democratic lawmakers in California. However, the video, which seems to show people under the influence of drugs, was filmed in Philadelphia. | false | drugs, viral videos, | A video spreading on Facebook has been mislabeled to make a political statement about Democratic lawmakers in California. However, the video, which seems to show people under the influence of drugs, was filmed in Philadelphia. A video showing people who appear to be impaired by drugs on a dirty sidewalk has been viewed... |
7009 | Toledo clinic suspends surgical abortions during change. | Toledo’s last abortion clinic is administering only medication abortions as it undergoes a management change. | true | Health, Gloria Steinem, General News, Abortion, Toledo, Ohio | Capital Care Network of Toledo surrendered its license for performing surgical abortions to the Ohio Department of Health last week. The surrender prompted conflicting messages from anti-abortion and pro-abortion rights groups. The head of Greater Toledo Right to Life said Wednesday that Toledo’s “last surgical abortio... |
9339 | The FDA Says This Brain-Stimulating Device May Help People With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder | This article reports on an Food and Drug Administration “marketing authorization” for a commercial magnetic pulse delivery device designed to temporarily reduce the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) by affecting neurochemical transmissions in the brain. The device is worn on the head and, through a coil, ... | mixture | FDA,medical devices,mental illness | The article does not say how much this treatment cost nor whether insurance covers the costs. Some estimates of TMS put the cost of four to six week courses of five-day-a-week, 20-minute treatments at between $5,000 to $15,000 and up. The article does give data on the reduction of symptoms and how that reduction was me... |
1656 | EU drug agency sees no U.S.-like cannabis legalization moves. | European Union countries are unlikely to legalize marijuana any time soon as some parts of the United States have done recently, EU drug monitoring agency chief Wolfgang Gotz said on Thursday. | true | Health News | He did not spell out why he expected no corresponding EU moves. But in a statement, his agency said a key finding in its latest annual report was a “marked rise in the potency and purity of Europe’s most commonly used illicit drugs, fuelling concerns for the health of users who, wittingly or unwittingly, may be consumi... |
6490 | Housing options help autistic adults find independence. | Masha Gregory was nervous to move out of her parents’ home and into her own place, where the 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman worried about making friends and being away from her parents. But after living in her own apartment at a complex that focuses on adults with autism, she’s made new friends and found she loves her ... | true | AP Top News, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, AP Weekend Reads, Health, U.S. News | “It was great to move out because I have my own life now,” said Gregory, who lives in a Pittsburgh-area development where half of the 42 units are for those diagnosed with autism. “I want to be able to come and go as I please,” said Gregory, who likes to draw and take photographs. The complex, called the Dave Wright Ap... |
33156 | The Centers for Disease Control have issued a warning concerning used condoms being repurposed as hairbands. | In sum, while hair ties made with recycled condoms once circulated in China, the claims made in the Now8Newsarticle (that the CDC issued a warning to US residents and that the hair bands were made with used condoms) are false. | false | Junk News, condom hairbands, condoms, now8news | On 1 December 2015, the web site Now8News published an article reporting that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) had issued a warning about used condoms being repurposed as hairbands: The Center For Disease Control (CDC) is warning Americans that used condoms have been reportedly reprocessed into rubber bands and ha... |
11100 | Mesothelioma Surgery Improves Quality of Life, Study Finds | This news release describes a small study on surgery for mesothelioma that was presented at a recent American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting. The study involved 114 mesothelioma patients who underwent a procedure called pleurectomy and decortication (PD). Following the surgery, patients generally reported ... | false | Academic medical center news release,Cancer | There is no mention of costs in the news release. Pleurectomy and decortication is a major two-part surgery requiring use of an operating room, post-operative recovery services and hospitalization as well as surgeon fees. Although the average age of the patients was 70 years, they ranged from 50 to 80 years. While Medi... |
8331 | Portugal suspends water, electricity shutoffs and releases some prisoners amid coronavirus outbreak. | Portugal’s parliament temporarily suspended electricity, water and gas shutoffs and granted partial pardon to some of its prisoners on Wednesday as the country moved to contain the economic and social damage of the coronavirus outbreak. | true | Health News | Until a month after the end of the state of emergency, called on March 18 to prevent the spread of coronavirus and extended last week to at least April 17, electricity, water, and gas cannot be shut off, easing pressure on Portuguese families struggling to pay their bills. Government data shows over 4,000 people regist... |
10952 | Latest anti-aging craze ‘Dracula Therapy’ involves injecting your face with your own blood | "Another in a series of stories that the NY Daily News simply picks up from an overseas paper and treats as its own – even putting its own reporter’s byline on the story! And another ""fountain of youth"" anti-aging story. The only one of our criteria that the story addressed was cost – which is high. Sensational, non-... | false | "We’re told that ""each visit runs a little over $800, and Dr. Sister recommends follow-up visits every four to six months."" None provided. Just the lone doctor’s claims that it ""stimulates DNA repair, heals scars and revitalizes wizened skin."" No discussion of potential harms. If you even cared about this idea, the... | |
11771 | Jerry Patterson Says the Texas General Land Office led by George P. Bush has repaired just two homes since Hurricane Harvey. | Patterson said that since Hurricane Harvey, the agency helmed by Bush has done just two home repairs. Patterson’s figure, confirmed by GLO, was accurate. However, this claim leaves out ample significant information such as FEMA’s overriding control of the complicated DALHR program, which isn't open to every homeowner a... | true | Housing, Natural Disasters, Texas, Jerry Patterson, | "Jerry Patterson says the fellow Republican who succeeded him as Texas land commissioner, George P. Bush, fixed very few homes in the months since Hurricane Harvey slapped ashore in August 2017. Patterson, otherwise confirming his 2018 candidacy for land commissioner, a post he previously held for 12 years, said in a r... |
17159 | Republican Party of Florida Says Charlie Crist supports "cuts to the Medicare Advantage program." | The Republican Party of Florida said Crist supports "cuts to the Medicare Advantage program." Crist has flip-flopped on a lot of issues, including the federal health care law. He used to oppose the Affordable Care Act, but now he supports it. The law tries to bring down future health care costs by reducing Medicare Adv... | false | Health Care, Medicare, Florida, Republican Party of Florida, | "Gov. Rick Scott used his visit to an assisted living facility in Tampa to create a campaign video to bash President Barack Obama over potential cuts to Medicare Advantage. Scott’s Republican Party of Florida goes a step further by portraying his likely Democratic opponent, former Gov. Charlie Crist, as an Obama suppor... |
3432 | French panel: Seize guns to reduce domestic violence. | A French government panel on domestic violence is urging authorities to begin confiscating guns from people following the first complaint of family violence levied against them. | true | International News, General News, Violence, France, Lifestyle, Health, Domestic violence, Edouard Philippe, Europe | That proposal was one of 65 recommendations released Tuesday to tackle the intractable problem of domestic violence in France, where a woman is killed by her partner every three days, according to government statistics. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe launched the initiative in September. It’s the first time tha... |
5261 | Opioid crisis brings unwanted attention to wealthy family. | The Sackler name is emblazoned on the walls at some of the world’s great museums and universities, including the Smithsonian, the Guggenheim and Harvard. But now the family’s ties to OxyContin and the painkiller’s role in the deadly opioid crisis are bringing the Sacklers a new and unwanted kind of attention and compli... | true | Health, AP Top News, Museums, Harvard, Massachusetts, U.S. News | The Sackler family owns Purdue Pharma, the privately held drug company that has made billions from OxyContin, and Sacklers hold most of the seats on the board. Members of the family have been accused in a case brought by the state of Massachusetts of deceiving patients and doctors about the drug’s risks as deaths mount... |
8190 | Asia prepares for coronavirus boomerang wave as residents return home. | Governments in Asia are preparing measures to head off a new wave of coronavirus cases as people flee an explosion of the disease in Europe, North America and the Middle East. | true | Health News | As the world mobilizes to battle the virus, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan have been relatively successful in curbing the spread so far. But a surge in imported cases in recent days has raised alarm that those efforts could rapidly unravel. “In many countries the number of confirmed cases can be described as ex... |
41801 | The U.S. “would actually be on a glide path to balancing the budget” had Congress enacted Trump’s 2018 plan. | Companies in India will seek exemptions from the government’s planned ban on certain plastic items, fearing the move will disrupt supply chains and raise costs ahead of a festive season, according to sources and an industry document seen by Reuters. | mixture | budget, debt, deficit, | India is likely to impose a nationwide ban on plastic bags, cups, small bottles, straws and some types of sachets next month as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to reduce use of pollution-causing, single-use plastic. But the plans have stoked fears among consumer firms, which, use plastic in packaging for... |
10547 | New Breast Cancer Test Approved | For women with early stage breast cancer, the decision to undergo chemotherapy after surgery is a difficult one to make. This story reports on the recent FDA approval of a genetic test that may help in the decision making process. The goal of the test is to help predict if the cancer is likely to recur. Theoretically, ... | mixture | "The story does not mention the cost of the test. The story does state that there was a 23% chance of recurrence in women who were labeled ""high risk"" and a 5% chance of recurrence in women who were labeled ""low risk."" The story should have also stated that we still don't know whether this test will translate into ... | |
30927 | "As of October 2017, there was an ""epidemic of child abduction"" in the state of Kansas." | The web site has a long record of publishing fake news and false claims. | false | Crime, child abduction, fake news, yournewswire | In October 2017, the web site Your News Wire falsely reported that there was an “epidemic of child abduction” in the state of Kansas, a distortion of real concerns over 70 children who were in the state’s foster care system but are no longer accounted for. The Your News Wire article stated: More than 70 children have ... |
8696 | Italy coronavirus deaths jump to 52, cases climb above 2,000. | The death toll from coronavirus in Italy jumped to 52 on Monday from 34 the day before and the total number of confirmed cases in Europe’s worst affected country climbed past the 2,000 mark. | true | Health News | The increase in deaths was the largest since the outbreak surfaced 10 days ago in the wealthy northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto. Lombardy, around Italy’s financial capital Milan, is by far with hardest hit, with 38 casualties. The virus has since spread south but the vast majority of cases remain centered on the ... |
33614 | "Barack Obama ""lied"" about his father's military service during World War II." | Likewise, during an appearance in New Mexico on Memorial Day in 2008, Barack Obama made reference to an uncle of his “who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps.” Critics quickly pointed out that such a circumstance was impossible (primarily because Auschwitz was... | false | Politics Politicians, barack obama | In recent years many American voters have placed a premium on the military service experience of candidates for higher office, and candidates have often responded by making sure to highlight their military experience (or, if they themselves didn’t serve, the military experience of close relatives such as parents, child... |
3065 | Sanders says he’ll enact national drinking water standards . | Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that he would enact federal drinking water standards for a group of toxic chemicals that have caused widespread contamination in New Hampshire and other states. | true | New Hampshire, Health, General News, Environment, Business, Bernie Sanders, U.S. News, Lawsuits | New Hampshire recently set some of the nation’s toughest standards for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, collectively called PFAS, but a judge temporarily blocked enforcement in November after chemical company 3M sued. The New Hampshire standard limits one chemical to a maximum of 12 parts per trillion and... |
16922 | "Judging by a recent vote, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz ""thinks it's okay for medical marijuana patients to go to federal prison." | "The ad by Americans for Safe Access says that, judging by a recent vote, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz ""thinks it's okay for medical marijuana patients to go to federal prison""-- even the elderly ALS patient shown in the ad. We can't measure what Wasserman Schultz believes in her heart, but we are able to take a clo... | false | Criminal Justice, Drugs, Crime, Florida, Marijuana, Americans for Safe Access, | "If you’re a South Florida senior citizen suffering from a deadly disease and you’re hoping to ease your pain with a puff of marijuana, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, has a prescription for you: federal prison. At least that’s the impression created by a TV ad launched in June by Americans for Safe Acces... |
32743 | The American Psychiatric Association condones pedophilia and says it is normal to be sexually attracted to children. | A representative from the American Psychiatric Association told us that the organization does not condone pedophilia, nor does it espouse the position that sexual attraction to children is normal or healthy. | false | Medical, american psychiatric association, dsm-5, misleading | On 25 April 2016, the web site Patriot Nation published an article reporting that the American Psychiatric Association (APA) now officially condones pedophilia, and that the group had deemed it “normal” for adults to be sexually attracted to children. The article implied that growing acceptance of gay and transgender r... |
14297 | Senate Bill 1070, simply, just mirrors federal law. | "Brewer said, ""Senate Bill 1070, simply, just mirrors federal law."" The law on the books today comes close to mirrored federal law. But that’s only because the majority of the law was tossed out by the federal courts because it conflicted with federal law. It’s an odd thing for Brewer to be bragging about. Brewer’s s... | false | Arizona, Immigration, Jan Brewer, | "Arizona knows a thing or two about controversial laws. As Mississippi and North Carolina deal with the fallout of passing anti-LGBTQ laws, losing out on a Bruce Springsteen show, for example, former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer reflected on a controversial Arizona immigration law in a March 28 Fox Business interview about ... |
15243 | Peachtree and Pine is one of the leading sites for tuberculosis in the nation. | "Mayor Kasim Reed said ""Peachtree and Pine is one of the leading sites for tuberculosis in the nation."" Thirty cases of a medicine-resistant strain of TB in eight states have been traced back to the shelter at Peachtree and Pine. The shelter also had a large share of the cases in a recent TB outbreak in Fulton County... | true | Georgia, Public Health, Kasim Reed, | "Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has made no secret of wanting to close the homeless shelter at Peachtree and Pine streets. Reed, who has been active in downtown’s post-Recession resurgence, says he’ll push for the city to acquire the property through eminent domain and turn it into a police precinct and fire station. Health ... |
944 | Sydney's city council reviews use of Bayer's Roundup weed killer amid cancer fears. | Sydney’s city council said on Friday it was reviewing its weed management, which included the use of Bayer AG’s Roundup, after other councils in Australia began cutting ties with the product amid concerns about possible links to cancer. | true | Health News | The council, which covers the city’s business center, was “reviewing (its) weed management methods and investigating other technologies”, a spokeswoman told Reuters in an email, a day after a strike by workers at a nearby council pressured it into trialing an alternative weedkiller. The City of Sydney council currently... |
10933 | Drugs Show Promise Slowing Advanced Melanoma | The story made strong, clear attempts to report in a restrained manner, using terms/phrases such as: “notable progress” “do not cure” “might add two to several moths to expected lifespans” “To be sure, more than half of patients with metastatic melanoma would not be helped all that much by either drug.” Stories abou... | true | Cancer,New York Times | The significant costs of both drugs were mentioned. Nice job. Good job describing the benefits reported in the two drug studies. The two papers present a bewildering array of statistics. This story did a nice job distilling the information into a couple of very understandable sentences. Good job explaining signifcant p... |
9949 | Firm develops magnetic-pulse treatment for major depression | We love all the cost information in this detailed and fairly well reported story. This makes good sense for a business story, and we’d like to see more financial information in other health-related pieces. We wish, though, that the same attention to detail had been given to the evidence behind some of the therapeutic c... | mixture | Depression,Philadelphia Inquirer | This is one of the highlights of the story. It goes into good detail on costs. It says, for example, “The cost varies across the country, but is generally about $350 per session. Most patients undergo 20 to 30 sessions, putting the cost at between $7,000 and $10,500.” Most importantly, up high in the story, it explains... |
3536 | Tennessee reports 49 cases of lung injury linked to vaping. | Tennessee health officials say they have received 49 cases of serious lung injury in people who use electronic cigarettes or other vaping devices. | true | Health, General News, Tennessee, Vaping, Injuries | The Department of Health said Monday that no single product has been linked to the cases and the specific ingredient causing the lung injuries remains unknown. The state is recommending Tennesseans refrain from using vaping products as the investigation is ongoing. The CDC reported earlier this month that the number of... |
9929 | Common dementia drug found to improve Parkinson's symptoms | This public relations news release describes the results of a small, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that suggests rivastigmine, a drug commonly prescribed to Alzheimer’s patients, might also be useful in reducing the risk of falls in people with Parkinson’s disease. The drug is a cholinesterase inhi... | mixture | Independent research center news release | The release doesn’t mention the drug’s cost but we won’t dock points for that omission since the release is from the UK where cost would be less of a concern for readers than it is in the U.S. This drug is common enough in the United States and is available in generic form. The benefits are vaguely described in the rel... |
34665 | Drivers in China commonly intentionally kill pedestrians in hit-and-run accidents. | Do drivers in China commonly intentionally kill pedestrians in hit-and-run accidents? | unproven | Politics, china, chinese drivers, chinese drivers kill pedestrians | On 4 September 2015, Slate published a controversial article titled “Driven to Kill: Why Drivers in China Intentionally Kill the Pedestrians They Hit.” The piece was written by Geoffrey Sant, who teaches at Fordham Law School and serves on the board of the New York Chinese Cultural Center. Sant’s article described a p... |
37585 | The 1988 animated film Akira predicted the 2020 Olympics would be in Tokyo, and that a pandemic (Coronavirus) would lead to its cancellation. | Did ‘Akira’ Predict a 2020 Coronavirus Outbreak? | mixture | Fact Checks, Viral Content | On February 27 2020, a Facebook user shared the following meme about the 1988 anime classic Akira, the 2020 Olympics, and plot elements which were reportedly strangely prescient:A four-panel meme featured images on one side, text on the other. In sequence (top to bottom), it read:“Akira” is a 1988 movie about an apocal... |
13676 | I opposed the only multilateral trade deal that came before the Senate while I was there. | "Clinton said, ""I opposed the only multilateral trade deal that came before the Senate while I was there."" Clinton did oppose one multilateral deal (CAFTA) and opposed another that could be characterized as a multilateral deal (the Trade Act of 2002). However, focusing only on multilateral agreements, as Clinton does... | mixture | National, Trade, Voting Record, Hillary Clinton, | "During a high-profile speech on the economy in Warren, Mich., Hillary Clinton said that she would stand up for workers hurt by trade agreements -- an issue that her opponent, Donald Trump, has been hitting hard on the campaign trail. ""My message to every worker in Michigan and across America is this: I will stop any ... |
26008 | A study “showed that over 1 million people in North Carolina have now been exposed to the virus.” | U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy, a doctor and a Republican from North Carolina, said a study “showed that over 1 million people in North Carolina have now been exposed to the virus.” Murphy based his claim on the results of an ongoing study of antibody tests. More than 10% of tests are coming back positive. But the study's lead ... | false | North Carolina, Coronavirus, Greg Murphy, | "A North Carolina congressman says 10% of his state’s population has been exposed to the novel coronavirus. U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy, a doctor and a Republican, made the claim in a June 23 Facebook post criticizing Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. ""We also found out over the weekend that antibody testing conducted by Dr. John... |
29454 | Snacks marketed to children are heavily laden with ingredients that cause cancer. | If a chemical considered damaging at higher doses but safe at lower doses concerns you, consider kale — a vegetable that, in Wolfe’s words, would allow kids to safely “taste the rainbow”. It contains a naturally-occurring compound chemical called thiocyanate, which (like almost any organic compound) can be synthesized ... | false | Food, cancer, carcinogens, david avocado wolfe | David Avocado Wolfe, an anti-pharma/anti-GMO conspiracy theorist and “celebrity pitchman” for as-seen-on-TV blenders and who, among other things, considers gravity a toxin, published an article in February 2016 titled “Beware: Top 5 Potentially Cancer-Causing Children’s Snacks Made from Petroleum-Based Products” which ... |
2755 | California sees high rate of flu deaths in unusually severe season. | An unusually severe flu season has claimed the lives of at least 147 young and middle-aged people in California - 10 times the number killed by influenza viruses by the same time last year, public health officials said on Friday. | true | Health News | The California deaths were caused by a strain of the influenza virus that is sending sufferers across the nation to the doctor for flu-like symptoms at rates that are 50 percent higher than normal, said Lyn Finelli, head of the influenza surveillance and outbreak response team at the Centers for Disease Control and Pre... |
27934 | Former NFL quarterback Kurt Warner married a woman who had two children, one a special needs child. | In Super Bowl XXXVI, Kurt Warner led the St. Louis Rams (who have since relocated back to Los Angeles) in their quest for another victory; although they came up just short, Warner was already the stuff of legends. Deservedly. | true | Glurge Gallery, football | Here’s the Story: In a supermarket, Kurtis the stock boy, was busily working when a new voice came over asking for a carry out at check register 4. Kurtis was almost finished, and wanted to get some fresh air, and decided to answer the call. As he approached the check-out stand a distant smile caught his eye, the new c... |
3400 | Georgia’s Kemp submits bid to remake health insurance market. | Georgia’s Republican governor on Monday submitted twin plans requesting that President Donald Trump’s administration allow changes to federal government subsidies for health insurance. | true | Georgia, Health, Government subsidies, Barack Obama, Donald Trump | Gov. Brian Kemp said proposed changes to former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act would give individuals and families less expensive coverage options, a particular benefit for those who don’t qualify for federal subsidies to cover premiums. “They’re going to work to reduce costs, make health care more access... |
378 | Pigs fly: China pork producers surge as swine disease cuts supply. | Shares in China’s leading pig producers have soared to record levels despite one of the worst disease outbreaks in years, as investors bet on tightening pork supplies and strong government support for leading producers. | true | Health News | China is battling the world’s fastest spreading outbreak of African swine fever, an incurable pig disease that has been confirmed in 28 of its provinces and regions. Livestock shares initially slid on the early outbreaks in August and September. But they have climbed since November, even as outbreaks continued and as t... |
2781 | WellPoint says health exchange applicants hit expectations. | U.S. health insurer WellPoint Inc said on Wednesday the applicants for the new Obamacare health plans are of the age and demographics it had expected, indicating that medical costs will not soar beyond the prices it charges. | true | Health News | WellPoint, which released lower fourth-quarter results on Wednesday, said that based on age, insurance plan selection, income levels, gender and available pharmacy data, it believes it has set the right premium rates for these new customers. Insurance plans under President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law went on s... |
24444 | "The GOP health care plan ""would allow health insurance companies to continue engaging in unfair and discriminatory practices like denying coverage to people because of a pre-existing medical condition." | Wasserman Schultz says GOP alternative health care plan allows insurers to continue denying coverage for pre-existing conditions | true | National, Health Care, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, | "The GOP's alternative health care plan hadn't even hit the streets before the Democratic push-back began. The day before the plan was officially unveiled, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., took aim at the way the GOP plan was described by media outlets that had gotten early, leaked versions of it. In a press... |
8604 | Israelis put on coronavirus lockdown for Passover holiday celebration. | Israelis celebrating the Jewish Passover holiday this week will hold the “seder”, the traditional meal celebrating freedom from biblical slavery, confined to their homes under a national coronavirus lockdown. | true | Health News | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the edict in a televised address in which he also held out hope of implementing an “exit strategy” soon that would gradually loosen restrictions imposed to try to stem the spread of the virus. Netanyahu said a ban on inter-city travel would go into effect on Tuesday afternoon... |
21954 | Obamacare cuts $500 billion in future Medicare funding in order to fund the new constitutionally questionable government mandate, even going so far as to scuttle Medicare's most popular (and successful) part, Medicare Advantage. | Mike Haridopolos takes on health care bill in newspaper op-ed | mixture | Health Care, Medicare, Florida, Mike Haridopolos, | "The federal health care law returned to the news June 8, 2011, when a trio of federal judges heard oral arguments over whether Congress can force people to either buy health insurance or pay penalties. Which means for us ... more claims about the health care law. This one comes from Florida Senate President Mike Harid... |
35215 | "A newspaper clipping from 1918 documents a ""public notice"" from the city of Kelowna, British Columbia, announcing that schools, movie theaters, and other public places would be closed to prevent the spread of ""Spanish Influenza."" " | During the 1918-19 H1N1 “Spanish” influenza pandemic, which infected a fifth to a third of the world population, and during which 50 million people have died worldwide, including an estimated 675,000 Americans, the United States has adopted a range of nonpharmaceutical (public health) interventions. These measures, whi... | true | Medical, COVID-19 | In March 2020, as cities around the world announced “shelter-in-place” or “self-quarantine” orders in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19, social media users started to circulate an image that supposedly showed a newspaper clipping from 1918 with a similar announcement in the town of Kelowna, British Columbia: ... |
38675 | A Saudi billionaire purchased the entire town of Buford, Wyoming, and has hired the Binladen Group to build a “Western Mecca” that will ban non-Muslims. | Saudi Billionaire Buys Buford, Wyoming, to Build Mecca | false | Business | Reports that a Saudi billionaire purchased Buford, Wyoming, and hired the Bin Laden family’s construction firm to build a “Western Mecca” were drudged up by a fake news website. Real News Right Now published a story in November 2015 under the headline, “Saudi Billionaire Begins Construction of ‘Western Mecca’ in Wyomin... |
32868 | A photograph captures President Obama pointing at a nude painting of Donald Trump. | In other words, an artist’s imagined take of Donald Trump’s naked body was Photoshopped into an image which itself was a digitally manipulated photographed created to promote an art gallery exhibit: | false | Uncategorized, barack obama, donald trump | On 21 March 2016, a photograph purportedly showing President Obama pointing and laughing at a nude portrait of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump started circulating on Twitter. However, the photograph is a fake on multiple levels. First of all, the nude portrait of Donald Trump seen here is not something t... |
6565 | In a twist, Colorado asks EPA to lower state’s air rating. | Colorado took the unusual step of inviting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to downgrade the air quality rating of the state’s biggest population center, and not everyone thinks that was a good idea. | true | U.S. News, Colorado, General News, Jared Polis, Denver, Environment, Business, Air quality, Pollution | The EPA held a hearing Friday on whether to lower the ozone status of Denver and eight other northern Colorado counties from “moderate” to “serious.” That would force the state to work harder to reduce harmful pollution but also bring tougher and costly regulations for businesses. The agency expects to decide by the en... |
7360 | Georgia aims to ease virus spread among Hispanic residents. | “No Mask! No Service! No Mascara! No Servicio!” say the stickers, posters and T-shirts going up across northeast Georgia, as community leaders try to rally people to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, which recently flared up in the region and threatened to level the state’s huge poultry processing industry. | true | Georgia, Health, General News, Gainesville, Hispanics, Virus Outbreak | At La Flor de Jalisco #2 supermarket in the heart of Gainesville’s large Spanish-speaking community, hundreds of people drove up or walked up Friday to be tested for COVID-19. Shoppers wearing masks trickled in and out of the store. It’s part of an effort aimed at tamping down the spread of disease in an area where an ... |
28411 | "A ""liberal Democrat"" judge released on bond a Muslim extremist who trained children at a New Mexico compound to become school shooters." | What's true: A New Mexico judge denied prosecutors' request that five defendants be held without bond, because the standards required for denying bail under state law had not been met. What's false: The judge did not allow the release of Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, who allegedly trained a child to carry out school shootings, as ... | mixture | Politics | Beginning on 13 August 2018, social media outrage erupted over news reports that a New Mexico judge was allowing release on bond for defendants accused of abusing children at a squalid “compound” near the Colorado border. Most of the outrage centered on a smiling photograph of Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, who has been the focus o... |
23311 | Alan Grayson Says Daniel Webster thinks wives should submit to their husbands. | Alan Grayson calls opponent 'Taliban Dan Webster' in stinging new TV ad | false | Candidate Biography, Marriage, Message Machine 2010, Florida, Alan Grayson, | "U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson -- the man who described the Republican Party's health care plan as ""die quickly"" and who later equated the health care system to an American holocaust, who suggested former vice president Dick Cheney was a vampire who could turn into a bat and fly away at a moment's notice, and who said putti... |
1273 | Novartis's cancer therapy wins UK backing after initial lymphoma snub. | Novartis’s Kymriah cell therapy won the blessing of health authorities in England for adult lymphoma patients, the Swiss drugmaker said on Friday, reversing last year’s rejection. | true | Health News | The list price is 282,000 pounds ($369,000) per patient, given as a single intravenous infusion, but Novartis agreed to offer the therapy for relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) at a confidential discounted price, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said. NICE had turne... |
27007 | "San Francisco has spent $72.5 million this fiscal year cleaning up human waste and drug paraphernalia"" and ""there are more drug users on their public needle program than high school graduates." | "Turning Point USA claimed that San Francisco has spent $72.5 million this fiscal year ""cleaning up human waste and drug paraphernalia"" and that ""there are more drug users on their public needle program than high school graduates."" Those claims are based on two San Francisco Chronicle articles — but Turning Point U... | false | City Budget, Drugs, Facebook Fact-checks, Turning Point USA, | "A viral photo on Facebook takes two San Francisco statistics out of context to make a point about government spending. In a post published July 1, Turning Point USA claimed that ""San Francisco has spent $72.5 million this fiscal year cleaning up human waste and drug paraphernalia."" It also claimed that there are ""m... |
7315 | Chinese communities rattled by virus, cancel new year events. | The rapid spread of a new virus from China has cast a pall across Chinese American communities, with people staying inside whenever possible, wearing medical masks when they must go out and canceling some celebrations for Lunar New Year, China’s biggest holiday. | true | Los Angeles, Health, General News, Asia, Holidays, China, Coronavirus, California, Virus Outbreak, U.S. News | Those actions became the new normal this week, when the count neared 12,000 people infected by a new coronavirus that originated in China and spread to other countries. More than 250 have died in China. The precautions were on display Friday in a string of majority-Asian population cities in Southern California — Alham... |
32512 | DNC staffer Seth Rich was gunned down to prevent him from meeting with the FBI over plans to testify against Hillary Clinton. | While it’s true police maintain an open investigation into Seth Rich’s death, the claim connecting him to Hillary Clinton was the third of its sort to emerge from the same conspiracy-monger in mid-2016. All those rumors were variations on the long-circulating (and false) “body bags” claims that the Clintons habitually ... | false | Politics Conspiracy Theories, clinton body count, DNC, seth rich | On 10 July 2016, Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffer Seth Conrad Rich was shot and killed just after 4 AM in Washington, D.C. Rich’s tragic death was undoubtedly destined to feed a number of conspiracy theories due to his line of work and the proximity of the 2016 presidential election. Among those theories wer... |
7322 | Nevada has 94 new coronavirus cases, pushing total to 1,836. | Nevada is reporting 94 new coronavirus cases, pushing the statewide total to 1,836, but the state Health and Human Services Department’s website shows the death toll remaining at 46. | true | Health, General News, Virus Outbreak, Las Vegas, Nevada | The state had 1,742 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Saturday. Most of the cases and deaths have been in Clark County, which is Nevada’s most populous and includes metro Las Vegas. Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Saturday that the federal government has approved Nevada’s request to declare a major disaster declaration for t... |
19408 | "Barack Obama Says he ""will protect your guaranteed benefits"" in Medicare while ""Mitt Romney would take away Medicare as guaranteed benefits." | "In the ad, Obama said he ""will protect your guaranteed benefits"" in Medicare, while ""Mitt Romney would take away Medicare as guaranteed benefits."" Obama exaggerates when he refers to ""guaranteed"" Medicare benefits under today’s system. Currently, Medicare does ""guarantee"" a form of health coverage for seniors ... | mixture | National, Health Care, Medicare, Message Machine 2012, Barack Obama, | "A new ad from President Barack Obama emphasizes a favorite Democratic talking point -- that Medicare currently has ""guaranteed benefits"" that could be taken away if Mitt Romney wins the presidency. In the ad, a narrator says, ""The new AARP Voter Guide is out with facts you need on Medicare. Fact: Barack Obama will ... |
10077 | Eating Foods High in Vitamin C Cuts Risk of Cataract Progression by a Third | This release from the American Academy of Ophthalmology describes a study on citrus foods as a possible nutritional cataract intervention. Because this study focused on 1,000 sets of female twins, the release offers some interesting observations about the role genetics may play in cataracts compared to diet and exercis... | mixture | Association/Society news release | No mention is made of the cost of adding more Vitamin C rich foods into the diet, but that would be tough to do, since the cost of foods rich in Vitamin C varies widely across the world. The news releases notes that, “During the baseline measurement, diets rich in vitamin C were associated with a 20 percent risk reduct... |
5465 | Illinois lawmakers plan 2nd Legionnaires’ disease hearing. | Illinois lawmakers will meet again next month in Springfield for a bipartisan hearing about the deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at a western Illinois veterans’ home. | true | Quincy, Health, Legionnaires disease, Illinois, Bruce Rauner, Disease outbreaks, Public health, Springfield | State Sen. Tom Cullerton said Monday that the joint House-Senate hearing will be Feb. 7 at the state Capitol. The hearings have been called to examine the state’s response to the disease that contributed to the deaths of 13 residents at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy since 2015 and sickened dozens more. Cullerton... |
2742 | Furiex irritable bowel syndrome drug succeeds in large trials. | Shares of Furiex Pharmaceuticals Inc more than doubled in value after the company said its experimental drug significantly alleviated diarrhea and abdominal pain associated with irritable bowel syndrome in two large late-stage trials. | true | Health News | Furiex said it would apply by mid-year for U.S. approval of the drug, eluxadoline, to treat diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-d), a debilitating bowel disorder that affects about 28 million people in the United States and major European markets. Furiex said it expected to seek European approval in earl... |
16828 | Nearly 60 percent of women who use birth control do so for more than just family planning. | "Wasserman Schultz said that ""nearly 60 percent of women who use birth control do so for more than just family planning."" This claim gets support from a Guttmacher Institute report that found 58 percent of pill users citing at least one non-contraceptive reason. However, Wasserman Schultz’s comment glosses over two i... | true | Health Care, Supreme Court, Women, Florida, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, | "On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that certain companies with religious objections can opt out of a mandate under the Affordable Care Act to provide free contraception to their employees. The 5-4 ruling involved a case brought by two companies owned by Christian families: Hobby Lobby, a chain of hobby stores, a... |
32638 | Scientists have created a human-gorilla hybrid called Hurilla. | was lightened and shared as a supposed photograph of a human-ape hybrid. | false | Junk News, human gorilla, hybrid | An image purportedly showing Hurilla, a hybrid human-gorilla infant, began recirculating online after it was shared by multiple viral content sites on 30 May 2016: A shocking report coming out of the Indian University of Science in Bengaluru, Karnataka announces they have successfully cloned a half human, half gorilla ... |
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