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25810 | “3.8% of Wisconsin’s coronavirus funding has been spent.” | Steil cited a report from the U.S. Department of Treasury, which said Wisconsin spent or transferred 3.8% of its CARES Act funds from March 1 to June 30. But that figure doesn’t include expenses already incurred or funds already committed to programs and response efforts | mixture | Federal Budget, Health Care, Wisconsin, Coronavirus, Bryan Steil, | "Wisconsin’s congressional delegation is embroiled in a debate over whether to send more aid to state and local governments squeezed by the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives in May passed the so-called HEROES Act, which would allocate nearly $1 trillion t... |
41033 | Coronavirus pneumonia is a dry cough with no runny nose. | Some Covid-19 patients do get pneumonia, and one of the symptoms is a dry cough. A runny nose doesn’t rule out Covid-19. | false | online | If you have a runny nose and sputum, you have a common cold. These are the symptoms for the common cold, but they don’t rule out Covid-19. Coronavirus pneumonia is a dry cough with no runny nose. Some Covid-19 patients do get pneumonia, and one of the symptoms is a dry cough. A runny nose doesn’t rule out Covid-19. The... |
5570 | Penn State officials confirm case of bacterial meningitis. | Penn State University officials say a student is being treated for bacterial meningitis. | true | Health, Meningitis | Administrators announced this week the student is recovering at Mount Nittany Medical Center. University health officials are working with the state Department of Health to monitor the case. Bacterial meningitis can cause inflammation of the brain. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, symptoms i... |
19945 | Romneycare covers abortion, illegal immigrants and has a public option. Obamacare does not. | Facebook post compares elements of Romneycare, Obamacare | false | Abortion, Immigration, National, Health Care, Facebook posts, | "The health care debate has landed on the virtual battleground of Facebook, with comparisons being made between President Barack Obama’s 2010 law and the bill that Republican Mitt Romney signed in Massachusetts. A reader asked us to check this graphic that claims ""Romneycare covers abortion, illegal immigrants and has... |
7392 | Fear that uproar over gene-edited babies could block science. | Scientists working on the frontiers of medicine fear the uproar over the reported births of gene-edited babies in China could jeopardize promising research into how to alter heredity to fend off a variety of disorders. | true | AP Top News, Health, Genetic Frontiers, North America, Pittsburgh, China, Science, Asia Pacific | Researchers are rapidly learning how to edit DNA to fight such conditions as Huntington’s, Tay-Sachs and hereditary heart disease, conducting legally permissible experiments in lab animals and petri dishes without taking the ultimate step of actually creating babies. Now they worry about a backlash against their work, ... |
26653 | Because the Federal Reserve recently cut interest rates to near 0%, “the Fed will be of little consequence now. They’ve already used what leverage they have.” | Dropping the federal funds rate to near 0% does make it hard for the Fed to use that particular piece of leverage. But the Fed has other levers. The Fed can telegraph its intentions about longer-term interest rates to reassure lenders and borrowers, and it can purchase assets such as short-term commercial IOUs to keep ... | false | Economy, Elections, Financial Regulation, Joe Biden, | "With a coronavirus-driven recession in sight, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden lamented what he said was the Federal Reserve’s waning power to stabilize the nation’s economy. During the March 15 debate with rival Bernie Sanders, Biden was asked by Univision journalist Ilia Calderón, ""Just hours ago, the Fe... |
2685 | "British homeopathy funding is ""bad medicine"": panel." | Britain should end its state funding for homeopathic treatments because they are “scientifically implausible” and work no better than placebos, an influential parliamentary panel said on Monday. | true | Health News | The Science and Technology committee said homeopathic products are not medicines and should no longer be licensed by medicines regulators. Homeopathy producers should not be allowed to make medical claims on product labels without evidence they work, it added. The committee accused the government of sending out mixed m... |
8375 | WHO warns of global shortage of medical equipment to fight coronavirus. | The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday warned of a global shortage and price gouging for protective equipment to fight the fast-spreading coronavirus and asked companies and governments to increase production by 40% as the death toll from the respiratory illness mounted. | true | Health News | Meanwhile, the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Tuesday in an emergency move to try to prevent a global recession and the World Bank announced $12 billion to help countries fight the coronavirus, which has taken a heavy toll on air travel, tourism and other industries, threatening global economic growth prosp... |
2391 | Medical marijuana to be sold in Connecticut by summer: governor. | Medical marijuana will go on sale in Connecticut by summer 2014, dispensed throughout the state by four vendors, Governor Dannel Malloy said on Tuesday. | true | Health News | Marijuana is illegal in the United States under federal law, but Connecticut is among 20 U.S. states and the District of Columbia that allow use of marijuana for medical purposes. Four applicants have been chosen as the state’s first-ever legitimate producers of medical marijuana to serve the needs of seriously ill pat... |
11036 | Study: New cervical cancer test improves detection | HPV infection is responsible for 99% of the incidence of cervical cancer. Theoretically, screening for HPV DNA could replace Pap smears as the preferred method for cervical cancer screening. However, because HPV infection is so common and only a small percentage of women with HPV will go on to develop cellular changes ... | true | The story does mention that the test costs $50 compared to $20 to $30 for the pap test. The story could have discussed insurance coverage for the test and also potential downstream costs due to the higher false positive rate of the test. The story does not adequately quantify the benefits of HPV testing. Although the s... | |
32513 | A photograph of a fatal motorcycle crash shows either an angel or the victim's ghost. | Even if the photograph were proven beyond a shadow of a doubt to be of a ghost or a spirit, it’s unclear whose it would be or why it would be there, as the motorcyclist died later at the hospital, not on the scene. | false | Fauxtography, accidents, car accidents, ghosts | On 12 July 2016, a Facebook user posted a photograph of a traffic accident in Kentucky with the following description: I took this picture just few minutes ago from the cab of my truck it was an accident between campton and Stanton on the service road just off of the mountain parkway, zoom in and pay attention to the s... |
33178 | "By participating in a Facebook ""secret sister"" gift exchange, you'll receive 36 gifts, books, or bottles of wine in exchange for one $10-15 contribution." | Participating in “secret sister” gift exchanges is a prospect dubious for many reasons (primarily legal ones). Reddit’s popular Secret Santa gift exchange presents an option for those who wish to exchange holiday presents with strangers, but it involves sending and receiving a single gift (not 36). | false | Inboxer Rebellion, chain letters, children's book exchange, facebook book exchange | In late October 2015, social media users began sending and receiving solicitations to participate in a “secret sisters” gift exchange scheme. Posts on Facebook, Reddit, and several forums described a process that involved sending one present (commonly valued at $10) and receiving 36 in return. Participants who opted in... |
3191 | Mia Farrow visits Chad to promote new approach to hunger. | Groups of women had traveled for days to find care for their starving children in Chad, blankly staring in exhaustion and with little hope. But other women smiled, relieved to see their children “fattened” by a new and simplified initiative for hunger. | true | Chad, Health, General News, Mia Farrow, Africa, Senegal, United Nations, Central Africa | In an interview with The Associated Press, actress Mia Farrow recounted the scene during her visit to the Central African nation’s Mangalme area as an envoy for the International Rescue Committee. “Once you see a child dying of hunger in a world where it isn’t necessary, in a world of abundance ... you have frustration... |
4108 | Lawsuit alleges no hepatitis C treatment for inmates. | The ACLU of Vermont and Harvard Law School have sued leaders of two state departments and a private health care provider, accusing them of refusing to treat inmates diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C. | true | Vermont, Prisons, Health, Lawsuits, Hepatitis, Burlington, Infectious diseases | The federal lawsuit in Burlington was filed Tuesday on behalf of two prisoners. They allege leaders of the Agency of Human Services and the Department of Corrections, and Centurion of Vermont’s denial of treatment violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment and the Americans with Disabil... |
18283 | "The problem of unwanted sexual contacts in the military ""is not just a woman's issue. More than half of the victims are men." | A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected efforts by major drugmakers, pharmacies and distributors to dismiss claims that they caused the nation’s opioid crisis, clearing the way for a scheduled landmark trial even as he pushes for a nationwide settlement. | true | National, Military, Kirsten Gillibrand, | U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, who oversees roughly 2,000 opioid lawsuits by states, counties and cities, said the plaintiffs can try to prove that drugmakers’ deceptive marketing of the painkillers caused a harmful, massive increase in supply that pharmacies and distributors did not do enough to stop. “A factfinder ... |
10004 | Gene test may aid in treating lung cancer | "This story reports on a study from Japan published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine. The authors report on the use of genetic profiling to distinguish different types of lung cancers. Because there are so many different types, it can be difficult to predict how well an individual may respond to therapy. ... | mixture | "The story does not mention costs of genetic testing. While cost estimates may not yet be available, the story could have speculated on potential costs or mentioned the range of costs for genetic testing in breast cancer. The story does provide survival times for those categorized as ""high"" or ""low"" risk. What we r... | |
28572 | Drinking cocktails from a copper mug can cause copper poisoning | What's true: Any acidic drink corrodes copper in a mug, which leaches back into the drink, increasing the level of copper in it, which could potentially cause copper poisoning and its associated symptoms. What's false: It's not clear how long a cocktail would have to sit in a copper mug, and how many drinks someone wou... | mixture | Food, alcohol, cocktails, drinks | In August 2017, several news outlets reported that public health authorities in the state of Iowa had advised against serving certain alcoholic drinks in copper mugs: An advisory bulletin from Iowa’s Alcoholic Beverages Division notes that, in keeping with Food and Drug Administration guidelines, copper should not come... |
9802 | Scarred Hearts Healed After Heart Attack | It’s understandable that the researchers who appear to have found a way to reverse scarring in heart tissue would be excited about their own work, especially given that the lead researcher stands to profit from future treatments based on the research. It’s less understandable for a news story to get caught up in the sa... | false | heart attack,stem cells | The treatment is too experimental, and there are no comparable treatments to allow for a meaningful discussion of costs. The story explains benefits in this way: “A year later, the mass of scar tissue in the treated patients’ hearts got 42% smaller. And healthy heart muscle increased by 60%. No such regeneration was se... |
1917 | Dutch psychologist admits he made up research data. | A Dutch psychologist has admitted making up data and faking research over many years in studies which were then published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. | true | Science News | Diederik Stapel, a psychologist working at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, said he had “failed as a scientist” and was ashamed of what he had done, but had been driven to falsifying research by constant pressure to perform. The respected journal Science, which published some of Diederik Stapel’s work earlier thi... |
9352 | A Simple Emergency Room Intervention Can Help Cut Suicide Risk | This article reports results of a study on the effectiveness of the Safety Planning Intervention (SPI), a simple intervention conducted by staff in emergency departments when a patient has been treated for an attempted suicide. The intervention involves creating a safety plan for each patient and following up with phon... | mixture | suicide | We’re told the intervention takes a few minutes up to two hours for nurses or social workers to administer when a patient comes to the emergency room after a suicide attempt. We assume this counseling is provided at no additional cost, but we’d like to know for certain. One possible additional cost is having a delegate... |
21700 | "Jack Bogdanski Says ""in the Legislature, (Mary Nolan) has been a party-line Democrat, showing a 100% track record in harmony with the American Civil Liberties Union." | Blogger says Mary Nolan is a party-line Democrat who voted with the ACLU 100 percent of the time | true | Oregon, Corrections and Updates, Voting Record, Jack Bogdanski, | "In early July 2011, Rep. Mary Nolan, D-Portland, announced she’d run for a spot on the Portland City Council. Not long after that, critics started taking aim. Jack Bogdanski, a local blogger, waited just one day, in fact, before he let loose in a blog that questioned Nolan’s (and her husband’s) connections to the coun... |
4315 | ‘This city is not livable’: New Delhi people decry dirty air. | Sakshi Chauhan has not left her house in a quiet inner-city slum in the Indian capital for the past six days on her doctor’s orders. | true | Health, General News, India, Air pollution, Asia Pacific, New Delhi, Pollution | The 22-year-old call center operator is recovering from a severe throat infection and the thick smog now blanketing New Delhi has made even breathing dangerous. “The moment I step outside, I can’t breathe properly,” she said. “I have never seen this level of pollution in my entire life.” The 20 million residents of New... |
7199 | Vukmir, Baldwin clash in sometimes combative first debate. | Republican Leah Vukmir, down in the polls a month before the Nov. 6 election, clashed with Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Monday, in a debate that turned combative at times as they presented starkly different positions on health care, abortion, immigration and a host of other issues. | true | Tammy Baldwin, Kavanaugh nomination, Universal health care, Immigration, Bernie Sanders, Elections, Milwaukee, Medicare | Here are the takeaways: HEALTH CARE Vukmir defended her push to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, saying she would “fall in front of a truck before I would let people go without coverage for pre-existing conditions.” Baldwin said that repealing the national law, known as “Obamacare,” would “go back to the bad... |
5791 | School leaders, students stress need for mental health care. | Wyoming education officials and students say increased access to health care for students is needed to keep schools safe. | true | Access to health care, Shootings, Mental health, Health, Wyoming, Stress, School shootings, School safety, Education, Donald Trump | The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports Michael Harris with the Fremont County School District told members of the Federal Commission on School Safety on Tuesday that several of his students share similar characteristics with man accused in the Florida high school shooting earlier this year. He thinks it’s likely that every ... |
2487 | Risk of birth defect doubles for cousin couples -study. | Children whose parents are cousins run more than double the risk of being born with a congenital abnormality, although the overall rate of such birth defects remains low, according to new research findings. | true | Health News | A large study in a British city with a large Pakistani community, where marriage between blood relatives is fairly common, found that so-called consanguineous parents accounted for more than 30 percent of birth defects in babies of Pakistani origin. Researchers said the findings were important evidence for use in educa... |
25180 | "Every family health insurance policy has ""a $900 hidden tax"" to subsidize health care costs of the uninsured." | A reasonable estimate for uninsured costs | true | National, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, | "“You know you’re going to bankrupt the country with health care, right?” talk show host Bill O’Reilly began as an introduction to talk with Sen. Hillary Clinton about her health care plan. “Oh, no, I’m not,” said Clinton, who appeared on the The O’Reilly Factor on April 30, 2008. Clinton boiled her plan down to this... |
16754 | At some point in their lives, 99% of women use birth control. | "Happ said ""at some point in their lives, 99% of women use birth control."" It’s clear she was arguing that contraception use is widespread, and important for women who run the risk of getting pregnant. But in making the statement, Happ used an overly broad brush, applying what is true for a subset (sexually active wo... | mixture | Sexuality, Wisconsin, Susan Happ, | "The U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial ""Hobby Lobby"" decision in June 2014 involved contraception and the insurance coverage that companies are required to provide to employees under the Affordable Care Act. In a 5-4 decision, the court agreed with arguments made by Hobby Lobby, a chain of arts and crafts stores. At... |
10951 | Noninvasive Test for Colon Cancer Shows Promise in Early Trial | Strengths: a fairly good evaluation of the limitations of the evidence. Weaknesses: Nothing on harms. Didn’t compare the new approach with another competing new technology (as the New York Times did). But it also didn’t compare the new approach with existing colon cancer screening methods in a meaningful data-driven ... | mixture | Cancer,HealthDay,Screening | A hesitant satisfactory score. The story stated, “the cost of the test has not yet been established. It is expected to cost more than a fecal occult blood test, but far less than a colonoscopy. A fecal occult blood test can cost as little as $23 while a colonoscopy can total $700.” It is expected by whom to cost in th... |
27873 | A Houston doctor was decapitated by a malfunctioning elevator. | Even the elevator decapitation incident related here is not unique. On 6 January 1995, a runaway elevator in a Bronx office building decapitated 55-year-old James Chenault as he tried to help fellow passengers out of a malfunctioning car. The car had stopped slightly above the second floor and the doors opened. While C... | true | Horrors, freakish fatalities | All manner of sudden fatality are horrendous no matter where or when or how they occur, but we seem to assign decapitations to a special category populated by modes of death we find particularly disturbing. This form of expiration is especially gruesome because the mind is cut off from the body, ending a life, and it a... |
9938 | For diabetics, taking the sting out of insulin | This story explains in plain language that there might indeed be a better way on the horizon for diabetics tied to the daily routine of regular insulin injections. It could have benefited from more outside expertise, some cost information and a more thorough explanation of the risks and benefits. All told, though, read... | true | "This is the one big hole in the story. The one nod to costs in the story comes toward the end, where it says, ""Further, he notes, the new devices are somewhat wasteful in that they need to use more insulin to deliver the same dose as an injection, which will push their cost up."" Given that there already was a simila... | |
28814 | Young prodigy Brandenn Bremmer achieved a number of successes before taking his own life at age14 so that he could donate his organs to others. | What's true: Brandenn Bremmer was a child prodigy who died by his own hand at the age of 14. What's false: Brandenn didn't indicate he staged his suicide to ensure his organs would go to others in need. | mixture | Viral Phenomena, brandenn bremmer, incorrect memes, People | On 14 July 2016, the Facebook page “Creepy Nouns” published an image about the life and death of Brandenn Bremmer, asserting that the boy was a prodigy who took his own life solely so he could donate his organs to others in need: The claim was disturbing, suggesting that Bremmer made one of life’s most horrifying decis... |
8217 | Thailand reports 32 new coronavirus cases in biggest single-day rise. | Thailand reported 32 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday in the largest daily jump in infections since the outbreak began, bringing its total tally to 114, health officials said. | true | Health News | The new patients include 17 people infected at pubs and boxing stadiums, persons who were in contact with foreigners, and those who returned from overseas, Sukhum Kanchanapimai, the health ministry’s permanent secretary, told a new conference. There are 51 others waiting for test results, Sukhum said. The health minist... |
10691 | Surgical procedure urged for atrial fibrillation | This article on catheter ablation, a treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF), is marred by three flaws: It fails to disclose that Johnson & Johnson, maker of the device being tested, sponsored the study. In fact, nearly all the researchers have deep entanglements with device makers; two of them work for the maker itse... | mixture | The story does not cite costs of either the surgery or the drug treatment it is compared to. At a time when medical costs are so much in the public mind, stating treatment costs is important. When a study is sponsored by a device maker, it is all the more important to disclose costs. The story does a solid job quantify... | |
37857 | Ventura County, California officials said they will remove children from the homes of COVID-19 positive parents. | Is Ventura County COVID-19 Testing and Removing Children from Homes? | false | Disinformation, Fact Checks | Among early May 2020 rumors about “forced testing” Americans for COVID-19 (occasionally with increasingly hysterical rumors about purported home intrusions under H.R. 6666) was a consistent claim that the government sought to remove children from parents and place them in foster care — a rumor that was exacerbated by a... |
8995 | Adding Atezolizumab Immunotherapy to Chemotherapy Slows Growth of Advanced Squamous Lung Cancer | This release about the addition of an immunotherapy drug (atezolizumab, brand name Tecentriq) to chemotherapy for patients with advanced squamous non-small-cell lung cancer is an exercise in highlighting the most favorable interpretation of trial results that overall showed no survival difference, while burdening patie... | mixture | ASCO,immunotherapy | The release does not mention cost, which is an important point in this case, because each treatment with atezolizumab (Tecentriq) can cost more than $8000. These patients were treated every three weeks, which would produce bills upwards of $12,000 per month. Although the release and accompanying research abstract inclu... |
35239 | "U.S. President Donald Trump praised China for its ""transparency"" in handling the coronavirus outbreak, then later criticized the World Health Organization for doing the same." | COLLINS: […] You’re criticizing the WHO for praising China for being transparent, but you also praised China for being transparent in January. | true | Politics, COVID-19 | In mid-April 2020, social media users shared a comment made by U.S. President Donald Trump at an April 14 press briefing and contrasted it with a previous tweet of Trump’s in an effort to highlight the president’s flip-flopping narrative on the Chinese government’s handling of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease outbreak ... |
28140 | An Australian teen was taken to hospital with blood pouring from his feet after ‘sea lice’ attacked him after he soaked his feet in the water at a Melbourne beach. | What's true: An Australian teenager found his legs covered in blood, unable to stop bleeding, after soaking his feet in the water. What's false: Marine scientists have concluded that the critters responsible were likely sea fleas, not sea lice. | true | Medical, Medical, sea creature | On 6 August 2017, Daily Mail Australia ran a story with an alarming headline: Teen rushed to hospital with blood pouring from his feet after flesh-eating SEA BUGS attacked him as he swam at a Melbourne beach The article describes a 5 August 2017 incident in which 16-year-old Sam Kanizay decided to soak his legs in the ... |
10761 | Your diet can prevent Alzheimer’s | Some of Europe’s biggest banks are being challenged by environmental groups to sever all lending to utilities which they say are still developing new coal-fired power plants. | mixture | The call comes as some 190 countries meet in Madrid to assess progress on the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, which demands a virtual end to coal power by 2050. A United Nations report last year said almost all coal-fired power plants would need to close by the middle of this century to curb a rise in global temperatures... | |
34683 | An angry mother delivered a scathing response to school officials after her daughter was punished for punching a classmate who snapped her | Since this story does not contain any specific details about where or when it happened or who was involved, it is impossible to verify. But since the editors at Not Always Learning strive to only publish stories based on factual events, we’ll concede that somewhere at some school at some time some girl hit some boy aft... | unproven | Fauxtography, education | On 19 February 2015, a user-submitted story about a mother’s angry response to her daughter’s being punished for punching a male classmate who snapped her bra was published on the website Not Always Learning. The story, titled “Was Bra-ced for a Different Reaction,” reported that a female student (identified only as “d... |
26442 | Facebook post Says Democrats are on vacation until May 4 and “refuse to come back” to sign a bill to help small businesses. | Both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are in recess until May 4 to avoid transmitting the coronavirus. No political party has refused to come back. | false | Fake news, Facebook Fact-checks, Coronavirus, Facebook posts, | "President Donald Trump recently said that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi needs to come back from ""vacation,"" blaming her for a stalemate over a deal to add funds to the exhausted small business loan program, which ran out of money on April 16. Posts on Facebook take the vacation claim further, and suggest that all Democ... |
11155 | Neurofeedback Gains Popularity and Lab Attention | "This is a story about a purported surge in the popularity of neurofeedback to treat a host of neurological ills, despite a chronic lack of large, well-controlled trials to provide reliable evidence about benefits and harms. The existence of a single, small trial sponsored by the NIH (involving a mere 36 children with ... | true | "The story provided cost estimates for a couple of neurofeedback treatment regimens. It also indicated euphemistically that it is not paid for by insurance companies. Although the story points out that there has not been enough study of neurofeedback to know whether claims of benefits are justified, it highlights an an... | |
2299 | Ukraine conflict hampers recovery of sick children. | Maria, a nine-year-old girl suffering from cerebral palsy, was able to stand and walk unsteadily on her own before the outbreak of armed conflict between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. | true | Health News | Now, after five months of shelling in and around her hometown of Yasynuvata, a strategic rail hub that has changed hands several times during the conflict, her condition has deteriorated as stress has stiffened her muscles and crippled her posture. She can no longer stand unsupported. “Kids like Maria are much more afr... |
14115 | "George Holding Says North Carolina Rep. Renee Ellmers was the only Republican to vote against ""an amendment to prioritize the deportation of sexual criminals who are illegal immigrants." | "Holding said Ellmers was the only Republican to vote against ""an amendment to prioritize the deportation of sexual criminals who are illegal immigrants."" Holding was correct about Ellmers’ conspicuous break from party ranks. But his description of the amendment was a bit misleading, since anyone convicted of a felon... | mixture | Immigration, Congress, Criminal Justice, Crime, Public Safety, North Carolina, George Holding, | "In their first debate, three candidates for the Republican nomination for North Carolina’s U.S. House District 2 squared off last week on who deserves to represent the area in Washington, D.C. The district was recently redrawn to include most of the suburban Wake County areas around Raleigh as well as all or part of t... |
10658 | Shingles Vaccine Cuts Disease Risk 55% | This story about how the shingles vaccine performs in the real world takes a somewhat different tack from the HealthDay and Reuters stories we also reviewed. It includes discussion of a second study documenting low usage rates of the vaccine, but the story fails to give readers any comments from experts (like those quo... | true | WebMD | This story includes a comment that “vaccine expense is another barrier for some” and that not all insurance plans cover the cost of this vaccine, but readers are not told that it can cost about $200. Nonetheless, we’ll give it the benefit of the doubt on this criterion since cost and insurance are at least addressed. A... |
14008 | Swaziland has the highest rate of HIV infection in the world. | David Beckham says Swaziland has the world's highest rate of HIV | true | Global News Service, Public Health, David Beckham, | "British soccer star (or footballer if you prefer) David Beckham is a long-time goodwill ambassador for UNICEF. For a decade, he has lent his presence and fame to help the United Nations agency in its work with children around the world. A video posted on Facebook showed Beckham’s visit to Swaziland, a landlocked natio... |
1918 | DIY cervical cancer test could save lives: study. | A do-it-yourself test for cervical cancer could help prevent thousands of cases of the disease in women who don’t have easy or regular access to smear tests, scientists said on Wednesday. | true | Health News | The DIY test, which detects the human papillomavirus (HPV) responsible for cervical cancer, was widely accepted in a trial involving 20,000 women in Mexico and was more effective than traditional smear tests at picking up early signs of disease. British researchers who helped develop the test and led the trial said the... |
35074 | Photographs show a venomous caterpillar known as an asp. | According to the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), the asp is “one of the most toxic caterpillars in North America”: | true | Horrors, Insect Infestations | In 2014, we collected this post from Facebook: This little critter is called an ASP. Believe it’s a caterpillar. KILL IF YOU COME ACROSS ONE. THESE ARE PAINFUL WHEN YOU ARE STUNG BY ONE, WILL SEND YOU TO HOSPITAL, CAUSING NERVE PAIN/DAMAGE AND ARE POSSIBLY POISONOUS. THESE ARE BECOMING MORE N MORE SEEN. SO WATCH YOUR L... |
10298 | Prevention of Genetic Breast Cancer Within Reach | This news release covers new published research around the use of a drug — denosumab — as a preventative treatment for those women who might have a genetic disposition to a certain type of breast cancer, those who carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. While this multinational research news release presents the discovery ... | false | Breast cancer,Independent research center news release | The cost of the treatment in question, denosumab, (trade name: Prolia) is not mentioned. While the release states that the cell cultures receiving the RANKL blockade treatment had “significant reduction of growth and spreading of breast tissue cells” and “virtually no malignant changes in breast tissue” compared to tho... |
656 | New York court blocks state ban on flavored e-cigarettes. | A New York court on Thursday temporarily halted a state ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, giving the embattled vaping industry a breather just a day before the state’s prohibition was due to take effect. | true | Health News | The appellate court ruling puts a hold on the ban that was announced by New York state’s Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo last month in response to widespread growing concern about the rising use of e-cigarettes among teens and a nationwide spate of lung illnesses. The ban, which was due to start on Friday, will remain... |
24398 | "A new Republican litmus test ""would have resulted in (the GOP) kicking out Ronald Reagan." | Olbermann says proposed GOP litmus test would freeze out Reagan | mixture | National, History, Pundits, Keith Olbermann, | "To enforce ideological purity, a proposal before the Republican National Committee would deny party funding to any GOP candidate who bucks the party's stance on at least three items from a 10-point checklist of issues. The idea has sparked controversy within the Republican Party, and Democrats have seized on it as amm... |
3482 | Vaping group plotted lobbying efforts at Trump’s DC hotel. | America’s vaping industry has in recent years taken its fight to fend off regulation directly to President Donald Trump’s doorstep, with a lobbying group twice booking annual meetings at his Washington hotel and e-cigarette maker Juul hiring two of his former White House officials. | true | Lobbying, General News, Politics, Health, Business, Technology, Tobacco industry regulation, Donald Trump | In 2017 and 2018, the Vapor Technology Association met at Trump’s hotel to strategize how to lobby the administration, with a Republican lawmaker at one conference advising it to emphasize jobs created by the growing industry and how regulation could devastate hundreds of small vaping businesses. An intensive, multimil... |
6591 | Reliving Communist past helps East German dementia patients. | Every weekday morning, white-haired women patiently line up before a door at a Dresden retirement home, step in, and quickly step back nearly six decades into their past in Communist East Germany. | true | Dresden, Health, International News, Berlin, Germany, East Germany, Dementia, Europe | Most of the women — in their late 70s at the youngest — are suffering from severe dementia, but the reminders from bygone days trigger memories and skills once thought lost, and produce surprising levels of happiness and comfort. They park their walkers next to a Kaufhalle sign from the former East German grocery chain... |
11002 | Popular Bone Drugs Linked to Reduced Colon Cancer Risk | One can tell a lot about how a story is going to be from its lead quote. This HealthDay story on a new study indicating potential cancer prevention benefits from bone density drugs — quoted Dr. Gad Rennert, the study’s lead author, sounding “These [new] findings are meaningful because they point to a possible protectiv... | mixture | Cancer,HealthDay | Unlike the Reuters Health story, this story did not discuss costs. This is a shame because if the monthly cost is $10, as Reuters Health notes, that may be cheap on an individual level. As a public health policy, though, $120 a year across a huge population could add significantly to an already overspent health care sy... |
2777 | KaloBios Pharma pulls plug on asthma drug, shares plunge. | Shares of KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc fell nearly 50 percent in extended trade after the company said it would stop developing an asthma drug that failed in a mid-stage study. | true | Health News | The drug, KB003, failed to bring about a clinically meaningful improvement in the pulmonary function of patients with severe asthma when tested against a placebo in 160 patients. The San Francisco-based company said it would focus on developing other treatments in its pipeline, which include a drug for cancer and anoth... |
12181 | "Matthew Rosendale Says Sen. Jon Tester ""believes that we should have a national registration so that the people of Montana should have to ask permission before they purchase a gun, ask permission from the federal government." | "Rosendale said Tester ""believes that we should have a national registration so that the people of Montana should have to ask permission before they purchase a gun, ask permission from the federal government."" Tester’s record shows opposition to a federal list of lawfully-owned guns and gun owners. To claim he suppor... | false | National, Guns, Matthew Rosendale, | "While declaring his U.S. Senate bid, Republican hopeful Matt Rosendale zeroed in on the Second Amendment record of his opponent Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. ""Tester believes that we should have a national registration so that the people of Montana should have to ask permission before they purchase a gun, ask permission f... |
7595 | Nursing home with state’s deadliest virus outbreak sued. | The daughter of a woman who died after contracting the coronavirus at a Portland long-term care facility filed a $1.8 million lawsuit Thursday claiming elder abuse. | true | Health, General News, Oregon, Judith Jones, Nursing homes, Portland, Virus Outbreak, Lawsuits | Angela Brown says her 75-year-old mother, Judith Jones, contracted coronavirus and died because of Healthcare at Foster Creek’s negligence, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. In the complaint, Brown listed problems state investigators found at the nursing home, now connected to 29 deaths and 119 cases of COVID-19. The ... |
24829 | "Measures in Barack Obama's health plan could ""lower health care costs for the typical family by $2,500 a year." | Savings projection is best case scenario | mixture | National, Health Care, Barack Obama, | "During a 30-minute campaign ad that aired Oct. 29, 2008, Barack Obama laid out his policy proposals in detail, including health care. ""In the last year, I've visited many hospitals that are computerizing records and implementing technology that improves patient care and dramatically reduces costs,"" Obama said. ""Tha... |
4244 | More surgery for Minnesota football player, cancer survivor. | University of Minnesota football player and four-time cancer survivor Casey O’Brien is facing more surgery this week to remove a spot in a lung. | true | College football, Cancer, Health, General News, Football, Minnesota, Minnesota Golden Gophers football | The walk-on holder made his college debut at Rutgers on Oct. 19, holding all three of the Gophers’ fourth-quarter extra points in their 42-7 victory. O’Brien this season has shared the story of his cancer fight with ESPN’s “College GameDay” and other programs. The sophomore from St. Paul, Minnesota, initially was diagn... |
4085 | State: 5 cases of lung disease possibly linked to vaping. | Connecticut public health officials say they are now investigating five cases of lung disease in state residents possibly related to the use of e-cigarettes or vaping products. | true | Health, Lung disease, Connecticut, Public health | The state Department of Public Health on Friday said it had learned of three more Connecticut residents hospitalized for severe lung disease possibly related to the products, on top of two they already knew of. The agency says all five became ill in July and August and have since been discharged from the hospital. Fede... |
16178 | China has made enormous progress in its human rights. That is a fact recognized by all the people in the world. | "Chinese President Xi Jinping said, ""China has made enormous progress in its human rights. That is a fact recognized by all the people in the world."" There is a grain of truth here: China’s rapid economic growth has lifted millions of its residents, though hardly all of them, out of extreme poverty. Still, China rema... | false | National, China, Human Rights, Foreign Policy, Xi Jinping, | "During a trip to Beijing this week, President Barack Obama announced major agreements with China, one to reduce carbon emissions and another to increase travel between the two countries. But the visit was not without controversy. During a press conference on Wednesday with Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Mark ... |
7362 | St. Louis Archdiocese closes 3 schools because of COVID-19. | Three Catholic elementary schools that were already struggling financially will close because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, as the outbreak continues to impact businesses and institutions across the state. | true | Michael Brown, Health, General News, St. Louis, Virus Outbreak | The Archdiocese of St. Louis announced Friday that Most Holy Trinity Catholic School and Academy, Christ Light of the Nations School and St. Joseph School in Manchester will close at the end of the school year. The archdiocese said it had provided financial help for all three schools but the support was hurt by the sus... |
11419 | HSRx Group's Acne Product Outperforms Market Leader in Clinical Trial; Demonstrates Faster Reduction of Acne Count, Redness & Severity | This news release describes a head-to-head trial of two acne medications. The trial design sounded impressive; it was randomized, double-blind and placebo controlled. But that intro was the best the release had to offer readers. There were no details from the study to back up subsequent claims. This news release has a ... | false | industry/commercial news releases | There is no mention of cost in the release, not even a mention of where this new product will be on the spectrum of OTC products via-a-vis price. For a product whose manufacturer boasts in the release that it will come out of the gate to become a global competitor, one would expect they’d have a price point to offer. W... |
9874 | GlaxoSmithKline seeks new approval for breast drug | "A drug company applies to expand its approval for a drug (Tykerb) for advanced breast cancer in the US and Europe. And the only source quoted in the story is an employee of the drugmaker. That is not sound journalism. The story failed to: discuss costs, which are considerable with this drug; give a complete descripti... | false | "There was no mention of cost – and Tykerb is a VERY expensive drug – thousands of dollars each month. There was no quantification of benefit in the story – strange when the entire story is about the drugmaker seeking new approval for the drug. Upon what evidence is that request based? The story says that Tykerb can da... | |
40950 | Covid-19 is not a virus, but a bacterium being amplified by 5G which causes inflammation and hypoxia. | Covid-19 patients can get secondary infections from bacteria. Hypoxia and types of inflammation can be symptoms of Covid-19. There’s no proof Covid-19 is in any way related to 5G. | false | online | Italy has concluded Covid-19 is not a virus, and people are actually dying of amplified global 5G electromagnetic radiation poisoning. Italy disobeyed world health law from the WHO saying not to carry out autopsies on Covid-19 patients. The WHO never said autopsies couldn’t take place. Italy has found that Covid-19 is ... |
8725 | Passengers face two weeks on virus-hit cruise ship off Japan. | Around 3,700 people are facing at least two weeks locked away on a cruise liner anchored off Japan after health officials confirmed on Wednesday that 10 people on the ship had tested positive for coronavirus and more cases were possible. | true | Health News | While the infected patients were transferred by Japan’s coastguard to hospitals on the mainland, the rest of the passengers and crew on board the Carnival Corp (CCL.N) ship were placed in quarantine and given health screenings. The 10 cases were among 31 results received so far from 273 people tested. Passengers on Car... |
11467 | The Bypass Effect on Diabetes, Cancer | This 60 Minutes segment devotes a laudable amount of time to descriptions of the benefits of gastric bypass surgery for diabetes, independent of weight loss. It also reports on the link between the surgery and reduced cancer risk. The segment’s main failing is the amount of time devoted to eight patients with positive ... | true | "The segment reports that the surgery costs about $25,000 and is not always covered by insurance. The segment uses figures repeatedly to back up assertions made by the sources. But with the exception of the American Cancer Society data on cancer, the information comes from sources that are either self-interested (surge... | |
7618 | Rhode Island takes steps to protect elderly during pandemic. | Rhode Island is taking extra steps to protect residents of the state’s nursing homes and assisted living facilities who are particularly susceptible to the coronavirus, state Department of Health Director Nicole Alexander-Scott said Friday. | true | Rhode Island, Health, General News, Assisted living, Pandemics, Nursing homes, Virus Outbreak | The state reported an additional 13 COVID-19-related fatalities on Friday, bringing its total to 118 deaths. Of the 13 new deaths, 10 lived in what Alexander-Scott called congregate-care facilities. One of the new deaths was a person over the age of 100, she said. More than 90 of the people who have died in Rhode Islan... |
38541 | Warnings that sea lice have invaded beaches in Florida have sparked panic on social media. | Sea Lice Attacking Florida’s Beaches | mixture | Health / Medical, Warnings | Warnings about sea lice on Florida beaches are true — but they’re also misleading. Posts began circulating on social media in early June that warned Florida beachgoers of sea lice “invasions” that have left swimmers with painful red welts all over their bodies, like the one pictured here: The photo is real, and it was... |
7457 | Governor replaces health commissioner amid virus pandemic. | Gov. Ned Lamont announced Tuesday — a day after Connecticut surpassed 3,000 coronavirus deaths — that he had replaced the public health commissioner, a change a state official said was made because of missteps dating to last year. | true | Ned Lamont, Eric Brown, General News, Social services, Connecticut, Nursing homes, Virus Outbreak, Public health | The Democratic governor did not say why he was replacing Renée Coleman-Mitchell with Deidre Gifford, commissioner of the state Department of Social Services, who will also serve as acting public health commissioner. A state official said Lamont removed her for several reasons, including being slow to act on a plan to p... |
11453 | Coffee buzz protects brain from Alzheimer’s | Look at that headline – “Coffee buzz protects brain from Alzheimer’s.” Think of how many coffee stories you’ve seen. Think of how many Alzheimer’s stories you’ve seen. Then appreciate that this work was in mice – and that the story goes out of its way to not only pump up the mouse findings but to project about human da... | false | Alzheimer's,MSNBC | Not applicable – the cost of coffee not in question. The story states: “Amazingly, the equivalent of four to five cups of caffeinated coffee every few days led to much improved memories in the Alzheimer’s mice.” All the mice? All the time? Did any fail to respond? Just a simplistic, formulaic introduction states: “For ... |
1684 | Hunt for ancient royal tomb in Mexico takes mercurial twist. | A Mexican archeologist hunting for a royal tomb in a deep, dark tunnel beneath a towering pre-Aztec pyramid has made a discovery that may have brought him a step closer: liquid mercury. | true | Science News | In the bowels of Teotihuacan, a mysterious ancient city that was once the largest in the Americas, Sergio Gomez this month found “large quantities” of the silvery metal in a chamber at the end of a sacred tunnel sealed for nearly 1,800 years. “It’s something that completely surprised us,” Gomez said at the entrance to ... |
8804 | Bristol-Myers to develop KAI heart-attack drug. | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co has struck a deal to develop KAI Pharmaceuticals’ experimental medicine for lessening the impact of heart attacks, the companies said on Tuesday. | true | Health News | Bristol-Myers will pay an initial $25 million to the privately held company, and fund future development of the medicine, KAI-9803, which is expected to enter mid-stage Phase 2b clinical testing by the end of the year. Bristol-Myers also may pay up to $192 million should the medicine reach various developmental and... |
32624 | Pat Robertson asserted the Orlando nightclub shooting was God's punishment for legalizing same-sex marriage. | Nonetheless, the UK’s Mirror was duped into reporting Newslo‘s obviously satirical piece as straight news (and have since removed it from their site): | false | Junk News, orlando nightclub shooting, pat robertson | On 12 June 2016, the web site Newslo published an article reporting that Pat Robertson, the American media mogul and former Southern Baptist minister, had said that the recent mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub that left fifty people dead was God’s punishment for the June 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court deci... |
6067 | DC public psychiatric hospital to get drinking water fixed. | A public psychiatric hospital in the nation’s capital may soon have running water again. | true | Health, General News, Legionnaires disease | The district’s deputy mayor for health and human services, Wayne Turnage, tells WTOP-FM that St. Elizabeths Hospital’s water operations should be fully operational by Friday. The district-owned facility has been without running water since Sept. 26 when the bacteria that can cause Legionnaires’ disease were found in it... |
7916 | Trump curbs travel from Europe as coronavirus disrupts schools, sports. | President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered travel from Europe to the United States restricted for 30 days, responding to mounting pressure to take action against a rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak disrupting nearly all corners of U.S. daily life. | true | Health News | Trump, whose administration has come under sharp criticism for its response to a public health crisis that he has previously downplayed, also announced several steps aimed at blunting economic fallout posed by coronavirus. The travel order, which starts on midnight Friday, does not apply to Britain, or to Americans und... |
31536 | Robbers in shopping mall parking lots are using ether-filled perfume bottles to render their victims unconscious. | Long-standing crime warning holds that thieves are trolling parking lots and rendering their victims unconscious with perfume samples. | false | Crime, crime warnings, Grave Robbery | For nearly twenty years now, Internet users have been immersed in warnings advising them to be wary of persons attempting to sell perfume in store parking lots: PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO YOUR WOMEN FRIENDS!!! I was approached yesterday afternoon around 3:30pm in the Wal-Mart parking lot at Forest Drive, by two males, a... |
16584 | Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts. | "Paul said, ""Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts."" We found that the government’s 1033 program, which gives surplus military equipment to local law enforcement agencies, has contributed to police militarization by offering free equipment. But it’s not the only thing. Police cultur... | true | National, Criminal Justice, Homeland Security, Crime, Military, Public Safety, Terrorism, Rand Paul, | "With heavily armored vehicles stationed in the streets and law enforcement officers dressed in camouflage, many have dubbed Ferguson, Mo., a ""war zone."" After a white Ferguson police officer shot and killed black teenager Michael Brown Aug. 9, much of the conversation has focused on race relations, and the interacti... |
751 | China says pork supply will be enough for upcoming holidays. | China, the world’s top pork consumer, will secure sufficient supplies of the meat for upcoming holidays, including the Lunar New Year in late January, said an official on Wednesday, as concerns grow over a looming shortage and soaring prices. | true | Environment | China’s pig herd has shrunk by a third following a severe outbreak of deadly African swine fever, and pork prices have surged since June on tightening supplies. Peng Shaozong, a manager in the pricing department of the National Development and Reform Commission, however, told reporters that supplies will be sufficient ... |
28442 | A list accurately portrays the NFL's history on free speech issues. | In other words, if Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams again wears eye black with “FIND THE CURE” during Breast Care Awareness Month in honor of his mother who died from breast cancer, or teammate William Gay wears purple cleats for domestic violence awareness, or teammate Cameron Heyward wears eye black... | mixture | Politics, nfl | A viral list purportedly cataloging the NFL’s history on freedom of speech issues has been bouncing around the internet since at least September 2017: So tell me again How The NFL supports Freedom of Speech……….Here are some fun facts about the hypocrites over at the NFL. In 2012 the NFL had an issue with Tim Tebow knee... |
29106 | The ingestion of raisins or grapes can produce acute renal failure in dogs. | What's true: Several published cases have documented the development of acute renal failure in dogs who consumed large quantities of grapes or raisins. What's false: Many dogs ingest grapes or raisins with no harmful effects, and the scientific mechanism linking grapes and raisins to acute renal failure in canines is u... | mixture | Critter Country, Crusader Habit | Most dog lovers have long been exposed to dire warnings urging that canines should not be offered or allowed to ingest grapes and raisins, lest they suffer kidney failure (i.e., acute renal failure) as a result of ingesting them. However, the mechanism behind why renal failure might occur in some dogs after they have c... |
6644 | Vaping-related illness reported in Snohomish County. | Authorities say a woman in her 20s is the first person in Snohomish County to have a vaping-related lung illness. | true | Health, General News, Washington, Vaping, Everett, United States | KOMO reports the case brings the total in Washington state to six reported cases that also include one in Mason County, two in Spokane County and two in King County. The Snohomish Health District said the woman was admitted to a hospital in August with shortness of breath and difficulty breathing. She has since been re... |
10886 | Study is likely to bolster stent-graft use | This is a technically well written story about a recently published study comparing two procedures that can be used to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms. It accurately reported the information from the study that found benefits associated with the less invasive procedure. However it should be noted that in the study, wh... | true | "There was no discussion of costs associated with either procedure. The story did include clear numbers for potentially lethal ruptures following surgery, reinterventions, later abdominal operations, and most importantly, it did provide the surgical mortality rates for both procedures. It did not , however provide suff... | |
8214 | Four more African nations confirm coronavirus, new controls put in place. | Mauritania, Rwanda, Seychelles and Central African Republic confirmed their first coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing to 23 the number of African countries that have reported positive tests for the virus. | true | Health News | Moving swiftly to contain its spread, Rwanda, Senegal, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco and Kenya announced tougher control measures, including bans on public gatherings, halting flights and closing schools and universities. Three days after the World Health Organization (WHO) described the outbreak as a pandemic, there ... |
2554 | Vietnam and Cambodia hit back at landmark Laos dam. | Vietnam urged Laos to halt construction of a $3.5 billion hydropower dam pending further study, environmental activists said on Friday after a meeting of the Mekong River Commission. | true | Environment | The activists said Cambodia, also downriver from the Xayaburi dam, accused Laos during heated discussions on Wednesday and Thursday of failing to consult on the project. The dam in northern Laos, the first of 11 planned for the lower Mekong river running through Southeast Asia, threatens the livelihood of tens of milli... |
11434 | New research raises hopes in quest to find universal flu vaccine | The story attempts to present the results of a phase 1 trial of a new approach to a flu vaccine. But it unfortunately falls well short of ideal. Suggesting the new vaccine target flu virus proteins and the existing vaccine attacks others is simply not correct. Vaccines activate portions of the immune system. The fact t... | mixture | CNN | Since this vaccine is not yet available, a discussion of costs is not necessary. It’s clear from the story that the vaccine is in the early stage of development and will not be available for at least several more years. In reality, this approach to developing vaccines was originally suggested in a study in 1983. The ap... |
10273 | MS breakthrough: Replacing diseased immune system halts progression and allows repair | This is nearly a textbook example about how a news release can take mixed results from a clinical study and both highlight the promising findings while illuminating the harms and other issues, too. The only glaring omission here was any mention of the costs of treatment, which likely are considerable. The release discu... | true | Hospital news release,Multiple Sclerosis | There is no mention of the cost of this therapy. However, it is already used for treating leukemia and some other types of cancer and so the costs should be known. Because the treatment involves destruction of the immune system via chemotherapy and the use of stem cells, it is a very complex and intensive treatment req... |
33472 | Former president George W. Bush was arrested in Dallas for cocaine possession. | Soon afterwards links and excerpts referencing this article were being circulated via social media, with many of those who encountered the item mistaking it for a genuine news item. However, the article was just a spoof from Empire News, one of many fake news sites that publishes fictional stories such as “Cure for Can... | false | Media Matters, george w bush, Not Necessarily The News | On 24 July 2014, Empire News published an article positing that former president George W. Bush had been arrested after a traffic stop in Dallas for cocaine possession: One of the most notorious Presidents in history of The United States of America is back in the spotlight, but not because of his politics. George W. B... |
24593 | "A provision in the health care reform bill for end-of-life counseling for seniors is not ""entirely voluntary." | Palin claims Obama misled when he said end-of-life counseling is voluntary | false | National, Health Care, Sarah Palin, | "After wide denunciation ( including here ) of Sarah Palin's claims last week that the proposed health care reform bill would create ""death panels,"" the former Alaska governor again went to her Facebook page to answer the critics and reassert her claim that end-of-life counseling authorized in the House version of ... |
5472 | Police block doctor from leaving Zimbabwe for treatment. | A Zimbabwean judge on Tuesday ordered police to allow a doctor recuperating after an alleged abduction to seek medical treatment outside the troubled country, but police later blocked him from leaving and scuffled with his lawyers. | true | Africa, Health, General News, Zimbabwe | The leader of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association, Dr. Peter Magombeyi, was freed last week after disappearing for several days. His alleged abduction after leading a pay strike led to days of protests by health workers and expressions of concern by diplomats and others. More than 50 government critics in Zimbabw... |
8867 | Eli Lilly denies NYT report on Zyprexa. | Eli Lilly and Co on Friday denied a report in The New York Times that said a senior executive had encouraged the promotion of its schizophrenia drug Zyprexa for a use not approved by federal regulators. | true | Health News | The report said John Lechleiter, set to become chief executive in April, wrote an e-mail in 2003 discussing the use of Zyprexa by children and teenagers, although it is only approved for adults with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Eli Lily said the report was “flat out wrong” and it mischaracterized Lechleiter’s... |
20839 | President Obama has raised taxes 19 times. | Electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products are not helping fight cancer, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, urging smokers and governments not to trust claims from cigarette firms about their latest products. | mixture | National, Taxes, Mitt Romney, | The seventh “WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic” said blocking the industry’s interference was critical to cutting the harm from tobacco use. “The tobacco industry has a long history of systemic, aggressive, sustained and well-resourced opposition to tobacco control measures,” the report said. “While some strate... |
7581 | Study: Michigan prison workers facing mental health crisis. | Michigan prison workers are facing a mental health crisis that includes much higher rates of post-traumatic stress disorder, suicidal thoughts and alcohol abuse than in the general public, according to a study released Monday. | true | Alcohol abuse, Anxiety, Mental health, Prisons, Health, Michigan, Post-traumatic stress disorder, General News, Depression | The report , conducted for the state Department of Corrections by Desert Waters Correctional Outreach, found that corrections employees also are more likely to have symptoms related to depression and anxiety. Nearly 140 workers, or 1.1%, are currently and actively planning to kill themselves, said the study, which was ... |
6230 | Soft soil makes Mexico City shake like it was built on jelly. | The soft soil that lines the ancient lake bed that Mexico City is built on amplified the shaking from Tuesday’s earthquake and increased its destructive force, seismologists say as they try to better understand the quake that has killed more than 200 people. | true | AP Top News, Mexico, Washington, Science Says, Latin America, Lakes, Geophysics, Science, Earthquakes, Mexico City | Scientists are looking at other quirks of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake, including the absence of aftershocks and if it is somehow related to a distant, even stronger, Mexican temblor that struck a dozen days earlier. LIKE JELLY Mexico City is built on deep, soft soil that was once the bottom of a lake. Instead of cushi... |
7567 | COVID-19 vaccine hunt heats up globally, still no guarantee . | Hundreds of people are rolling up their sleeves in countries across the world to be injected with experimental vaccines that might stop COVID-19, spurring hope — maybe unrealistic — that an end to the pandemic may arrive sooner than anticipated. | true | AP Top News, Science, Understanding the Outbreak, Technology, General News, Politics, Health, Business, Pandemics, Racing for a Remedy, Virus Outbreak, U.S. News | About 100 research groups are pursuing vaccines with nearly a dozen in early stages of human trials or poised to start. It’s a crowded field, but researchers say that only increases the odds that a few might overcome the many obstacles that remain. “We’re not really in a competition against each other. We’re in a race ... |
41941 | President Trump “signed an executive order allowing our veterans to get 100% medical bills paid at hospitals other than a V.A. hospital.” | Q: Did President Donald Trump sign an order allowing veterans to get full medical bills paid at hospitals outside the VA?A: No, but Trump has continued a program that allows some veterans to seek outside care. | mixture | Veterans Affairs, veterans benefits, | Q: Did President Donald Trump sign an order allowing veterans to get full medical bills paid at hospitals outside the VA? A: No, but Trump has continued a program that allows some veterans to seek outside care. There is a FB post going around saying veterans are 100% covered at any hospital, a bill signed by President... |
5597 | 2nd Mexican state allows conscience objection for doctors. | Rights officials expressed concern Tuesday after a second state congress in Mexico passed a “conscience objection” law that would allow medical personnel to refuse to perform procedures that violate their religious or ethical convictions. | true | Access to health care, Mexico, General News, Abortion, Latin America, Science | The Council to Prevent Discrimination said a new law passed in the northern state of Nuevo Leon threatened people’s access to health care. “Conscience objection should not any under circumstances lead to Nuevo Leon failing to provide health services to the public, above all if the motivation for that objection were bas... |
4971 | Sanders never considered leaving race after heart attack. | Bernie Sanders said Thursday that he never considered dropping out of the presidential race after suffering a heart attack last week and characterized his recovery as “so far, so very good” despite acknowledging that the incident left his heart “with some damage.” | true | Health, General News, Politics, Election 2020, Heart attack, Bernie Sanders, Nevada | In an interview with CNN from his Vermont home, where he is recuperating, the senator said he felt “not an ounce of pain” and that, after attending Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate in Ohio, he’s likely to make trips to Iowa, Nevada and possibly New Hampshire. “We’re ready to go full blast,” Sanders said. His ca... |
9479 | Finding the Right Medication: Gene Test May Help Treat Depression | This NBC story uses the narrative of a woman who struggled to find an effective medication to treat her severe depression to talk about the potential benefits of using genetic testing to identify which drugs may be most effective in treating depression, with the fewest side effects, for specific patients. Unfortunately... | false | depression,genetic testing | The story notes that the genetic test touted costs $179 and says it is often covered by insurance. The article is nominally about the Genefolio test that’s offered by the Avera Institute for Human Genetics. But the only specific numbers provided in the story pertain to a different test called GeneSight. That’s misleadi... |
24304 | I have had the challenge during this administration to suspend no less than 37 public officials in about 36 months. | Florida Gov. Crist says he has suspended 37 public officials | true | Florida, Charlie Crist, | "Some of Florida's public officials have been bad boys and girls, Gov. Charlie Crist says. ""You know, I have had the challenge during this administration to suspend no less than 37 public officials in about 36 months,"" Crist told reporters gathered in Tallahassee on Jan. 27, 2010. ""It's pretty stunning, and it's pre... |
2443 | Drug 'Molly' is taking a party toll in the United States. | Artist and therapy student Anna and her friends marked a birthday in New York recently with a familiar ritual: They pumped up the electronic music, danced, and celebrated with a special guest called Molly. | true | Health News | “It was a group of about 12 people at someone’s house and we were all just celebrating,” Anna recalled. “Somebody had it and, and you know, it was a pretty electronic music kind of crowd.” Molly, an illegal stimulant frequently sold in pill form, has become prominent in the electronic music scene over the past decade,... |
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