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6784 | Madagascar’s plague deaths up to 124, island nation says. | Authorities in Madagascar say the death toll from a plague outbreak has reached 124 people as the disease for the first time affects the Indian Ocean island’s two biggest cities. | true | Health, Madagascar, Plague, Indian Ocean | The nation’s disaster risk management office says 1,192 cases have been identified. More than two-thirds of cases are of the more virulent pneumonic form. The office says less than 30 percent of people who have had contact with plague patients can be traced, making it more difficult to control the spread of the disease... |
114 | Climate change protests snarl up central London, 135 arrested. | Climate change protesters blocked traffic across London’s government district of Westminster on Monday as they launched two weeks of peaceful civil disobedience to call for urgent action to curb carbon emissions. | true | Environment | Police said they had arrested 135 activists from the Extinction Rebellion group by 1130 GMT. The group expects 10,000 people will come to the capital from across Britain to join the two-week protest, which is part of a coordinated international movement. There were similar climate protests on Monday in Berlin, Vienna, ... |
8393 | China reports 27 new coronavirus cases, death toll at 4,632 after data revisions. | China’s National Health Commission reported 27 new confirmed coronavirus cases on April 17, up from 26 the day earlier, according to data published on Saturday. | true | Health News | Of that figure, 17 cases were imported via individuals arriving overseas, up from 15 the previous day. Newly discovered asymptomatic cases were at 54, down from 66 a day earlier. Three of the new cases were imported, according to the health ministry. The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country reache... |
22267 | "Florida Chamber of Commerce Says unions ""take away"" hard-earned money of teachers, firefighters and police officers to play politics." | Chamber takes up 'paycheck protection' proposal in campaign-style ad | false | Unions, Florida, Florida Chamber of Commerce, | "The Florida Chamber of Commerce says it is coming to the defense of teachers, police officers and firefighters with a new ad supporting legislation that would prohibit government unions from collecting dues through automated payroll deductions. The problem is, no teachers, police officers or firefighters are publicly ... |
41831 | “I’ll soon sign into the law the largest legislative effort in history to address the opioid crisis. ... Very little Democrat support.” | President Donald Trump has made health care — in particular a “Medicare for All” plan proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders — a main theme in his campaign rallies across the country. | false | Affordable Care Act, health care, medicare, medicare-for-all, opioids, preexisting conditions, right to try, | Editor’s Note: For weeks, President Donald Trump has been campaigning in states that are key to the Republican Party’s chances of maintaining control of the House and Senate. We have reviewed seven speeches he gave from Oct. 10 to Oct. 22. This is part of a series of stories on his speeches. President Donald Trump has ... |
12465 | "Chris Abele Says David Clarke reduced the number of Milwaukee County sheriff's deputies ""from about 700 and something to 300 and something." | Abele said that before he took over as county executive, Clarke reduced the number of sheriff’s deputies from about 700 to about 300. The sheriff’s office had 649 authorized deputy positions when Clarke took office in 2003 and 328 in 2011, the final county budget before Abele took over. That’s a total reduction of 321.... | mixture | County Budget, County Government, Crime, Wisconsin, Chris Abele, | "Has tough-talking Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr., who has apparently landed a post in the administration of President Donald Trump, actually slashed the number of his deputies by half or more? That’s the attack from Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele, the millionaire son of the co-founder of the Bost... |
25907 | Hillary Clinton Says President Donald Trump “is still yet to say anything as the president of the United States about bounties on American troops.” | Trump has not denounced Russia over reports that it offered bounties to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan. But that tracks with the statements he has made, saying the intelligence about Russia bounties was not credible, and that the information reported by the New York Times was a “hoax.” | false | Foreign Policy, Military, Hillary Clinton, | "Hillary Clinton said Russia succeeded in its effort to influence the U.S. presidential election four years ago when she was the Democratic presidential nominee, and that Russia was working again to help elect someone ""who is favorable to their agenda."" In a July 20 interview with MSNBC’s Joy Reid, Clinton characteri... |
22053 | "Compact fluorescent light bulbs are ""toxic"" and ""not environmentally friendly." | Group opposed to light bulb law claims consumers are being pushed to compact fluorescent light bulbs that are environmentally unsafe | mixture | National, Consumer Safety, Energy, Regulation, AmeriPAC, | "A fundraising letter making the rounds from a conservative political action committee draws a political line in the sand over light bulbs. ""The Democrats have already voted to BAN our conventional lights bulbs (that you and I use even today!) in favor of DANGEROUS fluorescent light bulbs,"" writes Alan Gottlieb, chai... |
31695 | Coca-Cola issued a recall of Dasani water products after a clear parasite was found in bottles across the United States. | If Coca-Cola really had issued a major recall after a parasite was discovered in “several thousand” bottles of Dasani water, leading to the hospitalization of “several hundred people,” that event would have been widely covered in the media, not limited exclusively to the clickbait site News 4 KTLA. | false | Junk News, coca-cola, dasani, news 4 ktla | In April 2016, the web site News4KTLA published an article reporting that Coca-Cola had issued a recall on Dasani water products after a clear parasite was found in bottles across the United States: If you purchase/drink Dasani water you might want to listen up. There has been a major recall by the Coca-Cola company t... |
9348 | Women with endometriosis experience terrible pain. There’s finally a new treatment. | The recent approval of a drug for the treatment of endometriosis pain is shared in this story in a way that satisfies many of our review site criteria. The story is carefully written, with lots of detailed explanations of the drug’s potential benefits — and drawbacks. Although some crucial information about funding and... | true | endometriosis | The story does a good job of describing the monthly cost ($850) for women who do not have health insurance. The inference is that insurers will cover the cost for others. The story needed to include more information about the study results–in particular, how both the drug and the placebo performed in the trials. As we ... |
7224 | Romania hospital says 39 babies now diagnosed with superbug. | The number of babies diagnosed with a drug-resistant superbug at a maternity hospital in Romania’s capital has risen to 39, authorities said Monday. | true | Health, Bucharest, Romania, Europe | Raluca Alexandru, spokeswoman for Giulesti Maternity hospital, closed Nov. 30 due to the outbreak, said tests have confirmed the latest figure. It is triple the number of newborns diagnosed with antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus last month. Health Minister Sorina Pintea said she will decide later this week whe... |
11230 | Novo diabetes drug cuts heart risks by less-than-hoped 13 percentage | The story reports on findings from a clinical trial of Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug Victoza published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The trial was designed to measure whether Victoza (generic name liraglutide), which is given by injection, was any less likely than standard diabetes care to lead to severe cardi... | true | Reuters | There is no mention of the costs of Victoza. This would have been easy to include given the drug is widely prescribed and pricing information is freely available on the internet. The article compares the performance of Victoza against rival diabetes drugs, so it would have been informative to have a comparison of costs... |
5671 | Hundreds gather in Goma, Congo for “Stop Ebola” march. | Hundreds gathered in Congo’s eastern city of Goma Thursday to support Ebola response teams that have seen increasing attacks and resistance among communities where Ebola continues to spread. | true | Health, Africa, General News, Ebola virus | North Kivu Governor Carly Kasivita, who organized the march, said that anyone spreading misinformation and claiming that “Ebola is a business” will face arrest. “We are very concerned ... Some pastors, some politicians, are venturing into the public health debate and disorienting many of our citizens with misinformatio... |
26631 | “Sunlight actually can kill the (novel coronavirus.)” | Dr. Greg Murphy, a Republican Congressman from North Carolina, said sunlight can kill the novel coronavirus. This is a common theory because sunlight contains ultraviolet rays, which can kill bacteria. However, experts say the sun's UV light isn't intense enough to rely on as a disinfectant. | false | Public Health, North Carolina, Coronavirus, Greg Murphy, | "As the nation tries to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, politicians are offering tips of their own. U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy, a North Carolina Republican, is one of them. Murphy is a physician who won the seat in a special election last year after longtime congressman Walter Jones passed away. Murphy has been po... |
22643 | Some politicians … want to put new taxes on a lot of groceries. | Americans Against Food Taxes' ad during Super Bowl raises specter of soda, snack taxes | true | National, Taxes, Americans Against Food Taxes, | "Along with Doritos and Bud Lite commercials on Super Bowl Sunday, viewers in the Washington area saw a political ad against taxes on food and soft drinks. We wondered if the ad was correct that politicians are seeking to tax sodas and food, so we decided to put the claim to the Truth-O-Meter. The ad features a woman t... |
4229 | Home sweet volcano: Alaska fur seals thrive at unlikely spot. | Alaska’s northern fur seal population for three decades has been classified as depleted, but the marine mammals are showing up in growing numbers at an unlikely location: a tiny island that forms the tip of an active undersea volcano. | true | AP Top News, Fish, Bering Sea, Alaska, Seals, Science, U.S. News, General News | Vents on Bogoslof Island continue to spew mud, steam and sulfurous gases two years after an eruption sent ash clouds into the path of jetliners passing over the Bering Sea. Still, northern fur seal moms find the remote island’s rocky beaches perfect for giving birth and mothering pups. “The population growth of norther... |
26578 | “I didn’t say that” some of the medical equipment that governors are requesting, they don't actually need. | When journalist Yamiche Alcindor asked a question of President Donald Trump, she was accurately citing a previous comment Trump had made on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show. During the interview with Hannity, Trump said, “I have a feeling that a lot of the numbers (for ventilators) that are being said in some areas are jus... | false | Public Health, Coronavirus, Donald Trump, | "President Donald Trump argued with ""PBS NewsHour"" reporter Yamiche Alcindor over what the president had said, or hadn’t said, about New York’s need for ventilators. Ventilators are a type of medical equipment considered vital for saving the lives of patients hit hardest by the virus. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has m... |
31365 | A respected physicist has warned that fidget spinners could have a harmful effect on the Earth’s center of gravity. | The laws of physics being what they are, no amount of human fidget-spinning would have any appreciable effect on the Earth’s center of gravity, rotation, or orbit. | false | Junk News, fidget spinners, focus times | On 10 May 2017, the Focus Times web site published an article positing that a renowned physicist had warned that the widespread use of stress-relieving toys known as ‘fidget spinners’ could be having a deleterious and potentially destructive effect on the Earth’s rotation and orbit: One of the nation’s most respected p... |
13466 | Former President Bill Clinton and his Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) distributed ‘watered-down’ HIV/AIDS drugs to patients in sub-Saharan Africa. | "The Daily Caller said that the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Health Access Initiative distributed ""watered-down HIV/AIDS drugs to patients in sub-Saharan Africa."" At the most literal level, the statement is a misreading of a report from a conservative Republican who said the foundation ""likely facilitated"" th... | false | Global News Service, Consumer Safety, Corrections and Updates, Public Health, Daily Caller, | "For the most part, Republican attacks on the Clinton Foundation have raised questions about its donors, but now an article from the conservative Daily Caller website challenges one of the foundation’s signature efforts, getting affordable HIV/AIDS drugs to patients worldwide. In a story headlined as an exclusive, a Da... |
10193 | Instant oatmeal for breakfast may help curb your appetite at lunch | In what appears to be a showdown between two PepsiCo products — Quaker instant oatmeal and Honey Nut Cheerios — instant oatmeal made people feel fuller after breakfast and led to them eat less at lunch in a small study. But the key findings are never quantified. How much more full did the oatmeal eaters feel and how mu... | false | industry/commercial news releases | While the cost per serving of Quaker instant oatmeal versus Honey Nut Cheerios (the brands studied) might be similar, it still would be worth noting as the news release is attempting to make the case that an instant oatmeal breakfast will lead to less caloric intake at lunch. Nevertheless, we’ll rate this Not Applicabl... |
22965 | "The radiation coming from the new TSA body scanners is ""equivalent to about three minutes' worth of air travel by anybody, say, at 30,000 feet." | TSA administrator claims new body scanners emit as much radiation as three minutes of air travel | true | National, Homeland Security, Science, Transportation, John Pistole, | "New airport security measures are coming under fire from pilots and passengers, who fear the latest post-9/11 protocols are too invasive and potentially harmful. You've probably seen the stories. The Transportation Security Administration's new full-body scanners, which are in use at 68 airports nationwide, transfer a... |
10290 | Schizophrenia drug shows promise in trial | "This article, a considerably shortened version of a feature story that appeared in the New York Times, adequately describes the findings of an early study by Eli Lilly on a new drug treatment for schizophrenia. Although quite short, the Sentinel brief manages to indicate the drug’s potential significance while retaini... | true | Because the treatment is experimental and not on the market, there is no cost of treatment to report. The article fails to describe the nature or size of the symptomatic relief the drug trial showed. The article indicates that serious side effects were not observed in this small, early study of the drug. It mentions in... | |
40313 | Reports have gone viral that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is testing a trial vaccine for the Ebola virus that only works for people with white skin. | Ebola Vaccine Only Works on White People – Fiction! | false | Medical | There weren’t any vaccines or anti-viral drugs proven to effectively treat people with Ebola — regardless of their skin color — when this eRumor surfaced in September 2014. “Some experimental treatments developed for Ebola have been tested and proven effective in animals but have not yet been tested in randomiz... |
38054 | Warnings spread across social media about Cadbury products being infected with HIV-positive blood in the weeks leading up to Easter, when many Cadbury products are purchased. | Cadbury Chocolate Eggs Are Infected With HIV-Positive Blood | false | Health / Medical | False reports about food being tainted with HIV have become somewhat common in recent years. False claims that Cadbury products are infected with HIV became the latest variation of the rumor in spring 2018. The post includes a photo of a handcuffed man and stern warning about Cadbury products being infected with HIV or... |
31556 | Bananas that display a red discoloration inside are dangerous to human health if eaten. | Except for rare cases in which children consumed food that was pre-chewed by an HIV-infected caregiver, HIV has not been spread through food. The virus does not live long outside the body. You cannot get it from consuming food handled by an HIV-infected person; even if the food contained small amounts of HIV-infected b... | false | Food, bananas, HIV, tainted food | Photographs showing bananas with unusual red discolorations inside have been passed around online with varying degrees of paranoia for several years: I bought a bundle of bananas from the Walmart in Aberdeen tonight and opened it to give to my 2 yr old daughter. This is what I found on the inside! I opened the rest of... |
1935 | A gluten-free for all drives product sales. | Los Angeles voice actor Nancy Truman landed a new role as a full-time gluten-free baker after she tweaked her recipes to replace the wheat that was making her feel miserable. | true | Health News | Co-owner Nancy Truman prepares a box of donuts for a customer at Fonuts bakery, which offers unfried, gluten-free and vegan donuts, in Los Angeles, California September 19, 2011. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Truman is among the estimated 18 million people in the United States who are sensitive to gluten — a hard-to-digest pr... |
26703 | “Anybody that wants a test (for the coronavirus) can get a test.” | The CDC says health care providers are the ones who decide whether someone gets tested for coronavirus. Factors clinicians should consider include whether individuals were in close contact with a lab-confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patient within 14 days of symptom onset, or traveled from affected geographic areas with... | false | Health Care, Public Health, Health Check, Coronavirus, Donald Trump, | "To show that his administration has been fast and effective in its response to the new coronavirus, President Donald Trump claimed that anybody who wants to get tested for the respiratory disease caused by the virus can do so. ""Anybody that wants a test can get a test. That’s what the bottom line is,"" Trump told rep... |
29225 | The Boy Scouts implemented a new policy requiring condoms to be available at its quadrennial World Scout Jamboree, shortly after announcing that girls would be able to join the organization. | What's true: The World Organization of the Scout Movement requires condoms to be available at the World Scout Jamboree. What's false: This decision was made by the World Organization of the Scout Movement, not Boy Scouts of America; condoms have been available at these events since the early 1990s and an official polic... | false | Politics, boy scouts of america | The late 2017 decision to allow girls into the Boy Scouts of America caused considerable outrage in certain circles, as some argued that the change would lead to the organization’s downfall. In May 2018, as BSA eyed a name change, blogs such as DailyWire.com took advantage of the controversy by publishing articles conn... |
37982 | 12,000 plus Christians gather[ed] to worship at the California State Capital on [September 6 2020] because they are locked out of their churches ... No fights with Law Enforcement and NO MEDIA coverage. | Did More Than 12,000 Christians Defy Governor, Worship at California Capitol in September 2020? | mixture | Disinformation, Fact Checks | On September 7 2020, a Facebook user shared the following post claiming that thousands of Christians had flocked to the California State Capitol the previous day — but the media did not report the large turnout.The post claimed:12,000 plus Christians gather to worship at the California State Capital on Sunday [Septembe... |
1882 | New plan to cut the fat of the military. | Obese Americans in the military are a national security hazard and first lady Michelle Obama wants to see that change. | true | Health News | U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama joins the lunch line at Parklawn Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia January 25, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Obama, who has spearheaded a healthy eating and fitness program for children for two years, will lend her voice on Thursday to the military’s efforts to overhaul the food it... |
16558 | "Heroin and prescription opioids are ""the number one cause of accidental or preventable death in Wisconsin." | "Schimel said heroin and prescription opioidss are ""the number one cause of accidental or preventable death in Wisconsin."" Schimel acknowledged to us that he misspoke and in fact opioid deaths are down the list. The latest figures, for 2012, show falls was the leading causes of accidental death in Wisconsin. Tied for... | false | Drugs, Health Care, Crime, Public Health, Wisconsin, Brad Schimel, | "Federal health officials have documented a rise in overdose deaths from opioids -- heroin, as well as prescription painkillers such as OxyContin that can lead to heroin abuse. The latest figures, reported in July 2014, show there were 4,397 heroin deaths across the country in 2011, up 44 percent from 2010. Meanwhile, ... |
26976 | FDA finally admits dental fillings are toxic. | "The story we’re fact-checking claims that the FDA finally admitted that ""dental fillings are toxic."" That’s not quite right, and it’s old news — not from 2018, when the story was posted, but 2008, when the FDA settled a lawsuit with consumer groups. It’s true that as part of the settlement the FDA warned that a type... | false | Health Care, Facebook Fact-checks, Bloggers, | "Facebook users have been sharing a story that warns the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ""finally admits dental fillings are toxic."" This post, which was published on Principia Scientific on Dec. 12, was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about... |
16098 | "Dick Cheney Says Saddam Hussein ""had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida." | Cheney said Hussein had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida. Two comprehensive, high-level government reports largely refute that statement. That includes one Pentagon study that relied on a trove of secret Iraqi government documents that fell into American hands after the invasion. While there are cases where the two... | false | Afghanistan, Ethics, Human Rights, Iraq, Military, Terrorism, PunditFact, Dick Cheney, | "Former Vice President Dick Cheney has been a consistent defender of past interrogation techniques. ""We are castigating the CIA for doing what the president ordered them to do and the Justice Department said was legal,"" Cheney said on NBC’s Meet the Press, Dec. 14, 2014. For Cheney, the deaths of 3,000 people on 9/11... |
10371 | Cervical cancer vaccine gets OK | The recent FDA approval of an HPV vaccine has made headlines all over the world not only because it will be the first vaccine marketed to prevent cancer, but also because of the intense political and social debates that it has inspired. This story reports on the FDA’s decision, but has many flaws, providing little cont... | false | The story mentions that the cost of the three-injection series is $360. The story should have provided more context. For example, implementing a full-scale immunization program for all females age 9 to 26 in the U.S. would cost billions of dollars. The story provides quantification of benefits in relative terms only. F... | |
8666 | Pentagon eyes Chicago, Michigan, Florida, Louisiana as coronavirus spreads. | The U.S. military is watching coronavirus infection trends in Chicago, Michigan, Florida and Louisiana with concern as it weighs where else it may need to deploy, after boosting aid to New York, California and Washington, a top general said on Friday. | true | Health News | Air Force General John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the military was doing its own analysis as well as looking at data on infections compiled elsewhere in the government. “There’s a certain number of places where we have concerns and they’re: Chicago, Michigan, Florida, Louisiana,” Hyten told... |
28336 | President Donald Trump, in applying for permission to build a wall at his golf course in Ireland, warned against the threat of coastal erosion caused by global warming. | What's true: As part of a May 2016 planning application in County Clare, Ireland, a local firm -- acting of behalf of Trump's company TIGL -- submitted a report that repeatedly referred to global warming and climate change as real phenomena posing specific risks (rising sea levels and extreme storms) to the erosion of ... | mixture | Politics, climate change, donald trump, global warming | President Donald Trump has for years attracted scrutiny and criticism for his pronouncements on climate change and global warming, which he has variously described as “bullshit” and a “hoax.” In 2012, Trump famously claimed on Twitter that global warming was a “concept” created “by and for the Chinese in order to make ... |
9477 | Silicon Valley Startup Grail Sees Hope for Cancer Blood Test | This story about a blood test for nasopharyngeal carcinoma focuses on the business angles of the research as much as on the potential health contributions of a new screening test. It clearly reports that there is much work to be done before such a test could be considered for clinical use. It passes along a calculation... | true | blood test,nasopharyngeal carcinoma | The story reports not only the cost of the blood test ($60), but the cost to detect one case (including follow-up), which the researchers calculated to be $28,600. This is excellent context. The story would have been better if it had noted that the people included in this study were at unusually high risk for developin... |
28162 | "Morris ""Moe"" Berg, a multilingual Princeton University graduate who played major league baseball throughout the 1920s and '30s, lived a life of danger and intrigue as a U.S. military intelligence officer in Europe during World War II." | “[Ethel] died in 1987,” Dawidoff writes, noting a plot twist Berg himself would have approved, “so the final mystery of Moe Berg’s life is that nobody knows where he is.” | true | History, baseball, moe berg, sports | American baseball player Morris “Moe” Berg, whose major league career spanned 15 unillustrious seasons on four different teams between 1923 and 1939, never advanced beyond the positions of backup catcher and substitute shortstop. He spent more time on the bench than he did on the diamond, it was said. “He can speak sev... |
18158 | A little-known unit of the Department of Justice, the Community Relations Service, was deployed to Sanford, FL, following the Trayvon Martin shooting to help organize and manage rallies and protests against George Zimmerman. | "Armed with public documents, Judicial Watch said the Department of Justice sent the Community Relations Service to Sanford in the wake of Martin’s death ""to help organize and manage rallies and protests against George Zimmerman."" Judicial Watch’s statement contends an element of truth: Justice Department employees w... | false | Criminal Justice, Florida, Judicial Watch, | "To the right-leaning crowd, it’s the latest blight against the Obama administration. Citing a public records haul, Judicial Watch says the Justice Department’s ""Community Relations Service"" responded to escalating racial tension in Sanford, Fla., following Trayvon Martin’s shooting death by helping ""organize and ma... |
9591 | Allergy sufferers find relief in immunotherapy toothpaste | This story touts a new product, a toothpaste laced with extracts of allergens, as an alternative to existing allergy treatments using injections or drops. It discusses a tiny clinical trial comparing the toothpaste to drops in a minuscule number of volunteers. The only “results” it offers are the claims of the inventor... | false | single source stories,sponsored content | The story earns a Satisfactory rating because it says that the toothpaste mentioned in the story costs $400 every three months (or $1,600 per year), and that it isn’t covered by health insurance. But we would have liked it better had the writer offered comparative costs for a year’s worth of the current allergy treatme... |
5563 | 1 confirmed bacterial meningitis death in North Carolina. | Authorities in a North Carolina county have confirmed that a recent death was caused by bacterial meningitis. | true | Health, North Carolina, Meningitis | News outlets report the Macon County Public Health Department announced Wednesday that a second death within the past three weeks is also suspected to be caused by the disease. That death is still under investigation. No further details were provided, with the department citing privacy laws. County officials say preven... |
24482 | "Forty-five percent of doctors ""say they'll quit"" if health care reform passes." | Beck says 45 percent of physicians would quit if health reform passes | false | National, Health Care, Pundits, Glenn Beck, | "Physicians are important players in the health care debate. They've been courted by both supporters and opponents of the Democratic reform plan. President Barack Obama held a Rose Garden ceremony with some of them recently. And now opponents of the Democratic health care plan are citing poll results that supposedly sh... |
2722 | Indian regulator to test samples of Johnson & Johnson baby powder: media. | India’s federal drug regulator will on Wednesday seize samples of Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ.N) baby powder for testing, local media said, following a Reuters report that the company knew for decades that cancer-causing asbestos lurked in the product. | true | Health News | The Times of India quoted an official source as saying that a team of 100 drug inspectors had been assigned to examine different manufacturing facilities, wholesalers and distributors, starting early Wednesday. “Samples of all brands of the powder will be collected and sent for testing,” the unnamed official told the ... |
1879 | Pre-ski preparations help before hitting the slopes. | Hitting the slopes can be daunting for an out-of-shape beginner and even for more experienced skiers, but fitness experts say whatever your level of expertise, everyone can benefit from a bit of pre-ski preparation. | true | Health News | A skier takes a jump during sunny winter weather at the Swiss mountain area of Hoch-Ybrig, south of Zurich, February 23, 2011. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann Lisa Wheeler, a New York-based fitness instructor, believes it’s never too late to get in shape to make skiing more enjoyable and safe. But don’t overdo it. “Do some basic... |
23435 | "John Boehner said the jobs of ""teachers and nurses and police officers and firefighters"" are ""'government jobs' that weren't worth saving." | Obama says Boehner doesn't think jobs for teachers, police, firefighters are worth saving | false | National, Economy, Education, States, Barack Obama, | "President Barack Obama defended his economic policies in a campaign-style speech in Milwaukee on Labor Day, drawing a sharp contrast with Republicans in Congress. ""When it comes to just about everything we've done to strengthen our middle class, to rebuild our economy, almost every Republican in Congress says no,"" O... |
3075 | Democrats propose spending trillions fighting climate change. | Five Democratic presidential candidates in the span of 24 hours have released sweeping plans to address climate change, ahead of a series of town halls devoted to the issue. | true | Cory Booker, Climate, Climate change, General News, Politics, Election 2020, Elizabeth Warren, Science, Business, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris | On Wednesday, California Sen. Kamala Harris and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg each unveiled their climate plans. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Obama cabinet member Julián Castro each laid out theirs on Tuesday. The flurry of plans comes ahead of a CNN town hall ... |
37562 | "Facebook post accurately provides a firsthand ""cry from Italy,"" where a user described dire conditions in Bergamo on March 10 2020." | ‘A Cry from Italy’: ‘Heart of Coronavirus’ Outbreak Facebook Post | unproven | Fact Checks, Viral Content | "On March 10 2020, screenshots of a “cry from Italy” attributed to a doctor in Bergamo appeared on several platforms; one iteration on Imgur was viewed more than 100,000 times in just half a day as people searched for reliable information about the spread of a novel coronavirus strain known as COVID-19:Cry from ItalyTe... |
10436 | Treatment may quiet noisy mind | Exxon Mobil Corp won a major victory in a closely-watched lawsuit on Tuesday when a judge ruled that the company did not defraud investors out of up to $1.6 billion by hiding the true cost of climate change regulation. | false | The ruling by Justice Barry Ostrager in Manhattan Supreme Court followed a trial featuring testimony from investors, experts and former Exxon Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson. The judge found that the New York State Attorney General’s case failed to produce evidence that investors were misled. It was the first of ... | |
11425 | Prevention: Breast-Feeding Protects Against Arthritis | "This 212-word news brief covers a lot of bases, but not enough. It quickly summarizes a new population-based, case-control study from Sweden which suggests that breast-feeding may be protective against rheumatoid arthritis. Unfortunately the news story reduces the study’s conclusion to a fact–breast feeding ""reduces ... | mixture | Not mentioned but also not terribly important. The news brief says women who breast-feed reduce their risk of rheumatoid arthritis by 25% to 50%. But ideally, readers would also learn the absolute numbers on which these estimates of relative benefits are based. However, the published study also failed to report the red... | |
2386 | Sisterhood shown to be powerful incentive at women's gyms. | Women-only gyms, once seen as the exercise alternative for out of shape women of a certain age, are actively shedding that reputation, fitness experts say. | true | Health News | Young, professional women are discovering that female-only fitness zones can be what a morning of golf or shooting the hoops is to their male counterparts: a chance to network, negotiate and bond while working out. “Men have been combining fitness and a social aspect for ages, doing business and creating relationships ... |
6766 | Florida Gov. Scott signs bills mandating backup power. | Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation Monday requiring backup power sources in Florida nursing homes and assisted living facilities, months after the deaths of several residents from a sweltering nursing home that lost power in a hurricane. | true | Nursing homes, Health, Legislation, Hurricane Irma, Florida, Rick Scott, Assisted living, Hurricanes, U.S. News | The legislation require the facilities to have a generator capable of keeping nursing homes and assisted living facilities at 81 degrees Fahrenheit (27 degrees Celsius) or lower for at least four days. All of Florida’s 685 nursing homes and 3,089 assisted living facilities must be in compliance by the June 1 start of h... |
2000 | With head in the sand, Indonesia struggles to tackle AIDS. | Financial troubles drove Liana into prostitution almost four years ago, but the 30-year-old ex-accountant said she’d had no idea then that unprotected sex could give her HIV/AIDS, a disease she now has to live with. | true | Health News | An Indonesian activist stands behind an AIDS banner during a rally to mark World AIDS Day in Jakarta November 29, 2006. REUTERS/Dadang Tri Liana, who holds an economics degree, is one of 300,000 Indonesians in the world’s most populous Muslim nation who have fallen victim to widespread ignorance about AIDS, and the gov... |
290 | EU nations aim high with plan to tax air travel. | The Netherlands and France are trying to convince fellow European nations at a conference in The Hague to end tax exemptions on jet fuel and plane tickets, as part of a drive to make the EU carbon neutral by 2050. | true | Environment | In the first major initiative on air travel tax in years, the conference on Thursday and Friday - which will be attended by about 29 countries - will discuss ticket taxes, kerosene levies and value-added tax (VAT) on air travel. The Netherlands wants to agree on steps toward ending the near complete lack of taxation on... |
28989 | CFL light bulbs are dangerous compared to conventional incandescent bulbs because they emit higher levels of radiation. | What's true: The use of some types of CFL bulbs results in greater exposure to some forms of radiation than incandescent bulbs under some conditions. What's false: It's not true that all use of CFL bulbs should be avoided because they emit harmful levels of radiation. | mixture | Medical, cfl, cfl bulbs, cfl light bulbs | On 23 March 2015, a video that purportedly showed a radiation detector picking up a “soft attack” from a CFL (compact fluorescent lamp) was posted to Facebook from an unvetted and anonymous source, along with claims that CFLs are dangerous because they emit unhealthy levels of radiation: If you are using these type of ... |
14394 | "Sid Miller Says Barack Obama was happily photographed holding a T-shirt with revolutionary Ernesto ""Che"" Guevara’s face on it." | "Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller posted a picture on Facebook showing President Obama holding a T-shirt with Marxist revolutionary figure Che Guevara’s face on it. The photo accompanies a mini-rant from Miller complaining that the president was rubbing elbows with Cuba’s communist leaders instead of flying ba... | false | Terrorism, Texas, Sid Miller, | "During President Barack Obama’s historic trip to Cuba, he took in a baseball game, met with leader Raul Castro and attended a wreath ceremony for a Cuban journalist and poet. In the background of the ceremony was a mural of Marxist revolutionary Ernesto ""Che"" Guevara several stories high on the side of a building. G... |
7624 | Amgen antibody shows promise in myeloma trial, gets FDA fast track. | Amgen Inc, updating the first trial of its bispecific antibody for multiple myeloma, said on Monday seven out of 10 patients given the second-highest dose of AMG420 responded to the drug, including four with no detectable cancer. | true | Health News | Six patients were still responding at 7.5 months of follow-up, according to research presented in San Diego at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). The highest trial dose was discontinued due to toxicity. Nearly a third of trial patients developed serious infections and other side effects inc... |
4117 | Whooping cough case at Texas Capitol leads to vaccinations. | Nearly 50 people who work at the Texas Capitol have been vaccinated this week because a page contracted whooping cough, a health scare that comes as legislatures around the country grapple with rising immunization exemptions and recent measles outbreaks. | true | Legislature, Houston, Immunizations, North America, Health, Infectious diseases, Whooping cough, Texas | Texas health officials have been offering the vaccinations since Monday, three days after lawmakers were notified that a page had come down with the highly infectious disease. At least two House members and their staffs received vaccinations, and one representative who often takes her 9-month-old to work called her ped... |
6679 | Number of US overdose deaths appears to be falling. | U.S. overdose deaths last year likely fell for the first time in nearly three decades, preliminary numbers suggest. | true | AP Top News, Alex Azar, Health, General News, U.S. News | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday posted data showing nearly 68,000 drug overdose deaths were reported last year. The number may go up as more investigations are completed, but the agency expects the tally will end up below 69,000. Overdose deaths had been climbing each year since 1990, toppin... |
24583 | 76 percent of Americans want a public health care option. | Groups claim overwhelming support for the public option | false | National, Health Care, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, | "A Web site called ""We Want the Public Option"" includes this headline at the top of the home page: ""76% of Americans Say We Want the Public Option."" The Web site also includes a video that has no voice-over, just a list of signatures supporting a public option in the health care reform plan, plus a smattering of ... |
217 | E-cigarette firms probed over health concerns by U.S. House panel. | Four dominant e-cigarette manufacturers face a probe into the health impacts of their products, as the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee asked on Wednesday about the firms’ research and marketing practices. | true | Health News | The committee sent letters to Juul Labs Inc, 35% owned by Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc, Fontem Ventures, Japan Tobacco Inc, and Reynolds American Inc, a unit of British American Tobacco Plc. The letter to Juul asked if the company has conducted or financed studies on the health implications of using its products and... |
7888 | Pakistan's first coronavirus death exposes nation's vulnerability. | When Saadat Khan, 50, returned to Pakistan on March 9 from a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, he was greeted in his village with a rousing welcome and a grand feast attended by more than 2,000 people, many of whom embraced him warmly. | true | Health News | On March 18, less than 10 days later, Khan died at an isolation center for coronavirus patients in the northwestern city of Mardan. He died from COVID-19, the day his test results came back positive. Khan was Pakistan’s first fatality from a disease that is rapidly spreading through the country of 220 million people. T... |
11489 | ‘Female Viagra’ May Treat Low Sexual Desire | "This story reports on a investigational drug, flibanserin, that is being developed to treat what is a controversial diagnosis called ""hypoactive sexual desire"" in women. The popular press has dubbed this drug ""Female Viagra"" despite that fact that it has few similarities to drugs that treat erectile dysfunction. P... | true | "Cost data for flibanserin is not provided. Some projection of cost should be available for any drug this far along in Phase III trials – and for which the company has already begun marketing campaigns. If not from the company, then from stock analysts. The story properly quantifies the reported benefits in absolute te... | |
38662 | Social media posts show images of burgers and fries from McDonald’s Happy Meals that sat untouched for years without decomposing, rotting or growing mold. | McDonald’s Hamburgers Won't Rot for Years | mixture | Food / Drink | McDonald’s food won’t decompose or rot for years if its stored in moisture-free conditions, but the same is true for most foods. Claims that food from McDonald’s Happy Meals won’t decompose after sitting untouched for years go back at least 20 years. They’re usually used to argue that food from McDonald’s and other fas... |
26254 | A long list shows “new CDC guidelines for reopening schools.” | This image is not from the CDC website, but it roughly summarizes suggestions the agency has for reopening schools as safely as possible. | true | Facebook Fact-checks, Coronavirus, Viral image, | "As school districts grapple with how to educate students in the next academic year amid the coronavirus, a list summarizing some of the federal government’s suggestions for how to safely return to the classroom is being shared on social media — but it’s missing some context. Some people reading the list on social medi... |
25719 | Viral image Says Nancy Pelosi “wants to remove votes from soldiers overseas” and said, “They don’t even live here.” | The number of confirmed cases of cholera in the cyclone-hit Mozambican port city of Beira jumped from five to 138 on Friday, as government and aid agencies battled to contain the spread of disease among the tens of thousands of victims of the storm. | false | Elections, Military, Facebook Fact-checks, Viral image, | Cyclone Idai smashed into Beira on March 14, causing catastrophic flooding and killing more than 700 people across three countries in southeast Africa. Many badly affected areas in Mozambique and Zimbabwe are still inaccessible by road, complicating relief efforts and exacerbating the threat of infection. Although ther... |
9941 | New therapy promising for skin cancer | CNN afforded an unusual amount of time to this story about a National Cancer Institute study, published in the journal Science, about a gene therapy approach for advanced melanoma. But there were some critical pieces of information missing from the story, even with the amount of time afforded it. While this experimenta... | mixture | There was no estimate for the cost of such a gene therapy approach, not even a projection of what it might cost. There was also no mention that it was tested in patients who had received other treatments both before and after the immunotherapy. This is an important issue. If these experiments lead to a new therapy, it ... | |
7459 | Governor considers reopening plans as Iowa reports 18 deaths. | Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday she’s still considering how far to go in lifting local public health restrictions, as the state reported 18 more deaths from the coronavirus. | true | Iowa, Health, General News, Sioux City, Iowa City, Kim Reynolds, Des Moines, Virus Outbreak, Public health, Restaurants | Reynolds had planned to announce which business closures that she would allow to expire Friday and which she would extend through May. But she said she was still looking at data, and now expects an announcement Wednesday. Restaurants in 22 counties remain closed. Statewide, bars, salons, barber shops, movie theaters, c... |
36182 | "In 1992, Donald Trump said ""women, you have to treat them like shit." | Did Donald Trump Say ‘Women, You Have to Treat Them Like S—‘ in a 1992 Interview? | mixture | Disinformation, Fact Checks | On September 14 2019 the popular — but not always accurate — Facebook page “Occupy Democrats” shared a Donald Trump quote meme (archived here), alleging that the President said “women, you have to treat them like shit” in a 1992 New York Magazine profile.To the right of an image of President Trump, text stated:“Women, ... |
4919 | Utah lawmakers approve changes to medical cannabis law. | Utah legislators approved changes to the state’s medical marijuana law, an issue that has faced fierce criticism from people on both sides of the debate. | true | Medical marijuana, Utah, Marijuana, Crime, General News, Gary Herbert | The Utah Senate and House of Representatives voted unanimously Monday evening during a special session to send the proposal to Republican Gov. Gary Herbert’s desk. The measure would replace plans for an unusual state-run dispensary system with 14 privately run pharmacies and adopt protections for patients who are conce... |
1527 | Spanish hospital offers nipple tattoos to breast cancer survivors. | Arms covered in red and green ink, tattoo artist Alvaro Quesada is hardly what cancer survivors expect at a Madrid infirmary, the first public hospital in Spain to offer nipple and areola tattooing. | true | Health News | Yet his service of tattooing realistic-looking nipples onto women who have had their breasts reconstructed after mastectomies signals the final step of recovery from cancer, and women react with emotion to the process. “They leave crying and hugging me. This is therapy,” says 32-year-old Quesada, who takes time out fro... |
35380 | "Richard Rose of Port Clinton, Ohio died of COVID-19 after earlier vowing not to buy a face mask and dismissing advice to use face masks as ""hype." | On other occasions, the content Rose posted to his Facebook profile suggested he was, in fact, cognizant of the potential for harm from the pandemic. In March, for example, Rose posted a meme that, although humorous, indicated he had existing immune deficiencies that could make him particularly vulnerable — a post that... | true | Medical, COVID-19, Editor's Picks | "In the summer of 2020, we received multiple inquiries from readers about a collage of social media posts that appeared to show the public pronouncements of Ohio man Richard Rose. One image appears to be a screenshot of a Facebook post by Rose, vowing not to wear a face mask in the context of the ongoing coronavirus pa... |
28934 | "Lawmakers ""slipped"" the repeal of county of origin labeling for meat into the December 2015 Omnibus Appropriations Bill." | What's true: The FY 2016 omnibus appropriations bill repealed existing regulations requiring meat be labeled by country of origin. What's false: The bill was news in 2015; all meat will be unlabeled; the process was kept under wraps; the bill prevents country of origin labeling. What's undetermined: Whether anyone took... | mixture | Food, david avocado wolfe, meat, USDA | "On 28 December 2015 David “Avocado” Wolfe (a social media personality and alternative medicine product promoter) published the above-reproduced Facebook post, the text of which read: IT’S OFFICIAL COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING HAS ENDED HOUSE: 300-121 (PASSED) SENATE: SLIPPED INTO SPENDING BILL PRESIDENT: SIGNED INTO LAW... |
16176 | Congress Approves Bill Offering Free Cars To Welfare Recipients. | This post on social media claims that welfare recipients, thanks to Obama, will be eligible for a free vehicle and monthly gas cards. But it was ripped straight from a fake news website. | false | National, Welfare, AmericanNews.com, | "Does the ""welfare queen"" now have a new car and gas card to go along with her trusty Obama phone? A recent claim circulating on the Internet says she does. A reader recently sent us a November American News article that says welfare recipients will be eligible for a free vehicle and receive a monthly $100 gas card b... |
37665 | Wish.com ships all products from Wuhan, China, and Wish.com products might cause you to contract coronavirus. | Can You Get Coronavirus from Wish.com Products? | mixture | Fact Checks, Viral Content | As concern over coronavirus spread in late January 2020, Facebook users began to share memes claiming that all products from ubiquitous seller Wish.com shipped from Wuhan, China — thought to be the region from which a massive outbreak of what epidemiologists are calling 2019 novel coronavirus (or 2019-nCoV) originated:... |
24143 | There will be no public funding for abortion in this legislation. | Stupak revises abortion stance on health care bill, citing Obama's executive order | true | Abortion, National, Health Care, Bart Stupak, | "With the health care bill teetering in the balance, antiabortion Democrat Rep. Bart Stupak's announcement hours before the final vote that an agreement had been reached on the abortion issue marked a momentous shift. For weeks, Stupak insisted he and a group of other abortion foes in the House could not support the Se... |
1927 | Study: can school nurses help teens quit smoking?. | Counseling sessions with a school nurse may help some high school students, especially boys, quit smoking — but only for a little while, according to a U.S. study. | true | Health News | Researchers, who studied about 1,000 teens who said they wanted to quit smoking, wrote in the journal Pediatrics that close to 11 percent of those who got counseling for three months had quit smoking, compared to six percent of those who only received educational pamphlets. “A school nurse-delivered smoking-cessation i... |
17090 | "Mark Udall Says Cory Gardner ""championed an eight-year crusade to outlaw birth control here in Colorado." | "Udall’s ad said Gardner ""championed an eight-year crusade to outlaw birth control here in Colorado."" It’s clear Gardner has supported personhood in the past, and it’s hard for him to claim ignorance about the measure’s threat to contraception, given the media attention that aspect of the law attracted at the time. G... | mixture | Abortion, National, Congress, Sexuality, Mark Udall, | "Women, particularly single women, voted strongly for President Barack Obama and other Democrats in 2012. Hoping to replicate that success, Democrats this year are hammering Republicans on women’s health issues in the early stages of the 2014 midterm campaign season. A good example is Colorado, where Democratic Sen. Ma... |
33734 | A new product allows people to perform laser surgery on their own eyes at home. | The mugs and t-shirts, however, appear to be both harmless and genuine. | false | Inboxer Rebellion, ASP Article, eye surgery, hoaxes | In 2006, an hoax web site wended its way through the Internet and into our e-mail that appeared to be an advertisement for a “new” breakthrough in at-home laser eye surgery: The key to the LASIK@Home system is the Scal-Pal™ Scanning Adjusting Laparascopic Personal Laser. This hand-operated combination femtosecond/excim... |
9354 | Drugmakers Call Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug Study Positive | This story covered the announcement of “positive” early results for an experimental Alzheimer’s drug called BAN2401, an antibody that attacks beta-amyloid clumps, and which appeared to trigger a surge in the stock prices of two companies developing the drug. The story did an exemplary job of tempering positive spin fro... | true | BAN2401 | The story frames the discussion in terms of income to the company, but doesn’t address the costs to patients or society. The story said the estimated market for a drug that could alter the course of Alzheimer’s “could be worth more than $10 billion in yearly sales.” Some discussion of the cost to society of treating Al... |
10763 | Study Shows Inhaled Flu Vaccine Safe | The $200 billion green bond market is set for a shake up after the European Union on Thursday reached a deal on a new set of rules governing which financial products can be called “green” and “sustainable”. | mixture | Under the agreement, all financial products that claim to be green or sustainable will have to disclose exactly what proportion of their investments are environmentally friendly. “With credible and ambitious definitions for sustainable investment the EU will lead the world in sustainable finance,” said Green EU lawmake... | |
10443 | Lithium should be more widely used for bipolar disorder, researchers say | This story is about a study on the frequency of different side effects of four drugs used in the treatment of bipolar disorders. The researchers conclude that lithium should be used more widely, given its lower rate of side effects. The story notes that lithium is documented by other studies to lower the risk of suicid... | true | The Guardian | The story did not address costs. Because this ran in the U.S. edition of The Guardian, this is important and useful information for readers stateside, who often have substantial out-of-pocket drug costs. The research examined the side effect profiles of lithium, valproate, olanzapine, and quetiapine and provided hazar... |
8128 | Coronavirus forces states to order nearly one in three Americans to stay home. | Nearly one in three Americans was under orders on Sunday to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic as Ohio, Louisiana and Delaware became the latest states to enact broad restrictions, along with the city of Philadelphia. | true | Health News | The three states join New York, California, Illinois, Connecticut and New Jersey, home to 101 million Americans combined, as cases nationwide topped 32,000, with more than 415 dead, according to a Reuters tally. (Graphic: tmsnrt.rs/2w7hX9T) “Every piece of evidence that I can lay my hands on indicates that we’re at a... |
32147 | Leaked DNC e-mails from May 2016 reveal a plot to contrive fake stories about Donald Trump groping women. | The evidence shows that allegations Trump groped and kissed women inappropriately were already in the air before the idea of creating a mock Craigslist ad was floated. Moreover, there’s nothing within the texts of the leaked e-mails themselves to indicate a conspiracy to do anything more ambitious than fabricating a si... | false | Politics Conspiracy Theories, donald trump, election 2016, hillary clinton | On 14 October 2016, amidst an onslaught of public accusations by women alleging that GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump had kissed or “groped” them inappropriately, several pro-Trump web sites ran articles holding up a leaked May 2016 e-mail exchange between Democratic National Committee staffers as evidence that... |
4792 | Indians pitcher Carrasco being treated for leukemia. | Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco is being treated for leukemia, and he says it’s going to make him stronger than he was before. | true | Baseball, MLB, Terry Francona, Health, Leukemia, Sports, Cleveland, Carlos Carrasco | Carrasco hasn’t played for Cleveland since May 30. The 32-year-old right-hander says he got a blood test after a spring-training physical prompted some concern, and he was diagnosed with leukemia in May. “I never thought that I would have something like this, because I play baseball, I’m like super healthy or something... |
10608 | Gastric Bypass May Improve Diabetes Quickly | This story lacks appropriate context. There has been an enormous amount of research in the past decade on the mechanisms behind surgery-induced diabetes remission. The story implies that a major breakthrough has been made, when in fact many prior research studies have provided far more evidence than this one. The story... | mixture | WebMD | Although there was an acknowledgment that it simply wasn’t possible to offer gastric bypass surgery to everyone with type II diabetes, there was no discussion about the costs of gastric bypass surgery. The story reported on the impact of gastric bypass surgery on diabetes in a very small group of patients (10) in which... |
11104 | Genetic testing can help predict likelihood of disease | This newspaper article presents an overview of genetic testing for common diseases, an important development in clinical medicine and one likely to increase rapidly in importance. It does a good job of providing lists and bullet points that help people understand key considerations. But the story falls short of best pr... | mixture | The article fails to state how much these tests cost, a serious shortcoming in a story like this. It makes generalizations about testing being covered by private insurance and Medicare, but this creates a false impression. Testing is often covered only for certain conditions and under specified circumstances. The story... | |
38337 | Reports have emerged claiming that a new form of HPV that spread by kissing, and it kills faster than AIDS. | New HPV Virus Spread by Kissing, Kills Faster than AIDS | false | Medical | There’s no medical or scientific proof to back up claims that a new form of Human Papillomavirus Virus (HPV) can be spread by kissing and kills people faster than AIDS. Claims about a new form of HPV that can be spread through kissing first appeared at Nation Newspaper, an infotainment website based in Nairobi that app... |
23833 | Health reform eliminates co-pays, deductibles, and other costs for preventative care and provides for free annual wellness checkups starting next year. | Health care changes give seniors free checkups, Democrats said | true | Georgia, Health Care, Jane Kidd, | "Even after all the hollering over health care reform, average citizens remain confused over how the bill will change their lives. Among them are retirees, a powerful voting bloc, which means Democrats who pushed for the reform have some explaining to do. How do they convince them that they have their best interests in... |
10445 | MS pills show promise and risk, studies say | Nice job explaining harms and benefits – including putting the potential risks/harms right in the headline. The appeal of an oral drug for MS is clear. The risks emphasized in this story, though, raise important questions | true | "There is no mention of cost. The story could have at least reported what the drug costs in its current use against blood cancer. The story did a good job of explaining both the potential benefits and harms of the drugs. This was a particular strength of this story – and made it stand out in comparison with the LA Time... | |
30839 | An Alabama woman claimed the Washington Post tried to pay her to come forward and make accusations of sexual abuse against Roy Moore. | Moore, who was twice elected to, and removed from, the state Supreme Court of Alabama, has denied the allegations reported in the Washington Post. | false | Media Matters, gateway pundit, pedophile, roy moore | On 10 November 2017, the disreputable web site GatewayPundit.com reported — without any evidence whatsoever beyond a single anonymous Twitter account — that investigative journalists from the Washington Post had paid a woman to go on the record and accuse Roy Moore, a Republican candidate running to fill Attorney Gene... |
33854 | Coca-Cola became a carbonated drink when a soda jerk accidentally mixed Coca-Cola syrup with soda water. | A top U.S. pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) owned by UnitedHealth Group Inc has included new migraine drugs from Amgen Inc and Eli Lilly and Co as preferred treatments on its lists of covered drugs, according to an OptumRx client note viewed by Reuters. | false | Cokelore | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd’s rival migraine headache preventer is excluded on one list and patients can pay more for it in some cases on a second list, the note said. As with rival PBMs Express Scripts and CVS Health Corp, OptumRx’s lists of covered drugs, or formularies, cover tens of millions of consumers who... |
34689 | A dying black veteran named William G. Lillas spoke out on his deathbed about a number of issues in black culture. | "Is a circulating e-mail really the opinion of a dying ""old black vet"" named William G. Lillas?" | unproven | Politics Soapbox, ASP Article, Racial Issues, racism | In August 2014, shortly after the controversial shooting death of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, the above-quoted e-mail forward began circulating. In it, a “dying black veteran” rattled off a laundry list of loosely related (and some entirely unconnected) issues the author perceived to be prevalent amon... |
9905 | The pros and cons of Prolia, Amgen’s new osteoporosis drug | The story detailed what is known about the impact of this drug on various types of bone fractures associated with osteoporosis, how its mode of action is someone different than other osteoporosis treatments, its administration and how the costs compare with other treatments. The one shortcoming of the story was that it... | true | This story not only mentions the cost for this drug but also for other treatments for osteoporosis as well. The story did a great job of distinguishing among various fracture types and reporting both relative and absolute risk reduction for vertebra fracture. But then it was disappointing that the risk reduction for hi... | |
38711 | There are reports among social media communities that two cops from Georgia have killed 250 people in the line of duty. | Sydney was wreathed in hazardous smoke on Thursday as strong winds fanned dozens of bushfires across Australia’s east coast, prompting health warnings for the city that is home to more than 5 million people and the state of New South Wales (NSW). | false | Humorous | Firefighters were battling to control more than 40 wild fires that remained ablaze across NSW, the state’s Rural Fire Service (RFS) said. There were no reports of injuries caused by the fires by mid-afternoon local time, though 45 homes were destroyed. The strong winds have blown the dangerous smoke across large parts ... |
11524 | Implant procedure helps patients with sacroiliac joint pain | This news release summarizes a recently published paper on a randomized trial of sacroiliac joint fusion (SJF) using titanium implants versus non-surgical therapy for treating sacroiliac joint dysfunction (SJD), an inflammation of the joints connecting the lower spine and pelvis. The study included 148 patients with ch... | mixture | Journal news release,medical devices,Pain management | The release doesn’t discuss costs for the implant procedure. Although “minimally invasive,” surgical treatment options can still run into tens of thousands of dollars. Not all insurance providers cover SJF procedures. Some cover it for certain conditions but not others. The procedure was recently approved for coverage ... |
37836 | "A chart titled ""Major Events in USA History that Cause Major Death Tolls and 2019 Data"" provides figures about COVID-19 deaths that are accurate as of May 23 2020." | ‘Major Events in USA History that Cause Major Death Tolls’ COVID-19 Chart | mixture | Fact Checks, Viral Content | In late May 2020, the following chart (attributed to a user named Mario Hardy) began circulating on Facebook, awkwardly titled “Major Events in USA History that Cause Major Death Tolls and 2019 Data”:“Major Events in USA History that Cause Major Death Tolls and 2019 Data” Chart and Similar ContentAt the bottom of the c... |
23572 | McCain opposed the border fence. | Hayworth claims McCain opposed the border fence | false | Immigration, National, Message Machine 2010, J.D. Hayworth, | "As the U.S. Senate race in Arizona heats up, the TV ads are getting more and more brutal. In its latest ad, J.D. Hayworth's campaign attacks Sen. John McCain for alleged opposition to constructing a fence on the U.S.-Mexico border. The ad begins with a narrator announcing that ""McCain lies...again."" Then, over the c... |
5934 | Zanzibar tests drones spraying rice fields to fight malaria. | For the first time drones are being tested to help fight malaria on the island of Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania. | true | Health, Africa, General News, Tanzania, Malaria | The drones will spray a silicone-based liquid on rice paddies, where there are large expanses of stagnant water where malaria-carrying mosquitoes lay their eggs. The substance will spread across the water and prevent the eggs from hatching. It is hoped this will significantly reduce the numbers of the malaria-carrying ... |
3494 | Psych hospital’s financial woes won’t stop services, for now. | Officials at Vermont’s largest private psychiatric hospital said Monday they are dedicated to providing quality mental health care to patients amid the possibility of the facility shuttering or being forced into a sale. | true | Health, General News, Brattleboro, Mental health, Vermont | Brattleboro Retreat Board Chair Elizabeth Catlin said the organization is ready to work “with all willing partners” to help it achieve financial stability. The board began considering its options last week when the state of Vermont rejected a $2 million request for additional funding. “In recent years, the Brattleboro ... |
10234 | IUD Proposed to Treat Uterine Cancer | This story carefully reports on these results, with appropriate caveats that emphasize the small size of the study, the preliminary nature of the results and narrow patient population (those with pre-cancerous lesions or early-stage cancer). It quotes several independent experts and discloses potential conflict of int... | true | "The story does not mention any costs of the IUD or other treatments. The story quantifies the benefits of the progestin IUD in several ways. The story accurately notes that the study reported no adverse effects. The study’s authors reported only on adverse effects that were sufficient to require suspension of treatmen... |
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