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3537 | State reports first death from vaping-related lung injury. | Massachusetts health officials are reporting the state’s first death from a vaping-related lung injury. | true | Health, General News, Public health, Charlie Baker, Massachusetts, Vaping, Injuries | The state Department of Health said Monday it reported the death of a woman in her 60s from Hampshire County to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The department didn’t identify the woman but said she’s among 121 suspected cases of vaping-related lung injuries reported to the state since last month... |
8603 | Nurses must be protected from abuse during coronavirus pandemic: WHO, nursing groups. | Authorities must protect nurses and other health workers from harassment and attacks compounding the already heavy toll they are paying in the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) and top nursing officials said on Tuesday. | true | Health News | Some 100 medical workers are reported to have died from the disease so far, including many nurses, Howard Catton, ceo of the International Council of Nurses, told a news briefing. The world’s 28 million nurses, 59% of all health workers, were overstretched before the crisis began, the WHO, the Nursing Now campaign, and... |
30825 | Service station customers are getting stuck by HIV-loaded syringes affixed to gas pump handles. | Rumors that service station customers are getting stuck by HIV-loaded syringes affixed to gas pump handles are a hoax. | false | Horrors, aids scares | A hoax urging service station customers to exercise caution when pumping gas appeared first on the Internet in early June 2000: [Collected via e-mail, 2000] My name is Captain Abraham Sands of the Jacksonville, Florida Police Department. I have been asked by state and local authorities to write this email in order to g... |
9579 | How often should you get a mammogram? It depends on whether you have dense breast tissue, experts say | This news story reports on a study, described in the Annals of Internal Medicine, that was designed to clarify the role of breast tissue density in calculating the risk of breast cancer mortality, and thus help physicians and women over 50 make better informed choices about how frequently to have mammograms. The story ... | mixture | breast cancer,mammography | The article did not discuss costs. Screening mammograms impose a significant cost on the U.S. health care system and insurers, particularly Medicare. Some critics of those suggesting less frequent screening for some groups of women argue that such efforts want to cut costs at the expense of women’s health and lives. Ev... |
29585 | A cannabis drug trial in France led to serious adverse effects in several subjects. | What's true: Health authorities in France are investigating adverse effects during a drug trial in January 2016; one patient was left brain-dead and five more in serious condition. What's false: The drug was a cannabis-based painkiller. What's undetermined: Details of the study such as the drug being tested, the circum... | false | Uncategorized, biotrial, drug trial, france | On 16 January 2016, Britain’s Sky News was one of many outlets reporting on significant adverse events during a French drug trial: Five volunteers are seriously ill in hospital after a medical trial at a private clinic in France. One of the five is described as “brain dead” while the other four are critically ill, acco... |
4508 | Senate GOP leader would raise age for buying tobacco to 21. | Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, whose home state of Kentucky was long one of the nation’s leading tobacco producers, introduced bipartisan legislation Monday to raise the minimum age for buying any tobacco products from 18 to 21. | true | Tim Kaine, Health, Legislation, Politics, Kentucky, North America, Business, Mitch McConnell | The chamber’s top Republican, who said he was making enactment of the bill “one of my highest priorities,” issued his proposal at a time when the use of e-cigarettes is growing and underage vaping has soared, raising concerns by health expert s. The measure would apply to all tobacco products, e-cigarettes and vapor pr... |
11281 | Studies: Statins Don’t Lower Cancer Risk | This article presented the findings from two studies indicating that statin medications used to manage cholesterol levels did not prevent development of breast, prostate, lung or colorectal cancer or death from these cancers. Overall, a balanced story. | true | Did not mention cost of treatment Mentioned lack of benefit from statins for this purpose; also provided some details of side effects of statins Provided a walk through the various types of clinical evidence. In addition to quoting study authors, a quote from an editorial in the journal in which one of the articles was... | |
34601 | Hanging plastic bags filled with water will repel flies. | Will hanging plastic bags filled with water repel flies from your area? Opinion is divided on that technique's effectiveness. | unproven | Critter Country, insects, Wild Inaccuracies | In the same vein as the oft-asserted claim that leaving bottles of water on one’s lawn will keep dogs from using that space as their personal lavatory is the belief that see-thru plastic bags filled with water and hung where flies can see them will keep those airborne pests at bay. Numerous folks swear by the practice,... |
7201 | Jimmy Carter cautions Democrats not to scare off moderates. | Former President Jimmy Carter sees little hope for the U.S. to change its human rights and environmental policies as long as Donald Trump is in the White House, but he has a warning for his fellow Democrats looking to oust the current administration: Don’t go too far to the left. | true | Health care reform, Universal health care, North America, Environment, Immigration, Elections, Atlanta, Donald Trump, Jimmy Carter, Presidential elections | “Independents need to know they can invest their vote in the Democratic Party,” Carter said Tuesday during his annual report at his post-presidential center and library in Atlanta, where he offered caution about the political consequences should Democrats “move to a very liberal program, like universal health care.” Th... |
29625 | A divorce between television psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw and his wife, Robin McGraw, is in the works. | """I think it's the belief that you can't live in Hollywood and be happily married, but you can,"" Robin McGraw declared." | false | Entertainment | Even those who don’t watch daytime television are generally familiar with one of its most successful and ubiquitous practitioners, psychologist Phil McGraw. Better known as “Dr. Phil,” McGraw and his wife, Robin McGraw, “counsel millions of viewers on issues ranging from marriage and domestic abuse to addiction to weig... |
34084 | Juliane Koepcke survived 10 days alone in the Amazon rainforest after falling nearly two miles during a plane crash. | "What's true: Juliane Koepcke was the lone survivor of a plane crash in 1971. What's undetermined: The origins of a viral image frequently attached to Juliane Koepcke's story are unknown. This photograph most likely shows an actress in the movie about Koepcke, ""Miracles Still Happen,"" not Koepcke herself." | true | Viral Phenomena | The amazing story of teenager Juliane Koepcke has served as the basis of a full-length feature film, a documentary, and a book. Most internet users, however, have probably heard of Koepcke in the form of an internet meme featuring a photograph supposedly showing the 17-year-old plane crash survivor and a short piece of... |
41823 | Amazing, but not shocking at all anymore. Nearly 200,000 Florida Voters May Not Be Citizens. | Amid a contentious Florida recount, Donald Trump Jr. tweeted a six-year-old, and outdated, story to suggest hundreds of thousands of noncitizens could have voted in the state. The story includes an update saying just 85 noncitizens were ultimately removed from the state’s voter rolls in 2012. | false | voter fraud, voting by noncitizens, | Amid a contentious Florida recount, Donald Trump Jr. tweeted a six-year-old, and outdated, story to suggest hundreds of thousands of noncitizens could have voted in the state. The story includes an update saying just 85 noncitizens were ultimately removed from the state’s voter rolls in 2012.On Nov. 12, Trump Jr. tweet... |
4107 | Louisiana: Fewest new HIV infections in more than 10 years. | New HIV diagnoses dropped last year to their lowest number in Louisiana in more than a decade — and possibly even a generation, the state Department of Health said Tuesday. | true | Health, Louisiana, Infectious diseases, General News | There were 989 new diagnoses in 2018, compared to at least 1,000 every year since 2006, according to the department’s Bureau of Infectious Diseases. There were 964 new cases in 2005 and 982 in 2006, but a state report said those numbers were low because so many people left and testing was disrupted after the hurricanes... |
7992 | Tokyo records most new coronavirus cases in a day as pressure for lockdown builds. | Japan’s capital recorded more than 70 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday for its highest tally in a single day, as pressure mounted on the prime minister to order a lockdown. | true | Health News | Japanese cases topped 2,000, and public broadcaster NHK said 78 cases in Tokyo took its tally of infections past 500. Media reports said 7 people in the city had died, five at one hospital. “This is the greatest increase up to now and is certainly of high concern, and I’m worried about what tomorrow’s figures might sho... |
10735 | Ear Infections: New Thinking on What to Do | "The story did a good job of explaining that many ear infections will clear up on their own and that overuse of antibiotics can cause problems. However, it should have done more to answer the questions that many parents will probably have about this issue, including whether the ""observation option"" discussed in the s... | mixture | "Providing early antibiotics vs. observation is an issue with cost implications for patients and the health care system. The story doesn’t mention costs. The story states that the primary benefit of delaying antibiotic treatment is to prevent resistance to antibiotics. This is true, but the story provides no specifics ... | |
34576 | The maternal death rate in Texas has spiked in recent years due to funding cuts for reproductive health clinics. | What's true: Researchers identified a spike in maternal mortality in Texas between 2011 and 2014, while state statistics demonstrated a steady climb in such deaths beginning in approximately 2003. What's false: Researchers did not demonstrate a direct correlation between reproductive health laws in Texas and the matern... | unproven | Uncategorized, maternal mortality, maternal mortality in texas, texas | On 20 August 2016, the UK newspaper The Guardian (among others) published an article about a September 2016 study suggesting that the maternal mortality rate in Texas had doubled in recent years (outstripping that of countries with overall poorer health outcomes): The rate of Texas women who died from complications rel... |
37859 | California's Department of Social Services issued a letter to MediCal and CalFresh recipients, ordering families to undergo immediate COVID-19 testing or their kids would be put into foster care. | Is the California Department of Social Services Mandating COVID-19 Testing for Eligible Families — and Threatening to Place Children in Foster Care? | false | Disinformation, Fact Checks | In early May 2020, a letter attributed to California’s Department of Social Services circulated on Facebook. It purportedly mandated that recipients of programs like MediCal and CalFresh immediately submit to testing for COVID-19 antigens or antibodies — or lose their benefits. Further, the letter stated that if recipi... |
1993 | Unhealthy Russians think they're in good shape. | Most Russians overestimate how healthy they are and many run high health risks by smoking, abusing alcohol, being obese and failing to take enough exercise, according to a report published on Tuesday. | true | Health News | A drunk man lies in the hallway of a housing estate outside the Siberian city of Tomsk some 3500 km (2175 miles) east of Moscow June 5, 2008. REUTERS/Thomas Peter A survey by the Association of International Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (AIPM) and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associa... |
8983 | New hope for patients with incurable and disabling hand condition, Dupuytren's disease | The headline of this news release promises “new hope” for patients with Depuytren’s disease: a disabling hand condition characterized by progressive contracting of the fingers into a clawlike deformity. The cause is unknown, the course of the disease is often gradually progressive, and there’s no curative treatment. Th... | false | Dupuytren's disease,University of Oxford | The cost of a single 40 mg injection of the the anti-TNF (tumor necrosis factor) drug, adalimumab (brand name, Humira) isn’t mentioned. Given the level of the research at the moment, the durability of what can best be described as a change in a surrogate marker is unknown. Although the cost of 40mg of Humira is around ... |
7208 | Doctors, Mainers fund universal health care task force. | A Maine commission tasked with proposing a publicly financed health care system is being funded by doctors, medical groups and residents. | true | Health, Maine, Universal health care | The state Task Force on Health Care Coverage For All of Maine has raised about $7,000 of the roughly $9,000 needed for its work. Groups and individuals who donate must state they didn’t give to influence the study or legislative action. Some donors gave $10 while non-profit Maine Community Health Options gave $500. Leg... |
25991 | “Dr. Fauci: No reason to be wearing a mask.” | An old video of Dr. Anthony Fauci saying that people don’t need to wear face masks was taken out of context. Since April, the CDC has recommended face coverings to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and Fauci has pushed for their use as well. | false | National, Facebook Fact-checks, Coronavirus, Facebook posts, | "A video showing Dr. Anthony Fauci telling people not to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is being taken out of context on social media. It’s an outdated video that ignores the fact that the CDC and Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, both recommend most people wear... |
14010 | ISIS is running through a border made porous by Barack Obama’s policies. | "Abbott said ""ISIS is running through the border made porous by Barack Obama’s policies."" We found no factual basis — Abbott offered none — to support the claim that ISIS is ""running through"" the border. Other claims of ISIS forces marshaling on the U.S.-Mexico border have been debunked, and this one deserves the s... | false | Immigration, Terrorism, Texas, Greg Abbott, | "At the May 2016 Republican Party of Texas convention, Gov. Greg Abbott told thousands of delegates that the Islamic State group, which has ravaged parts of the Middle East, was at work along the Texas-Mexico border. ""Our country better wake up. We’re facing an existential threat,"" he said. ""ISIS is running through ... |
35113 | Amazon announced that it was suspending all deliveries except for medical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic. | "What's true: Amazon is temporarily prohibiting third-party sellers from shipping and storing non-essential items at its warehouses until April 5, 2020. This will likely impact the products available for ""Fulfillment by Amazon"" (FBA) orders in the near-future. What's false: Amazon did not announce that it was halting... | false | Business, COVID-19 | In March 2020, a number of cities in the United States and around the globe started to urge people to stay at home in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus disease. As people started to gather supplies for their “quarantine,” a worrying rumor started to circulate on social media that Amazon was suspendin... |
26282 | “Gov. Wolf is not allowing companies that distribute U.S. flags to ship out orders to be placed at veteran’s graves for Memorial Day.” | When a state lawmaker from Pennsylvania’s Erie County learned that the coronavirus might prevent veterans groups from placing flags on fallen service members’ graves, he posted about it on Facebook. Pennsylvania not only excluded a large flag manufacturer from its original list of life-sustaining businesses permitted t... | true | National, Coronavirus, Pennsylvania, Facebook posts, | "Veterans groups in Pennsylvania typically prepare for Memorial Day by placing small American flags beside the headstones where fallen service members have been laid to rest. When a state lawmaker from Erie County learned that the coronavirus might scuttle that sacred tradition, he posted about it on Facebook. ""Gov. W... |
41641 | No longer sending money to the EU means we will have money to spend on priorities like the NHS. | There is no guaranteed extra money to pay for increased NHS funding from stopping our payments to the EU budget. Other costs associated with Brexit are expected to outweigh the savings. | false | health | No longer sending money to the EU means we will have money to spend on priorities like the NHS. There is no guaranteed extra money to pay for increased NHS funding from stopping our payments to the EU budget. Other costs associated with Brexit are expected to outweigh the savings. When the UK leaves the EU we won’t be ... |
8333 | EU urges states to lift drug export bans to prevent shortages. | The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on Wednesday urged European Union states to lift export bans on medicines to avoid causing shortages in the bloc as it tackles the coronavirus crisis. | true | Health News | Half of EU states have designated long lists of drugs that cannot be exported during the coronavirus emergency. The lists include medication used to treat COVID-19 patients such as muscle relaxants, painkillers and hydroxychloroquine. “We ask that national governments lift any export ban on medicines. Such restrictions... |
2075 | Mental illness alone not linked to violence. | Mental illnesses like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder alone do not make people more violent, but the tendency of people with psychiatric problems to abuse drugs or alcohol does, scientists said on Monday. | true | Health News | Experts have long sought to understand the link between mental illness and violence and these findings suggest that the widespread public perception that psychiatric disorders alone make people more prone to violent crime is flawed. Researchers from Britain and Sweden who studied rates of violent crime among people wit... |
9240 | Phase 3 analyses in Alzheimer's show clinical benefit of tramiprosate in APOE4 carriers | This news release from a public relations firm on behalf of drug manufacturer, Alzheon, describes an experimental compound tramiprosate that showed some impact on patients carrying the APOE4 gene which is present in many people who go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease. The drug is thought to target amyloid — protein fr... | mixture | The Yates Network,tramiprosate | This release is about clinical research on a compound that is not available yet to patients outside of an experimental setting. Even so, we wish the release had some cost context on the drug. When (or if) it debuts in the future, what might it cost? The release states that there is a “meaningful clinical benefit” to th... |
8756 | Insurers recoup obesity surgery cost in 2-4 years. | Insurers recoup the costs of weight-loss surgery within two to four years as obese patients become healthier and have fewer medical problems, researchers said on Wednesday. | true | Health News | A passenger waits for a delayed flight at Heathrow airport's terminal four in London August 12, 2006. REUTERS/Toby Melville The findings show that bariatric surgery, an increasingly popular operation, benefits patients’ health and saves money, according to Pierre-Yves Cremieux of the economic consulting firm Analys... |
5525 | European divisions beyond Brexit on display in Davos. | Europe’s divisions were on display Thursday at the World Economic Forum as hundreds of protesters descended on the Swiss ski resort of Davos to lambast the elite attendees for caring more about their balance sheets than the state of the world. | true | Global trade, World Economic Forum, Brexit, Environment, International News, Business, Switzerland, Europe, Donald Trump | Shouting “anti-capitalista” and other chants, the gathering of socialists, environmentalists and others waved banners and signs that read “Davos Stinks” or “Let them eat money” — while braving sub-zero temperatures near the Davos train station. “We want a better world, you’re not deciding for us,” said 20-year-old prot... |
37861 | A photo of four x-rays side-by-side compares lung damage inflicted by COVID-19 and two additional diseases. | Do These X-Rays Show What COVID-19 Does To Your Lungs? | unproven | Disinformation, Fact Checks | A graphic exhorting social media users to take COVID-19 seriously only added to the disinformation surrounding the disease.The meme, which began circulating on Facebook in May 2020, shows four different chest X-rays. The caption claims that the fourth, in which the chest is almost completely faded out, shows the effect... |
35435 | A photograph shows U.S. President Donald Trump wearing a protective face mask during a visit to a Ford manufacturing plant in spring 2020. | — William LeGate (@williamlegate) May 22, 2020 | true | Fauxtography, COVID-19 | In the days before U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to a Ford manufacturer in Michigan on May 21, 2020, the company informed the White House that face masks would be required for all visitors. This request proved somewhat controversial, however, as Trump had thus far refused to wear a mask in public during the COVID... |
26343 | “Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus. | Looking just at the cumulative recovery statistics from the available states — 14 states have not published current data on recoveries — Texas ranks third. But it is important to note that there are many different definitions of what constitutes a recovery. For example, the Texas figure is an estimate based on hospital... | mixture | Texas, Coronavirus, Greg Abbott, | "Ahead of his announcement that Texas would commence the second phase of its reopening after a statewide stay-at-home order had lifted, Gov. Greg Abbott celebrated ""GREAT NEWS"" for the state in a tweet. ""The number of Texans who have RECOVERED from #COVID19 now exceeds the number of active COVID cases for the past 2... |
9306 | J&J says its psoriasis drug superior to Novartis' in study | This is a brief news story about a drug company announcement of clinical trial results. Because patients as well as investors will read the story, it’s important that the story address details such as cost, side effects and limitations of the trial, even if only briefly. Instead, this story mostly just rehashes the com... | false | Psoriasis | A cost comparison of the two drugs highlighted in the study — Johnson & Johnson’s Tremfya and Cosentyx from Novartis AG — wasn’t provided and would have been helpful. The list price of a 100-mg dose of Tremfya (to be given once every two months) is about $10,000. For Cosentyx, around $4,700 (unclear if dosing is equiva... |
41766 | So many of these people that are getting the chickenpox were vaccinated for it. It’s not being spread by the kids who didn’t have the vaccination. | In the midst of a chickenpox outbreak in his state, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said that he had not vaccinated any of his children against the disease, choosing instead to purposely expose his kids to an infected person to get the chickenpox — a practice that public health officials say is dangerous. | mixture | abortion, chickenpox, vaccines, | On March 19, in the midst of a chickenpox outbreak in his state, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said in a radio interview that he had not vaccinated any of his children against the disease, choosing instead to purposely expose his kids to an infected person to get chickenpox — a practice that public health officials say is d... |
12414 | "Rare is the president ""who's passed more legislation, who's done more things than what we've done, between the executive orders and the job-killing regulations that have been terminated." | "In his Cabinet meeting, Trump said that rare is the president ""who's passed more legislation, who's done more things than what we've done, between the executive orders and the job-killing regulations that have been terminated."" Scholars of the presidency and Congress are unconvinced that Trump’s legislative and admi... | false | National, Donald Trump, | "Some commentators called it ""the weirdest Cabinet meeting ever"": President Donald Trump’s leadership team gathered to deliver a litany of praise for the president. Trump saved some of the boasting for himself, making claims that his administration has been one of historic accomplishments. ""I will say that never has... |
11473 | Prenatal Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplements May Cut Babies’ Colds | This is a story reporting on a recently published study comparing the health of infants born to mothers who did or did not receive DHA supplements during a later portion (i.e. starting at 18 – 22 weeks) of their pregnancy. These results follow several other publications about these infants and how they compare, which i... | mixture | HealthDay,Preventive care,Supplements | There was no information about the cost of DHA supplementation. We easily found many websites selling plant-source (from algae) DHA. One site had a bottle of 60 (only 200 mg tabs, so the mother would need to take 2 to reach the 400 mg in the study) for $19.67. The benefits associated with prenatal exposure to DHA suppl... |
7628 | Clashing with Trump, U.S. government report says climate change will batter economy. | Climate change will cost the U.S. economy hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century, hitting everything from health to infrastructure, according to a government report issued on Friday that the White House called inaccurate. | true | Environment | The congressionally mandated report, written with the help of more than a dozen U.S. government agencies and departments, outlined the projected impact of global warming on every corner of American society in a dire warning that is at odds with the Trump administration’s pro-fossil-fuels agenda. “With continued growth ... |
24698 | "The Democrats propose ""a government-controlled health care plan that will deprive roughly 120 million Americans of their current health care coverage." | "120 million ""deprived"" of health care is not correct" | false | National, Health Care, Mike Pence, | "With high-profile support from President Barack Obama, Congress is preparing a major overhaul of the nation's health care system. The details have yet to be revealed, but that hasn't stopped critics in Congress from going on the attack. Obama and the Democratic leadership have proposed broad outlines for the overhaul.... |
10999 | 2 Weeks of Antibiotic Therapy Relieves IBS | This story on a pharma-funded study indicating that antibiotics may hold promise for people who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) overplayed the study’s actual findings and spent too little time analyzing the evidence. This one did a better job than the AP story in identifying the conflicts of interest of the ... | false | Irritable bowel syndrome,WebMD | This story made no mention of costs. This is a shame in a story that is essentially promoting off label use for a costly drug that is only approved for a very narrow range of treatments. The Associated Press story that we also reviewed estimated that the pills cost $21 a pop, resulting in a $910 price tag for a two wee... |
41508 | 90,000 women are raped in the UK every year. | Millions of young people flooded the streets of cities around the world on Friday to demand political leaders take urgent steps to stop climate change, uniting in a worldwide protest inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. | unproven | crime | Alarmed by images of the Greenland ice sheets melting and the Amazon rain forests burning, students and workers abandoned schools, shops and offices in nearly every corner of the globe, aiming to stop what they see as a looming environmental catastrophe. The protests started in the Pacific islands, where rising sea lev... |
31371 | "Popular cereals (including Lucky Charms and Cheerios) contain ""paint thinner"" and pose a danger to children." | Because representing a phosphate salt as a paint thinner is a rhetorical device used to sow scientifically uninformed fears about a commonly used food additive without any concern for scale or mechanism, and because the compound itself presents no reasonable risk to humans, we rank this claim as false. | false | Food, cereal, food, lucky charms | Fears over the presence of a chemical known as trisodium phosphate (or tribasic sodium phosphate; TSP) in cereals like Lucky Charms and Cheerios have been circulating on social media sites and message boards for years. While uncontroversially used as an additive in cereal since at least the 1950s, a popular picture hig... |
14165 | "Donald Trump Says Hillary Clinton ""wants to abolish the Second Amendment." | "Trump said, ""Hillary Clinton wants to abolish the Second Amendment."" We found no evidence of Clinton ever saying verbatim or suggesting explicitly that she wants to abolish the Second Amendment, and the bulk of Clinton’s comments suggest the opposite. She has repeatedly said she wants to protect the right to bear ar... | false | National, Guns, Donald Trump, | "Donald Trump accused Hillary Clinton of coming after your guns and your right to them. ""Hillary Clinton wants to abolish the Second Amendment,"" Trump said May 7 at a rally in Washington. ""Hillary Clinton wants to take your guns away, and she wants to abolish the Second Amendment."" We asked the Trump campaign for e... |
10119 | Chemo’s toll on breast cancer patients underestimated | Chemotherapy has been a standard treatment for breast cancer for many years. The story does an excellent job discussing reasons why chemotherapy may offer limited benefit to many women, especially since the incidence of serious side effects is greater than previously estimated. That there is a higher incidence of serio... | true | The story provides the estimated annual cost of hospital visits for chemotherapy-related side effects. The story explains that chemotherapy may be of limited benefit to many women, especially since the incidence of serious side effects is greater than previously estimated. The story provides balance on the risks and be... | |
3057 | Edwards reelected, black churches torched among top stories. | Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards heads into the new year as the nation’s only Democratic governor representing the Deep South after a bruising victory over a Trump-backed opponent. This year also saw residents legally buying medical marijuana, Saints fans protesting a blown call that ultimately kept the team out of the ... | true | Football, Super Bowl, New Orleans, New Orleans Saints, Medical marijuana, General News, NFL, Marijuana, Business, John Bel Edwards, Education, Louisiana | A look at the top 10 stories of 2019: EDWARDS RE-ELECTION Louisiana voters reelected Edwards to a second term despite President Trump’s efforts to return the seat to the GOP. The president led three anti-Edwards rallies in Louisiana, but Edwards cobbled together enough cross-party support to defeat businessman Eddie R... |
15964 | "Atmospheric conditions could push a football’s pressure ""down approximately one-and-a-half pounds per square inch." | Belichick said that moving the footballs from indoors to outdoors could explain the loss of about 1.5 pounds per square inch of pressure. Experimental and mathematical results are in that ballpark. Lab tests said air temperature alone could bring down the pressure by 1.1 pounds. The ideal gas law predicted a 1 pound lo... | true | Sports, PunditFact, Bill Belichick, | "The New England Patriots might wish this entire business of under-inflated footballs would vanish in a puff of smoke, but it’s a boon for physics teachers who have found themselves suddenly relevant in the world of sports. Patriots coach Bill Belichick, a self-declared non-scientist, held a pre-Super Bowl news confere... |
10412 | Brain images suggest Alzheimer’s drug is working | "This is a story about the effects of a drug taken from a small research study about a technique that may prove useful for monitoring plaque in the brains of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. Although the study did not report on clinical impact of the drug and in fact was not powered to detect changes in function, ... | false | "There was no discussion of costs, nor was there even any mention that the drug needed to be administered via an injection – which will impact cost of delivery. The story reported that the impact of the drug was to reduce plaque by 25%. Reporting a relative risk reduction does not provide readers with much information.... | |
6667 | Big Island infant diagnosed with brain parasite. | The Hawaii Department of Health says a Big Island infant who fell ill in December has been confirmed as 2018′s eighth case of rat lungworm disease in the state. | true | Health, Rats, Hawaii, Hilo | The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Friday that the department said in a statement that the East Hawaii child was transported to Oahu for treatment. The infant is the second child from East Hawaii to contract the disease in 2018. The first was diagnosed in early November. Rat lungworm disease, also known as angiostrongy... |
21298 | American Crossroads Says Bill Clinton opposes President Barack Obama's plan to raise taxes on wealthy Americans. | Bill Clinton attacks 'Buffet Rule' and President Barack Obama in new American Crossroads ad | false | Message Machine 2010, Taxes, Florida, American Crossroads, | "American Crossroads, the conservative political group created by Karl Rove, is advancing President Barack Obama's trip to Orlando on Oct. 11, 2011, with a new television ad attacking Obama's plan to raise taxes on mainly wealthy Americans. The ad, called ""Don't,"" also is running in Pennsylvania, and features a poten... |
31147 | A viral animation shows a myosin molecule transporting endorphins, which can be thought of as a visual representation of the feeling of happiness. | Because this picture shows an artist’s visualization of a kinesin protein in a white blood cell and not a myosin protein in a neuron, and it is not an actual video but a representation. | false | Science | Since at least 2014, one of the Internet’s most viral scientific images has been an animated gif showing a protein with “legs” strutting along a filament while carrying a large undulating orb. Viral posts originating on Imgur and 9gag have suggested that it is a visual representation of happiness itself: This is what h... |
26299 | “You have areas of Pennsylvania that are barely affected and [the governor wants] to keep them closed.” | Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has already moved 37 Pennsylvania counties into what he calls the ‘yellow’ phase of reopening. In these places, many businesses may resume in-person operations, and residents may leave their homes so long as they take precautions. The number of people sickened with the virus in Lancaster, Leb... | mixture | National, Coronavirus, Pennsylvania, Donald Trump, | "After touring an Allentown warehouse filled with protective medical equipment, President Donald Trump criticized Gov. Tom Wolf for keeping parts of Pennsylvania closed that the president thinks are no longer threatened by the coronavirus. ""You have areas of Pennsylvania that are barely affected and [the governor want... |
36355 | Widely available cornmeal is an effective way to stop weeds from germinating and spreading. | Can You Use Cornmeal to Keep Weed Seeds from Germinating? | false | Fact Checks, Viral Content | In February 2019, the Facebook page “Country n garden” shared a post (archived here) borrowed from another source, which claimed that cornmeal is an effective substance in home gardens to prevent the spread of weeds:Above an image of a metal measuring cup shaking cornmeal into a garden, text offered a purported explana... |
10859 | Special Infant Formula Might Help Shield Babies from Type 1 Diabetes | There are many options when weaning an infant from breast milk. The story discusses a recently published NEJM study which compared extensively hydrolyzed formula with regular infant formula in infants from 6-8 months, and followed these children for 10 years. The more expensive hydrolyzed forumula was associated with f... | true | HealthDay | The story notes that the extensively hydrolyzed formula is more expensive than standard formula; however, the authors should have indicated how much more expensive hydrolyzed formula is compared to regular formula. Monthly cost comparison of two formulas would have been appropriate as this may be a deciding factor for ... |
41719 | The government are lifting the living wage by the biggest ever amount, up to £8.72, and it will go up to £10.50. | The national living wage set by the government is set to rise to £8.72 in April, the largest rise since it was put in place in 2016. It was also announced at last year’s Conservative party conference that it would rise to £10.50 within the next five years. | true | health | There will be 50,000 more nurses going into the NHS. The government has committed to do this by 2024/25. Not all of these nurses will be ‘new’. The government have announced the end of hospital parking charges for patients. In December it was announced that hospitals in England will have to provide free car parking to ... |
23483 | "The Obama Health and Human Services Department is planning to compile a federal health record on all U.S. citizens by 2014,"" including ""each individual’s Body Mass Index." | Ann Marie Buerkle, GOP candidate, says under new health law, feds will track Americans' body mass index | false | National, Health Care, Privacy Issues, Ann Marie Buerkle, | "It sounds like a claim from a chain e-mail, but it's posted on the website of a Republican candidate for Congress. Is Big Brother really going to keep tabs on your flab? The charge was posted in a letter dated Aug. 10, 2010, on the website of Ann Marie Buerkle, a Republican who is seeking to oust Rep. Dan Maffei, a fr... |
8462 | Yearning for a pint? Brussels brewers deliver to homes during coronavirus lockdown. | With beer sales hit by the coronavirus lockdown, small Brussels breweries are offering a delivery service to the homes of thirsty customers and for some business is booming. | true | Health News | All bars in Belgium have been shut since the start of the lockdown a month ago, dealing a blow to smaller brewers such as Brasserie de la Senne, en Stoemelings or La Source Beer, whose products are hard to find in supermarkets, which remain open. To keep business alive, half a dozen of the microbreweries are encouragin... |
22921 | New food safety legislation will regulate backyard gardening. | Food safety law to regulate your backyard garden? No, it doesn't. | false | Agriculture, National, Food Safety, Regulation, Bloggers, | "We've received several e-mails from readers asking us about new food safety legislation pending in Congress. They wanted to know if it is true that the bill would regulate backyard gardening. They sent us several claims promoted by various bloggers. Here's how a website called NaturalNews put it ""Senate Bill 510, the... |
33177 | The Triton Scuba Mask allows people to breathe underwater without the use of air tanks. | We launched this campaign to build a community of people who are excited to bring Triton to life, and we are committed to making sure our backers feel confident in our efforts. After careful consideration and in light of this new information, we have decided to refund all Triton backers and launch a brand new campaign. | false | Technology | In November 2013, South Korean designer Jeabyun Yeon unveiled his concept for a “Portal Oxygen Respirator” dubbed Triton, a device that would allow people to breather underwater “simply by biting it,” at the Samsung Art and Design Institute (SADI) graduation exhibition: South Korean designer Jeabyun Yeon just unveiled ... |
9220 | Drug for narcolepsy could help food addicts lose weight | This release reports on the results of a small study comparing two drugs used to treat narcolepsy and other sleep disorders with a placebo in gauging whether the drugs heighten impulse control, and suggests these results could be applied to the general population. The release claims that after a single dose, one of the... | false | modafinil,obesity,University of Warwick | There was no mention of the cost of Modafinil. According to GoodRx, a supply of 30 tablets containing 200 mg ranged from $86 at Safeway to $141 at Target on the day of our web search. The release is filled with general statements about the benefits of Modafinil in reducing impulse eating but provides no numerical data ... |
7337 | VA says it won’t stop use of unproven drug on vets for now. | Facing growing criticism, the Department of Veterans Affairs said Friday that it will not halt use of an unproven malaria drug on veterans with COVID-19 but that fewer of its patients are now taking it. | true | Understanding the Outbreak, Malaria, Technology, General News, Politics, Health, Robert Wilkie, Virus Outbreak, Veterans, Veterans affairs, Donald Trump | In responses provided to Congress and obtained by The Associated Press, the VA said it never “encouraged or discouraged” its government-run hospitals to use hydroxychloroquine on patients even as President Donald Trump heavily promoted the drug for months without scientific evidence of its effectiveness. Still, it ackn... |
10082 | Wyeth Seeks to Sell Birth-Control Pill That Ends Periods | This article discusses a new approach to birth control pills that would eliminate monthly menstrual bleeding altogether. A similar product that reduces menstrual bleeding to 4 times per year is already on the market. This story provides some useful context to explain why traditional birth control pills have a pill-free... | false | The story mentions potential cost savings for women who take the new birth control pill, which is intended to eliminate monthly menstrual-like bleeding, but the cost of the drug itself is not noted. The basis for a claim that the drug may also improve women’s work productivity is not clear either. The article notes the... | |
26404 | The government must have planned the coronavirus pandemic because the coronavirus relief bill had been introduced three years earlier. | The introduction date of the legislation that ultimately became the CARES Act doesn’t signify anything about when the government knew about the coronavirus pandemic. Tax-related bills need to originate in the House. But to speed the passage of coronavirus relief, the senators who drew up the CARES Act used a common wor... | false | Congress, Facebook Fact-checks, Coronavirus, Facebook posts, | "The coronavirus pandemic has generated a torrent of conspiracy theories. One of them is that the U.S. government somehow planned the pandemic. An April 26 Facebook post sought to prove its case by showing a screenshot of a Wikipedia-like page describing the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, more comm... |
26440 | Wisconsin is “clearly seeing a decline in COVID infections” | There are a lot of ways to slice coronavirus data, but this overreaches New cases and deaths in the week before this claim were roughly in line with both the preceding week and the averages for the month of April. Hospitalizations were down from a week prior but flat the week before the claim. | false | Health Care, Public Health, Wisconsin, Coronavirus, Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders, | "As tends to happen in Wisconsin politics these days, the battle over re-opening the state is headed to the courts. The state’s Republican-led Legislature filed suit April 21, 2020, asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to stop Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ administration from extending the stay-at-home order into late May.... |
6769 | Norovirus at assisted living facility affects early voting. | Early voting in the Illinois primary has been postponed at an assisted living facility due to an outbreak of norovirus. | true | Health, Assisted living, Illinois | Department of Health administrator Michael Hill says McHenry County planned to use the Three Oaks Assisted Living facility in the northern Illinois community of Cary as an early voting place. Those plans were postponed because about 30 elderly residents and staff members became ill. Early voting is scheduled to begin M... |
8861 | FDA pinpoints contaminant in Baxter's heparin. | U.S. health regulators said on Wednesday they have identified a contaminant found in batches of Baxter International Inc’s blood-thinner heparin that were linked to serious reactions and deaths. | true | Health News | Food and Drug Administration officials said they are trying to determine whether the chemical — over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate — was purposely or inadvertently added during manufacturing in China. “We don’t know whether the contaminant was introduced intentionally or by accident,” said Dr. Janet Woodcock, direc... |
25724 | “At UNC 14% of students tested positive.” | "U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, said that ""14% of students tested positive” at the University of North Carolina. The way he phrased the tweet could give the impression that more than 2,600 of UNC's 19,000 undergraduates are infected. That's not the case. About 14% of tests recently came back posi... | false | North Carolina, Coronavirus, Chris Murphy, | "The University of North Carolina made national news after reporting a coronavirus outbreak shortly after students returned to campus. Before students could even get their first assignments, university administrators abandoned their plans to hold in-person classes. The football team, however, is still scheduled to move... |
36555 | An image depicts Sen. Mitch McConnell posing in front of a Confederate flag. | South Africa’s Karoo region has always been parched - it means land of thirst in the language of its earliest inhabitants, the Khoisan hunter gatherers. | unproven | Fact Checks, Politics | Yet nothing prepared residents of its oldest town, Graaff-Reinet, for their worst drought in more than a century. As the dry spell entered its fourth year, tap water turned brown and smelled like rotting fish. When the water behind the Nqweba Dam dried up, depositing tens of thousands of dead fish onto cracked earth, q... |
41042 | To test for the new coronavirus, take a deep breath and hold for more than 10 seconds. If you complete it successfully without coughing, discomfort, stuffiness or tightness it proves there is no fibrosis in the lungs, basically indicating no infection. | There is no evidence to suggest this test can show if you have the new coronavirus. | unproven | online | If the new coronavirus gets into your mouth, drinking water or other liquids will wash them down through the oesophagus. Once they’re in the stomach, the acid will kill the virus. If you don't drink enough water more regularly, the virus can enter your windpipes and into the lungs. If you have a runny nose and sputum, ... |
34631 | Temptations cat treats are causing renal failure in cats. | We believe that pets are family, and the safety of all pets is our first priority. We are confident that our Temptations Treats are 100% safe to feed. Temptations Treats are made in our own facility in Canada where they undergo hundreds of safety and quality checks each day. We have reached out directly to Punkin’ Pawz... | unproven | Critter Country, facebook pet warnings, renal failure, temptations cat treats | On 29 February 2016, Punkin’ Pawz Palace Cat Sanctuary published a since-deleted status update warning to Facebook, claiming: Mama Jo here, We’ve got a serious issue going on here and we want to get the word out. 12 of our babies have been basically poisoned by Temptations cat treats. They are vomiting, and 2 of them h... |
22376 | "On the president unilaterally authorizing a military attack ""that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation." | Is Barack Obama's Libya intervention a flip-flop from what he said in 2007? | false | National, Legal Issues, Foreign Policy, Military, Barack Obama, | "In the wake of U.S. participation in military operations against targets in Libya, commentators on the left and the right have raised questions about whether President Barack Obama had the required authority to launch operations without specific authorization from Congress. A reader pointed out to us that Obama himsel... |
19080 | The Ryan budget gets rid of Medicare in 10 years and turns it into a voucher program. | GlaxoSmithKline’s experimental HIV injection is as effective when given every other month as monthly, according to a study, a convenience that could help the British drugmaker in its battle against a rival drug from Gilead Sciences.GSK’s two-drug injection was as effective as a monthly dose of the same regimen in maint... | false | Rhode Island, Health Care, Medicare, Sheldon Whitehouse, | Detailed results will be presented at an unspecified medical conference, the company added. ViiV, in which Pfizer and Shionogi have small stakes, is working on two-drug combinations and will use the lower drug burden in comparison with three-drug cocktails such as Gilead’s Biktarvy as its main selling point to patients... |
23167 | "Under the new health care law, ""the first person (a) patient has to go to is a bureaucrat. That is called a panel." | John Raese says health care law forces patients to go to a bureaucrat before a doctor | false | National, Health Care, Message Machine 2010, John Raese, | "During the West Virginia Senate debate on Oct. 18, 2010, Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin and Republican businessman John Raese sparred over a number of topics, including the Democratic-backed health care law passed earlier this year. We were especially intrigued by one criticism raised against the law by Raese. A question... |
2727 | Bayer's Monsanto faces 8,000 lawsuits on glyphosate. | The number of U.S. lawsuits brought against Bayer’s (BAYGn.DE) newly acquired Monsanto has jumped to about 8,000, as the German drugmaker braces for years of legal wrangling over alleged cancer risks of glyphosate-based weedkillers. | true | Environment | Bayer had previously disclosed 5,200 such lawsuits against Monsanto, which it acquired in a $63 billion deal completed in June. “The number of plaintiffs in both state and federal litigation is approximately 8,000 as of end-July. These numbers may rise or fall over time but our view is that the number is not indicative... |
39766 | McDonalds plans to stop serving overweight customers in 2015. | McDonalds to Stop Serving Overweight Customers | false | 9/11 Attack on America | "It’s not true that McDonalds plans to turn away overweight customers. The claim started with a satirical story published by the website Daily Buzz Live in December of 2014. The story was shared and liked nearly 700,000 times on Facebook. According to the report: According to reports, beginning January 1, 2015, M... |
1287 | UK police charge pharmaceutical company over hospital baby deaths. | Police said on Wednesday they had charged pharmaceutical company ITH Pharma with a number of offences as part of an investigation into the deaths and illnesses of seven babies at several hospitals. | true | Health News | London’s Metropolitan Police said the company had been charged with seven counts of supplying a medicinal product which was not of the nature or quality specified in the prescription. It was also accused of failing to take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that patients were not infected by contaminants. The n... |
4681 | Emirati woman wakes up from stupor after 27 years. | A woman from the United Arab Emirates whose apparent awakening from a 27-year-long stupor has grabbed international headlines is a rare but not unique case, one of the German doctors who treated her says. | true | Dubai, United Arab Emirates, International News, Middle East, Abu Dhabi, Oddities, Science | The story of Munira Abdulla was first published by Abu Dhabi’s The National newspaper on Monday. The newspaper reported that in 1991, Abdulla was with her son when a school bus collided with their car. Her son, cradled by his mother before the crash, escaped with a bruise to the head. Abdulla was 32 at the time. That s... |
9677 | Acupuncture May Help Ease Fibromyalgia Pain, Study Finds | This HealthDay story reports on a study of fibromyalgia patients who received acupuncture as a supplemental treatment for pain. Their results were compared to those of another group of patients receiving only sham treatments. The story says that after 10 weeks of acupuncture, patients reported an average of a 41 percen... | true | acupuncture,fibromyalgia,pain | The story offers an estimate of the cost of an acupuncture session at $125. The study participants received nine separate sessions, which would, by this estimate, total $1,125. The story also mentions that some insurance carriers will pay for acupuncture treatments. The story reports an improvement in perceived pain re... |
2237 | First cholera death recorded since cyclone hit Mozambique port, cases double. | The number of cholera cases has almost doubled in Mozambique in the past 24 hours and the port city of Beira has recorded its first death from the disease since a massive cyclone struck, health chiefs said on Sunday. | true | Health News | Cyclone Idai smashed into Beira on March 14, unleashing catastrophic flooding and killing more than 700 people in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. The aftermath may prove to be even deadlier with 1.85 million people displaced after entire villages were submerged and households swept away. “We’ve now registered one deat... |
5973 | Woman to row across ocean for environmental awareness. | As a member of the University of Washington’s elite women’s varsity crew, Eliza Dawson honed her athletic skills on the sometimes-choppy waters of Lake Washington. | true | Monterey, Climate, Rowing, Oceans, Washington, Environment, California, Womens rowing, Pacific Ocean, Seattle | This summer, she’ll test her rowing talent in a far more challenging environment, where small crews of rowers rarely go: the Pacific Ocean. Dawson is taking part in a 2,400-mile rowing race from Monterey, California, to Honolulu. She and three teammates are aiming to break a world record — 50 days, 8 hours, 14 minutes,... |
29055 | Energy-saving light bulbs (CFLs) release dangerous amounts of mercury when broken. | What's true: CFLs contain mercury, a potentially dangerous substance that escapes from broken CFLs into the immediate surroundings, and therefore the breakage of a CFL bulb should be handled by carefully removing the broken bulb and its contents from a home. What's false: The amount of mercury contained in one CFL bulb... | mixture | Medical, ASP Article, Toxin Du Jour | Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs), whose use is estimated to result in a $47 savings in energy costs over the life of each bulb versus incandescents, have had their critics. They take longer to switch on. Regular CFLs won’t work with dimmer switches. They can interfere with radios, cordless phones, and remote controls. ... |
6188 | Hurricane’s death toll in Puerto Rico put at nearly 3,000. | Puerto Rico’s governor raised the U.S. territory’s official death toll from Hurricane Maria from 64 to 2,975 on Tuesday after an independent study found that the number of people who succumbed in the desperate, sweltering aftermath had been severely undercounted. | true | AP Top News, Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rossello, Latin America, Caribbean, Health, George Washington University, Hurricanes, U.S. News | The new estimate of nearly 3,000 dead in the six months after Maria devastated the island in September 2017 and knocked out the entire electrical grid was made by researchers with the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. “We never anticipated a scenario of zero communication, zero e... |
28984 | A photograph of breast milk under a microscope appears glittery gold. | An intriguing image of breast milk under high magnification shows it to be glittery gold in appearance. | mixture | Fauxtography | In May 2015, an image of a glittery golden substance identified as “breast milk under a microscope” began to circulate on Facebook pages dedicated to lactation and breastfeeding support. The image was presented without a source or context, and many users wondered whether the image was a real and accurate depiction of t... |
16574 | The No. 1 cause of death for African-American males 15-34 is murder. | Williams said that the No. 1 cause of death for black men 15-34 years old is murder. CDC data supports the claim. Out of all causes of death, homicide claimed about 40 percent of black lives between 15 and 34 years. This was significantly higher than the national average for males of that age group, and all other racia... | true | Criminal Justice, Crime, PunditFact, Juan Williams, | "Amid ongoing protests in Ferguson, Mo., the national conversation about racial justice and police force has ignored a critical point that needs to be discussed, said Fox News pundit Juan Williams Civil rights activists and black leaders have failed to address the very thing that’s fueling conservative, white backlash ... |
18890 | "Members of Congress ""specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed, such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment"" ... (and) from the healthcare reform." | Did members of Congress exempt themselves from complying with the health care reform laws? | false | Ohio, Congress, Health Care, Chain email, | "A new poll released this month by the firm Public Policy Polling showed Congress to be less popular than colonoscopies, root canals or cockroaches. To get a lower favorability rating than Congress, the Washington newspaper The Hill reported, they had to be compared to lobbyists, playground bullies, telemarketers and t... |
8846 | Lilly drug reduces stent clot risks, study finds. | Patients who got Eli Lilly and Co’s anti-clotting drug prasugrel after a coronary stent procedure had fewer stent-related clots than those on standard drug therapy, an analysis released on Saturday found. | true | Health News | For stent patients, use of Lilly and Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd’s prasugrel could offer better protection against heart attack, stroke and death from cardiovascular events than standard treatment with Plavix, researchers said in an article published in the journal Lancet’s online edition. The results of the sub-analysis... |
24708 | "The economic stimulus bill created a council that's ""modeled after the national board that controls Britain’s health system." | Health board in the stimulus bill not meant to imitate Britain | false | National, Health Care, Stimulus, Conservatives for Patients' Rights, | "A television ad makes the argument that the United States is on the path to a nationalized health service similar to the United Kingdom's. The advocacy group Conservatives for Patients' Rights created the ad, which features the group's chairman, Rick Scott, talking about the economic stimulus bill that became law Feb.... |
14145 | There are more than twice as many (crisis pregnancy centers) as there are legitimate abortion providers in the United States. | "Saporta said, ""There are more than twice as many fake clinics as there are legitimate abortion providers in the United States."" The last count of the number of abortion providers, around 1,720, is probably a bit high. Meanwhile, the number of crisis pregnancy centers run the gamut from 1,800 to 8,000. There's no wid... | mixture | PunditFact, Abortion, Families, Government Regulation, Health Care, Public Health, Public Safety, Religion, Science, State Budget, Women, Vicki Saporta, | "Georgia is in the news after joining other states in passing legislation to fund crisis pregnancy centers as an alternative to Planned Parenthood. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on TBS explored these centers, which may offer some pregnancy services but not abortion, in its May 9 edition. The segment argued that the ce... |
26556 | Dan Patrick Says for the coronavirus, “the death rate in Texas, per capita of 29 million people, we're one of the lowest in the country. | Patrick's statement confuses the calculation for the coronavirus death rate, which is based on the number of fatalities and the number of confirmed cases. Using the correct calculation and data from the day of his remarks, Patrick is right that Texas is among the states with the lowest death rate for the coronavirus — ... | true | Texas, Coronavirus, Dan Patrick, | "During a March coronavirus briefing, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said the state has one of the lowest coronavirus death rates in the country — a trend he said he hopes will continue through April. ""If you look at the death rate in Texas, per capita of 29 million people, we're one of the lowest in the country,"" he sai... |
32809 | A woman sliced a rapist's genitals off and forced him to eat them. | While News4KTLA carries no disclaimer warning readers its content is fabricated (its “About” page simply describes it as “local news for southern Louisiana and the surrounding area”), the site appears to be one of many fly-by-night fake news purveyors using visual and call-letter elements to trick social media users in... | false | Uncategorized, news 4 ktla | On 5 April 2016 the web site News4KTLA published an article reporting that a female rape victim had cut off a rapist’s genitals and then forced him to eat them: A gruesome scene unfolded in a Fayetteville, North Carolina neighborhood after a convicted child molester kidnapped a 19-year-old woman and took her back to hi... |
18041 | Why didn't (uninsured Americans) buy insurance? Because of the expense. | "Paul asked, ""Why didn't (uninsured Americans) buy insurance? Because of the expense."" Survey data supports him. A plurality of respondents in major surveys of the uninsured specifically cite cost as a barrier, and relatively few indicate that going uninsured is a voluntary choice." | true | National, Health Care, Poverty, Rand Paul, | "During a recent appearance on The Daily Show, guest host John Oliver and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., engaged in a lively exchange on health insurance. One of the issues they discussed was the high cost of health insurance. Paul, an eye surgeon, is strongly opposed to President Barack Obama’s health care law. During the int... |
4000 | Health officials warn of measles exposure at Denver airport. | People who traveled through Denver International Airport last Wednesday afternoon may have been exposed to measles, Colorado health officials said Monday. | true | Health, Measles, General News, Colorado, Denver | Three children who were in the airport that day tested positive for the highly contagious disease after traveling to a country where there was an outbreak, officials said. Health officials don’t consider this an outbreak because the children are related, the Tri-County Health Department said in a statement. But they ar... |
9696 | Newer Blood Pressure Drugs as Good as Older Ones: Study Analysis indicates ACE inhibitors and ARBs are equally effective, researchers say | This brief HealthDay story explains the findings of a study by New York researchers comparing two classes of drugs — angiotensin converting enzyme, or ACE, inhibitors versus newer angiotensin receptor blockers, or ARBs — used to treat cardiovascular disease. It reports on a meta-analysis of more than 100 studies compar... | mixture | high blood pressure,news release journalism | We’ll give the story a grudging satisfactory in this category since it mentions, as a closing statement, that many ARBs are now generic, which means their cost is lower than brand-name equivalents. But the story would be more helpful to readers if it provided an idea of the comparative costs for the two types of drugs,... |
37940 | If you don't wish to use USPS to mail ballots, you may be able to bring them directly to your local Board of Elections or polling place to ensure their receipt. | Posts on Facebook and Twitter about an “inside tip from a postal worker” who “can’t say more” advised voters to avoid using USPS to submit mail-in ballots as of August 2020. However, it was no secret that United States Postal Service delays emerged as a major issue in August 2020, and that the heavy anticipated volume ... | true | Fact Checks, Politics | "On August 3 2020, a Facebook user shared the following status update, which advises readers to submit their mail-in ballots to the Board of Elections directly — based on “an inside tip from a postal worker”:It read:Don’t mail ballots in. Drop at board of elections. This is an inside tip from a postal worker. “Can’t sa... |
26648 | Ron Paul Says Anthony Fauci’s statement that the coronavirus death rate is 10 times that of the seasonal flu is “a claim without any scientific basis. | It’s not yet known what the death rate from the current coronavirus, COVID-19, will be. But early data indicate it is more than 10 times higher than the death rate for the flu. | false | Corrections and Updates, Public Health, Texas, Facebook Fact-checks, PunditFact, Coronavirus, Ron Paul, | "For decades, Anthony Fauci has been held up as one of the federal government’s foremost public health experts. Even at age 79, he is one of the top advisers to President Donald Trump on the coronavirus crisis. Yet Ron Paul, a sometimes conspiracy-minded Texas doctor, former GOP congressman and former presidential cand... |
34069 | The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was kicked out of India. | The Parliament of India released a report in 2013 that chastised PATH for “irregularities” with the studies. While the report recommend the government take action against PATH, this global health organization was never banned from India. In fact, as of this writing, both PATH and the Gates Foundation continue to work i... | false | Politics | A rumor holding that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation had been kicked out of India has been circulating online since at least May 2017, when an article pushing this claim was published on the website Steemit: BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION KICKED OUT OF INDIA Yes, the Microsoft founder and the icon of the Third... |
1528 | Babies cry more in UK, Canada and Italy, less in Germany, study finds. | Babies cry more in Britain, Canada, Italy and Netherlands than in other countries, while newborns in Denmark, Germany and Japan cry and fuss the least, researchers said on Monday. | true | Health News | In research looking at how much babies around the world cry in their first three months, psychologists from Britain have created the first universal charts for normal amounts of crying during that period. WATCH: Child-sized robot helps autistic kids learn social skills “Babies are already very different in how much th... |
5662 | Vaccine group announces creation of Ebola vaccine stockpile. | The vaccine alliance GAVI announced Thursday it would invest $178 million to create a global stockpile of about 500,000 Ebola vaccines, a decision that health officials say could help prevent future outbreaks from spiraling out of control. | true | Health, General News, Africa, International News, United Nations, Melinda Gates, Ebola virus | The public-private partnership includes the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Bank, among others. The funding announcement was made after a meeting of GAVI’s board. GAVI said the investment, which it called an estimate, will be provided between now and 2025. Since the ... |
30670 | First Lady Melania Trump banned the White House staff from receiving flu shots. | In short, like most YourNewsWire articles, this one is entirely fictitious and aimed not at informing the public, but rather at attracting traffic and advertising revenue to the web site. Previous examples in this vein include Melania Trump Bans Monsanto Products From the White House and Bill Gates Admits Vaccinations ... | false | Junk News, melania trump, news punch, your news wire | In January 2018, at the height of a severe flu season in the United States, reports emerged that First Lady Melania Trump had supposedly banned members of the White House staff from receiving flu vaccinations. She allegedly issued the order after learning of the “adverse health effects” of flu shots. These claims turne... |
8029 | Who gets the ventilator? British doctors contemplate harrowing coronavirus care choices. | The coronavirus pandemic is forcing senior doctors in Britain’s National Health Service to contemplate the unthinkable: how to ration access to critical care beds and ventilators should resources fall short. | true | Health News | The country’s public health system, the NHS, is ill-equipped to cope with an outbreak that is unprecedented in modern times. Hospitals are now striving to at least quadruple the number of intensive care beds to meet an expected surge in serious virus cases, senior physicians told Reuters, but expressed dismay that prep... |
5840 | Alaska hit with largest syphilis outbreak in 40 years. | Alaska health officials have recorded 75 cases of syphilis in the state this year, marking the largest outbreak of the infectious disease in at least four decades. | true | Health, Anchorage, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Alaska, Infectious diseases, Syphilis, Public health | The Alaska Section of Epidemiology said in an update this week that it has requested help with response efforts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, KTVA-TV reported Wednesday. The number of cases is the highest reported in the state since at least the 1970s, said Susan Jones, a program manager with the... |
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