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22236 | "Mike Ford Says the fluoride Austin is putting in its drinking water is ""toxic waste." | "Austin resident says fluoride compound added to local water supply is ""toxic waste""" | false | Public Health, Texas, Mike Ford, | "In a letter to the editor published in the March 18 Austin Chronicle, Mike Ford suggests Austin residents have reason to question whether fluoridated water is safe. ""How many would be comfortable if they knew that the fluoride Austin is putting into our drinking water is fluorosilicic acid (toxic waste from the ferti... |
30950 | Former President Barack Obama's stylist revealed to a conservative web site that he caught Obama in the middle of a gay tryst. | However, the story has been republished verbatim on other dubious sites like Specialon, which contains no such disclaimer. | false | Junk News, barack obama, specialon, the last line of defense | In September 2017, the misinformation web site The Last Line of Defense concocted a particularly coarse smear story concerning former United States President Barack Obama that further challenged even its own basement-level standards for “satire”: Barack Obama’s personal stylist has spoken out about something he witnes... |
37740 | Adolf Hitler invented blow up dolls. | A viral July 2020 Facebook post urged users to Google “who invented blowup dolls,” a directive returning a highlighted-by-Google result indicating that person was “Adolf Hitler.” But sex dolls were in existence for centuries before World War II, and the claim in its original, heavily disputed form was not that Hitler i... | false | Fact Checks, Viral Content | On July 16 2020 the Facebook page Memes Republic commanded its followers stop whatever they were doing and “Google who invented blow up dolls” immediately:The post rapidly racked up shares, nearing 60,000 in under 24 hours. So what happened if you Googled “who invented blow up dolls”? This:In the screenshot, a highligh... |
5552 | After cancer treatment, Ginsburg in NY for honorary degree. | Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave University at Buffalo law students a memorable start to the new academic year Monday when she accepted an honorary degree on campus and talked about her dedication to equal rights and the “Notorious R.B.G” nickname. | true | Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme courts, Radiation therapy, General News, U.S. Supreme Court, Health, Courts, Buffalo | The 86-year-old justice recently completed radiation therapy for a cancerous tumor on her pancreas, but said she did not want her health problems to stop her from fulfilling a commitment she made last year to a fellow Cornell University alumnus and lawyer, Wayne Wisbaum, who has since died. “I didn’t know this day woul... |
10827 | Women on bone drugs have less colon cancer: study | Reuters Health quoted Eric Jacobs from the American Cancer Society saying, “The lower risk of colorectal cancer risk seen among bisphosphonate users in this study is intriguing….However, these results should be interpreted with caution and require confirmation by additional studies.” From that point on, the story took ... | true | Cancer,Reuters Health | Unlike the HealthDay story, this one mentions cost. It says that the drug in question, Fosamax, “costs around $10 per month in the U.S.” Although, of course, the real cost effectiveness would be determining costs in a population that had routine current screening plus the medicine. Then one could determine the relative... |
9554 | New day' in lung cancer as Merck drug shines, works with chemo | lung cancer illustration Non-small cell lung cancer is a hard disease to treat. A newer immunotherapy drug developed by Merck & Co and called Keytruda—which activates a patient’s immune system to fight the disease—has been shown in a clinical trial to stop the disease’s progression for a longer period of time than does... | mixture | immunotherapy,Keytruda | Cost is not discussed, even though the FDA approved Keytruda for advanced, non-small cell lung cancer treatment in 2015. The story summarizes findings of clinical study results, all of them positive. But what is a reader to make of relative risk claims such as the treatment “halved the risk of disease progression and c... |
6033 | Mozambique recovers from cyclone, fights threat of cholera. | A battered notebook lists the people still alive in this village after a devastating cyclone. But sip by sip, a deadly threat remains. | true | Africa, Health, Mozambique, Cholera, International News | Nearly a month after Cyclone Idai made landfall and unleashed flooding that reached the tops of trees, more than 1,300 people in Bopira have been drinking from the local pond and whatever the muddy waters left behind, including the contents of flooded latrines. The conditions are ripe for deadly disease. Already a chol... |
10428 | Science working to create workable, safe blood substitutes | "It does not delve as deeply into the evidence behind some of these blood substitutes as we would have liked. Nor does it always identify conflicts of interest where appropriate. Overall, though, it is a balanced and thoughtful look at the topic. As the story notes, blood shortages can magnify the effects of a disaster... | true | "This is a big omission in the story. Given the ongoing shortages of blood, the costs to healthcare delivery systems continue to escalate. A readily available alternative to what is in reality an organ transplant would be welcome especially if the costs of the product were competitive with blood. Especially in a low-re... | |
18348 | "A law that mandates fingerprinting for gun purchasers is ""a requirement that's reduced gun crimes in the five states where it's the law." | "The ad said that mandating the fingerprinting of those seeking to purchase a gun is ""a requirement that's reduced gun crimes in the five states where it's the law."" But that’s not a correct description of the statistics. Firearm homicide rates are lower in the five states that have such laws, but experts told us the... | false | National, Guns, Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence Education Fund, | "With the debate over gun control still simmering, a reader asked us to fact-check an ad on Baltimore TV stations that promotes tough laws on gun purchases. The ad, was put together by Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence, a group headed by Vincent DeMarco, an adjunct assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg S... |
9219 | Anesthetic cream best for relieving vaccination pain in infants | With this release, the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) teases one of its newly published studies that appears to be great news for babies and their parents: the promise of relieving pain from vaccination. Specifically, the news release promotes the idea of educational videos (i.e. for managing infant pain),... | mixture | Canadian Medical Association Journal,infant vaccination,lidocaine cream | No dollar signs here, though an over-the-counter tube of lidocaine cream usually costs under $10. We’re not sure from the release if an OTC cream was used or one of the proprietary, prescription-only products. There were no absolute numbers included here, and that’s a big omission. The CMAJ study notes how, per a score... |
7401 | Gene therapy for rare form of blindness wins US approval. | U.S. health officials on Tuesday approved the nation’s first gene therapy for an inherited disease, a treatment that improves the sight of patients with a rare form of blindness. It marks another major advance for the emerging field of genetic medicine. | true | Genetics, Health, Gene therapy, Genetic Frontiers, North America, Science, U.S. News | The approval for Spark Therapeutics offers a life-changing intervention for a small group of patients with a vision-destroying genetic mutation and hope for many more people with other inherited diseases. The drugmaker said it will not disclose the price until next month, delaying debate about the affordability of a tr... |
5020 | More polio cases now caused by vaccine than by wild virus. | Four African countries have reported new cases of polio linked to the oral vaccine, as global health numbers show there are now more children being paralyzed by viruses originating in vaccines than in the wild. | true | Pakistan, AP Top News, Angola, International News, General News, Asia, Africa, Health, United Nations, Central African Republic, Central Africa | In a report late last week, the World Health Organization and partners noted nine new polio cases caused by the vaccine in Nigeria, Congo, Central African Republic and Angola. Seven countries elsewhere in Africa have similar outbreaks and cases have been reported in Asia. Of the two countries where polio remains endemi... |
106 | South Korean retailer drops flavored liquid e-cigarettes. | South Korea’s top convenience store chain suspended the sale of flavored liquid e-cigarettes made by U.S. company Juul Labs on Thursday, a day after the government warned the public to stop using such products citing fatalities in the United States. | true | Health News | The GS25 chain halted sales of three of Juul Labs’ products including “tropical” - the equivalent of mango in the United States - and one made by South Korean company KT&G, store parent company GS Retail said. The firm would consider dropping all liquid e-vaping products if an ongoing government investigation found the... |
33406 | Leah Remini found out during a phone prank Ellen DeGeneres' show that her husband was cheating on her. | Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday it will start adding the price of its medicines to television commercials by next month, becoming the first drugmaker to heed a call by U.S. President Donald Trump for price transparency of drugs advertised directly to consumers on TV. | false | Entertainment, ASP Article, Broadcast Legends, ellen degeneres | The healthcare conglomerate said it will include both the list price of a product - the price before any rebates or discounts to insurers or pharmacy benefit managers - as well as potential out-of-pocket costs that patients will pay. The move, announced in a statement on J&J’s website, won swift praise from U.S. Health... |
26365 | “First volunteer in UK coronavirus vaccine trial has died.” | Elisa Granato, the first volunteer to be injected in a COVID-19 vaccine trial in Europe, is “100% alive.” | false | Facebook Fact-checks, Coronavirus, Bloggers, | "As scientists race to develop a vaccine against COVID-19, a screenshot of a frightening headline has been shared on social media. ""First volunteer in UK coronavirus vaccine trial has died,"" it says above an image of a woman smiling as a health care worker appears to place a small bandage on her upper arm. An April 2... |
3054 | Fake frogs in school dissections eliminate gross-out-factor. | It’s a rite of passage in schools across the U.S.: frog dissection. | true | Animals, Frogs, General News, Florida, Tampa, Animal rights, Science | Sometimes it happens in middle school, sometimes in high school. Feelings about the lesson are generally summed up in one word: gross. The frogs are slimy and greenish-grey, and they stink because they’re pickled in formaldehyde. One Florida high school recently tried to eliminate the gross-out factor by using fake, ye... |
4037 | Heath officials report first 2019 shellfish poisoning case. | Alaska health officials are reporting the year’s first case of paralytic shellfish poisoning. | true | Health, Poisoning, General News, Alaska | The Department of Health and Social Services reports a person experienced PSP symptoms after eating a clam harvested near Perryville on the Alaska Peninsula. The symptoms can include tingling of the lips and tongue within minutes of eating a toxic shellfish. Symptoms may progress to tingling of fingers and toes and the... |
29476 | You should avoid eating green potatoes because they are poisonous. | What's true: Green potatoes contain a natural toxin called solanine. What's false: You are unlikely to ingest enough solanine from eating green potatoes to do you any serious harm. | false | Food, Odd Ingredients, potatoes | The potato, the ultimate comfort food in Western society, has a disturbing secret. This trustworthy old friend so often invited to our tables can, at times, slip us a little bit of poison. The potato — or, rather, green versions of it — contains a natural toxin called solanine. The greenish hue that should warn you awa... |
15745 | "Not a single unarmed white person has been shot by the police"" in New York in about 45 years." | "Lebowitz said, ""Not a single unarmed white person has been shot by the police"" since she has lived in New York. This was a bear of fact-check to wrestle to the ground, in part because of the lack of cooperation from the New York Police Department, in part because we were looking at a time period that spanned about 4... | false | Crime, Public Safety, PunditFact, Fran Lebowitz, | "Don’t get sardonic New York City writer Fran Lebowitz started on Rudy Giuliani. She is no fan of the former New York mayor and conservative pundit, especially after he loudly questioned President Barack Obama’s love for the United States. HBO host Bill Maher got an earful on the subject when he invited Lebowitz to app... |
26454 | There are “360,000 (deaths) a year from swimming pools. But we don’t shut the country down for that.” | Phil “Dr. Phil” McGraw said there are 360,000 annual deaths in the U.S. from swimming pools. He’s since said he was citing the worldwide number and “misspoke.” According to the CDC, there were 3,709 U.S. deaths from accidental drowning or submersion in 2017. Not all drowning deaths occur in swimming pools. Drowning i... | false | Public Health, Public Safety, Pundits, PunditFact, Coronavirus, Phil McGraw, | "Celebrity psychologist Phil McGraw, known to his TV viewers as ""Dr. Phil,"" argued for reopening the economy on Fox News, rattling off a string of statistics about other causes of death that don’t require statewide shutdowns. McGraw’s figures were not all accurate, however, and the comparisons he drew with the novel ... |
3787 | Setbacks for Trump’s drive to lower prescription drug costs. | After two setbacks this week, President Donald Trump is now focusing his drive to curb drug costs on congressional efforts aimed at helping people on Medicare and younger generations covered by workplace plans. | true | AP Top News, Health, General News, Politics, Prescription drug costs, Business, Medication, Medicare, Prescription drugs, Donald Trump | The White House on Thursday yanked its own regulation to ease the financial bite of costly medications for those on Medicare by letting them receive rebates that drugmakers now pay to insurers and middlemen. A congressional agency’s estimate that the plan would have cost taxpayers $177 billion over 10 years seemed to s... |
4591 | Hospital, insurers fight putting Medicaid residents at risk. | Thousands of southeastern New Mexico residents enrolled in Medicaid may soon not be able to access Lea Regional Medical Group and its physicians for non-emergencies. | true | Health, New Mexico, Hobbs, Medicaid | The Hobbs News-Sun reports Lea Regional Medical Group recently alerted Medicaid patients in Lea County they may not be able to use the hospital for non-emergencies after this month because of an impasse in contract negotiations with health insurers. Lea Regional Medical Group, the only hospital in Lea County that provi... |
36228 | Children's bones and skulls were unearthed on a private island owned by Jeffrey Epstein. | Were the Bones of Children Found on Epstein’s Island? | false | Disinformation, Fact Checks | On August 20 2019, the Facebook page “The Trump Room” shared the following post (archived here), claiming that children’s bones were found on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island and questioning why this had not been reported:White text splashed across a red background asserted not only that bones of children were found on... |
36169 | "Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan once said, ""Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the people must be stopped, by force if necessary." | Did Ronald Reagan Say ‘Under No Pretext Should Arms and Ammunition Be Surrendered’? | false | Disinformation, Fact Checks | Admirers of Republican Party stalwart Ronald Reagan may be disappointed to know that a graphic spreading online falsely credits him with a distorted version of a statement by two men who were not in idealogical alignment with the former United States president.The meme features a photograph of Reagan alongside the stat... |
41309 | Beta-Propiolactone is in vaccines and is known to cause cancer, suspected gastrointestinal, liver, nerve and respiratory, skin and sense organ poison. | It may be present in trace amounts of some vaccines. It is potentially carcinogenic, but only in much larger amounts than would be in a vaccine. | unproven | online | Beta-Propiolactone is in vaccines and is known to cause cancer, suspected gastrointestinal, liver, nerve and respiratory, skin and sense organ poison. It may be present in trace amounts of some vaccines. It is potentially carcinogenic, but only in much larger amounts than would be in a vaccine. The antibiotics gentamic... |
7348 | Outside US, top scientists steer debate away from politics. | President Donald Trump is never far from a public spat with his government’s top expert on the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the most recent flare-up occurring this week over the pace of reopening schools. | true | AP Top News, Understanding the Outbreak, International News, Anthony Fauci, General News, Health, Science, Greece, Donald Trump, Virus Outbreak, Europe, Pandemics | Among U.S. allies, however, many leaders are happy to step away from the spotlight to leverage experts’ ability to counter misleading information and appeal across political boundaries to gain public compliance for health restrictions. “The particular features of a pandemic give new dimensions to questions of trust,” s... |
22564 | Lyme disease is one of the fastest growing infectious diseases in the United States, and Rhode Island has the second-highest incidence of this disease in the country. | Sen. Sosnowski says Rhode Island ranks second in U.S. for Lyme disease | mixture | Rhode Island, Public Health, Public Safety, Susan Sosnowski, | "Remember when you could roll around in the grass and not have to worry that a tick bite would leave you with aching joints that make you feel like you’re 80 years old? Lyme disease changed that. Now we have to worry that a tick the size of a poppy seed might cause an infection that mimics the flu and can cause muscle ... |
9675 | A Vaginal Ring Could Prevent HIV, Two Huge Studies Just Found | Vaginal ring. Credit: International Partnership for Microbicides This article discusses two studies surrounding a new device for preventing HIV infection. The device is a vaginal ring that dispenses an antiviral compound called dapivirine which can prevent the spread of HIV in women, according to scientists presenting ... | mixture | Africa,global health,HIV/AIDS,NEJM,New England Journal of Medicine,prevention,public health,sexually transmitted,vaginal ring | The story would have benefited by spending even one sentence on cost, since HIV is especially prevalent in countries with few resources. Will the ring be cheaper or more expensive than the pill? If the ring must be replaced monthly, what does that mean for the cost, and will people be more likely to fail to buy the rep... |
41672 | The UK has the highest death rate in the EU from drugs. | Estonia had the highest rate of drug-related deaths per million people aged 15 to 64 in the EU, based on research using data from 2015 and 2016. The UK placed joint-third alongside Ireland. | true | health | There were nearly 1,000 drug-related deaths in Scotland last year. Correct, there were 934 registered in 2017. The UK has the highest death rate in the EU from drugs. Estonia had the highest rate of drug-related deaths per million people aged 15 to 64 in the EU, based on research using data from 2015 and 2016. The UK p... |
363 | Value of China's metal e-waste to double to $24 billion by 2030: Greenpeace. | The potential value of recyclable metals in discarded mobile phones, laptops and desktop computers in China will more than double to around $24 billion by 2030, environmental group Greenpeace forecast on Thursday. | true | Environment | China, the world’s largest mobile phone market, is trying to promote recycling of electronic waste, or e-waste, to improve its environment, cut costs and ease its dependence on foreign resource imports. In a report carried out with the China Association of Electronics for Technology Development, Greenpeace said rising ... |
33991 | "In 2006, an abortion-clinic owner cut the umbilical cord of a baby born alive before ""throwing"" her in a biohazard bag and putting her remains in ""the trash." | What's true: The co-owner of an abortion clinic in Florida did cut the umbilical cord of a baby who had been born alive before the evacuation stage of an abortion and did dispose of the baby in a biohazard bag. What's false: However, the descriptions of the incidents in question failed to mention the fact that, accordi... | mixture | Politics | We received multiple inquiries from readers in September 2019 about the veracity of widely shared reports that claimed an abortion provider in Florida had disposed of a baby “born alive at 23 weeks” by “throwing her in the trash.” On Sept. 23, the pro-life website LifeNews reported on U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), wr... |
39606 | A forwarded email with examples of untimely deaths of people who mocked God. The email quotes Galatians 6:7 and lists a group of people who all mocked God and died. The first example is of former Beatle John Lennon who said that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus. Also included in the list are Marilyn Monroe,... | Untimely Deaths of Famous People Who Mocked God | mixture | Celebrities, Religious | This eRumor suggests that God wiped out certain people for statements they made about him. Whether that is true is known only to God, but we can explore whether they really made the statements attributed to them. John Lennon (1940-1980) did say in 1966, “Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue ... |
33015 | Muslims were banned from immigrating to the United States in 1952 under the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act. | Muslims are not barred from entering or immigrating to the United States under the provisions of the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act, or U.S. Code § 1182. | false | Politics Immigration, immigration and nationality act, islam, jimmy carter | In late 2015 a claim spreading on social media under the heading “ISLAM WAS BANNED FROM THE USA IN 1952,” holding that Muslims has been banned from entering or immigrating to the United States back in the early 1950s: ISLAM WAS BANNED FROM THE USA IN 1952, but Obama & the media don’t want you to know that. The Immigra... |
21764 | There are 30,000 people that have been killed with seat belts. | R.I. Rep. Trillo says 30,000 people have died because they used seat belts | false | Rhode Island, Government Regulation, Public Safety, Regulation, Joseph Trillo, | "During the June 29, 2011, Rhode Island House debate over legislation to allow the police to stop motorists who are not wearing seat belts -- a bill that has now become law -- supporters said it would encourage more people to belt themselves in. Critics countered that the proposal was one more attempt to chip away at o... |
11512 | Nivolumab immunotherapy helps patients with advanced bladder cancer | The release offers an overview of clinical trial results that were presented June 5 at the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The release notes that the drug nivolumab (which is marketed as Opdivo) shrunk the tumors of 24 percent (19 of 78) of patients with metastatic bladder cancer wh... | mixture | Academic medical center news release,Cancer | The release doesn’t address costs at all, which is particularly problematic given that Opdivo is already on the market for use in treating other forms of cancer. In an NEJM piece published last year, one doctor that, when used for treating metastatic renal-cell cancer, nivolumab costs, “by my estimate, around $65,000 f... |
35290 | U.S. citizens married to immigrants will not receive stimulus checks via the March 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. | What's true: Only U.S. citizens and immigrants with Social Security Numbers (SSN) are eligible for stimulus checks from the federal government's COVID-19 economic relief package. The legislation's guidelines exclude the remainder of the country's immigrant population from receiving the one-time payments — and, in effec... | mixture | Politics, COVID-19 | In the weeks that followed the U.S. federal government’s March 2020 approval of a $2.2 trillion stimulus package — the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act — to jumpstart a pandemic-broken economy, journalists and economists combed through the legislation’s 247-page PDF document outlining who woul... |
31812 | Adam Sandler was found dead of an apparent suicide in January 2017. | Like many long-running fake news outfits, the page renders first as “LinkBeef” before reloading to display “Interesting Things Daily.” | false | Junk News, linkbeef | On 13 January 2017 LinkBeef published an item asserting that comedian Adam Sandler had been found dead of an apparent suicide: US actor and comedian Adam Sandler has been found dead, aged 49, in an apparent suicide. Marin County Police in California said he was pronounced dead at his home shortly after officials respon... |
26564 | “They’re furloughing nurses in hospitals in western New York state.” | Hospitals in Buffalo and Rochester said they were preparing for a surge of patients, not furloughing nurses. Some health care workers have been furloughed elsewhere as elective surgeries have been canceled to stop the spread of the coronavirus. | false | New York, Coronavirus, Jerome Adams, | "U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams made a startling claim about hospital nurses in Western New York when talking about the importance of properly deploying resources in the fight against the new coronavirus. In an interview with CBS This Morning, Adams was asked if there are enough ventilators to treat severely ill pat... |
9643 | "This new device claims to be the ""off switch for menstrual pain."" And it might actually work." | This is a story about a new device coming to market for menstrual pain. The story is a great example of how the media should deal with claims made about new devices. With a dose of healthy skepticism, the story provides the reader with a complete discourse on the merits of the device and of TENS (transcutaneous electri... | true | livia,menstrual pain,pain relief | We were pleased to see cost discussed in the story. The story points out that the projected retail cost of the Livia device ($149) and the pre-order price ($85) is more than similar devices (as low as $30 on Amazon). The story provides quantified benefits via an unsubstantiated quote from the company’s CEO: “So far, Na... |
2057 | Indonesia tackles rabies on resort island of Bali. | Indonesian authorities aim to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of dogs on the resort island of Bali in an effort to stem an outbreak of rabies that has killed 100 people since 2008, a government official said on Thursday. | true | Health News | Thousands of feral dogs have been infected since a 2008 outbreak on the previously rabies-free island, which attracts hordes of tourists and is the setting for part of the recently released film “Eat, Pray, Love.” Authorities have begun a mass dog vaccination program in recent weeks, with the aim of inoculating 70 pe... |
4953 | Official: Mental health crisis center set to launch in Omaha. | A Nebraska hospital system will build a psychiatric emergency center on its Omaha campus, officials said, dashing the hopes of Sarpy County officials who had pitched building the center in Bellevue. | true | Bellevue, Mental health, General News, Nebraska, Omaha | Dr. Howard Liu, psychiatry chairman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, said the health system’s board of directors approved the project in concept on Monday, the Omaha World-Herald reported. Liu said they aim to open the center next spring or summer. In early June, Nebraska Medicine was in “very preliminary”... |
8300 | U.S. coronavirus deaths increase by record amount for second straight day: Reuters tally. | U.S. coronavirus deaths increased by a record number for the second day in a row, rising by at least 2,371 on Wednesday to top 30,800, according to a Reuters tally, as states spared the worst of the pandemic mulled a partial lifting of restrictions on business and social life by May 1. | true | Health News | The United States recorded its first coronavirus fatality on Feb. 29. It took 38 days to reach 10,000 deaths and just nine more days to go from 10,000 fatalities to 30,000. The previous high single-day death toll was 2,364 on Tuesday. U.S. confirmed cases topped 635,000 in the United States and 2 million globally. Desp... |
5112 | US government weakens application of Endangered Species Act. | The Trump administration moved on Monday to weaken how it applies the 45-year-old Endangered Species Act, ordering changes that critics said will speed the loss of animals and plants at a time of record global extinctions . | true | AP Top News, Animals, David Bernhardt, General News, Politics, Environment, Donald Trump | The action, which expands the administration’s rewrite of U.S. environmental laws, is the latest that targets protections, including for water, air and public lands. Two states — California and Massachusetts, frequent foes of President Donald Trump’s environmental rollbacks — promised lawsuits to try to block the chang... |
3329 | 5 whales dead after mass stranding on Maui beach. | Five whales died, including four that were euthanized, after a mass stranding Thursday on a beach on the Hawaii island of Maui. | true | Wildlife, Animals, Whales, General News, Hawaii, Wildlife management, Travel, Science | Ten melon-headed whales were found stranded alive early in the morning on Sugar Beach in the coastal resort community of Kihei. Hours later, a whale calf believed to belong to the same social group was found dead on the beach about a mile to the north, said David Schofield, the regional marine mammal response coordinat... |
9324 | Depression often goes undiagnosed. Researchers are turning to Facebook to change that. | This Philadelphia Inquirer story focuses on the early development of a computer model that uses Facebook posts to identify people with depression. It makes clear that the technology is in its preliminary stages and is not close to being used in a clinical setting. The article did not oversell the technology and discuss... | true | depression,screening | This work is early in its development and the story makes that clear. However, it would still be worthwhile to raise some questions: Who would pay for the development of future modeling tools? Who would pay for the training necessary to make these tools useful to health care providers? Who would pay for the time that h... |
33364 | The fashion of sagging one's pants was born of a prison mode of signaling sexual availability. | While sagging is embraced by a number of young people, it is far removed from being the subject of widespread approval outside that demographic. Various communities have attempted to ban this form of fashion statement. In February 2005, for example, the Virginia House of Delegates passed the so-called droopy drawers bi... | false | Risqué Business, homosexuality | Sagging, the fashion of wearing pants with their waistbands around the hips (or lower) rather than snugged to the midriff, has been and continues to be a controversial style of dress. Although this sartorial fad is overwhelmingly favored by young males, it is not limited to them — young women have at times likewise ind... |
41047 | You should also gargle as a prevention. A simple solution of salt in warm water will suffice. | There’s no evidence that this works as a preventative or a cure for the virus. | unproven | online | If the new coronavirus gets into your mouth, drinking water or other liquids will wash them down through the oesophagus. Once they’re in the stomach, the acid will kill the virus. If you don't drink enough water more regularly, the virus can enter your windpipes and into the lungs. If you have a runny nose and sputum, ... |
28957 | " Dr. Ben Carson said the ""disintegration of the family unit and the welfare state are enslaving African-Americans and ruining their futures"" but received help from such programs in his youth." | "What's true: Ben Carson experienced periods of poverty in his youth, and his family intermittently relied on government assistance (primarily food stamps). What's false: Ben Carson did not say the ""disintegration of the family unit and the welfare state are enslaving African-Americans and ruining their futures.""" | mixture | Politics, ben carson, stop the world the teabaggers want off | An initially unlikely but clearly formidable contender for the 2016 Republican nomination has been Dr. Ben Carson, a former neurosurgeon and relative newcomer in the race to the White House. Unlike Chris Christie, Rand Paul, Mike Huckabee, or Donald Trump, Carson was neither a career politician nor a nationally known n... |
4525 | Tennessee Medicaid block grant plan heads for federal review. | Tennessee officials committed not to halt or limit coverages under a revised plan submitted to the federal government Wednesday requesting to become the first state to receive funding in a lump sum for its Medicaid program, TennCare. | true | Health care reform, General News, Tennessee, Medicaid | The TennCare block grant plan was amended to say the state “would not be permitted to use this authority to make reductions to its benefits package,” and would be “limited to benefit changes that are additive in nature.” The first draft of the proposal faced a deluge of criticism during public meetings and submitted co... |
32253 | A video captures a large spider that survived inside a banana until it burst out of the peel by its own power. | There’s no doubt Lechowski has a promising career ahead of him in cinema and animation, as long as he doesn’t get overrun by the apparent virtual insect farm in his apartment. | false | Entertainment, animals, animation, Bugs | On 12 June 2015, a computer graphics wunderkind by the name of Kaleb Lechowski uploaded a video to YouTube that seeming showed a rather large spider breaking out of a banana skin in the same manner that a chick fights its way out of an egg shell: In September 2016, that video began making the rounds online and left ma... |
37594 | "On Neil Cavuto's Fox News show, House Majority Whip James Clyburn said that Black unemployment under Trump was not the lowest when compared with the rate ""during slavery." | Rep. James Clyburn: Black People Were ‘Fully Employed During Slavery’ Controversy | mixture | Fact Checks, Politics | "In February 2020, a number of social media and blog posts claimed that House Majority Whip James Clyburn “refused to give credit” to United States President Donald Trump for low Black unemployment numbers, because Black Americans were “fully employed during slavery”:WOW:This is how House Majority Whip James Clyburn re... |
26467 | Facebook post Says all Vegas hotels but Trump’s have donated food, rooms in COVID response. | Some Las Vegas hotels have given free hotel rooms to emergency responders working through the coronavirus outbreak. Trump’s Las Vegas hotel has not. But it is not the only exception. | false | Facebook Fact-checks, Coronavirus, Facebook posts, | "Amid the pain of the coronavirus pandemic, one of the luxury hotels that bears President Donald Trump’s name was attacked as lacking compassion. ""All Las Vegas hotels have donated food and rooms for emergency personnel except for one: Trump International Hotel Las Vegas,"" a Facebook post claimed. The post was flagge... |
4073 | Quebec officials confirm first illness related to vaping. | Canadian health officials are confirming another case of severe pulmonary illness linked to vaping. | true | Health, General News, Lung disease, Quebec, Vaping, Canada, Public health | Details about the age and condition of victim in Quebec were not included in Friday’s release announcing the case. Canada’s chief public health officer said last week at least three reports of potential vaping-related illnesses were being investigated in the country. That followed a report from the Middlesex-London Hea... |
2708 | Indonesia steps up race to find survivors as quake toll passes 1,200. | Indonesia is in a race against time to save victims of a devastating earthquake and tsunami on Sulawesi island, the government said on Tuesday, as the official death toll rose to more than 1,200 and looting fueled fears of lawlessness. | true | Environment | Four days after the double disaster struck, officials feared the toll could soar, as most of the confirmed dead had come from Palu, a small city 1,500 km (930 miles) northeast of Jakarta. Some remote areas have been largely cut off after Friday’s 7.5 magnitude quake triggered tsunami waves, destroying roads and bridges... |
6369 | Public health emergency declared over Hepatitis A outbreak. | Officials in Philadelphia have declared a public health emergency due to an ongoing outbreak of Hepatitis A. | true | Health, General News, Philadelphia, Hepatitis, Liver disease, Public health | Health care providers have been directed to help vaccinate those most at risk for infection to stop the outbreak. The health department says the city usually sees between two to six cases of Hepatitis A per year. Since January, the department has been notified of 154 cases. Hepatitis Type A is an infection of the liver... |
908 | Colombia court upholds conditions for restarting aerial coca fumigation. | Colombia’s constitutional court on Thursday upheld its own restrictions on the aerial spraying of the herbicide glyphosate to eliminate coca, the base ingredient in cocaine, but said its use could be reinstated if the government meets certain conditions. | true | Environment | Colombia suspended aerial fumigation with the Monsanto Co herbicide in 2015 after the World Health Organization linked glyphosate to cancer. The decision was later backed by the court, but President Ivan Duque has sought to overturn the decision because of increasing coca crops. In a unanimous ruling, eight of the cour... |
796 | U.S. to pay for thousands of doses of HIV drugs for Venezuelan migrants. | The United States said on Wednesday it will provide thousands of doses of HIV medication to treat Venezuelans in Colombia as part of regional efforts to manage care for millions of migrants fleeing the crisis-hit nation. | true | Health News | U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar told Reuters about the decision in a phone interview following a meeting this week of health officials from 10 countries in the Colombian border city of Cucuta. The officials agreed to various measures meant to help the more than 4 million Venezuelans who have le... |
9323 | New Nerve Stimulation Technique Might Relieve Back Pain | This story reports on an study of 67 people with chronic back pain, most of whom reported feeling at least a little better after they had a dorsal root ganglion (DRG) stimulator implanted in their spine. An abstract of the study was presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. The story... | mixture | back pain,medical devices | The story did great on this criterion. It said the cost of spine stimulation devices “can range from $15,000 to $50,000 or more, according to a 2008 report funded by the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries.” It also mentioned the procedure “isn’t covered by all insurance companies, so out-of-pocket cost... |
6079 | 7 patients at new Ohio hospital diagnosed with Legionnaires’. | Ohio’s health authority on Friday ordered a newly opened hospital outside Columbus to immediately flush and disinfect its water lines and take other steps to protect the public’s health after seven patients were diagnosed with potentially fatal Legionnaires’ disease. | true | Columbus, Health, General News, Legionnaires disease, Ohio | The Ohio Department of Health said in a statement that the first Mount Carmel Grove City patient diagnosed with Legionnaires’, a severe form of pneumonia, was admitted to the 200-bed hospital April 29, the day after it opened. The statement described state Health Director Amy Acton’s adjudication order as a rare event.... |
7375 | World Rugby announces postponement of July tests. | World Rugby has postponed July test matches involving southern and northern hemisphere nations because of ongoing restrictions on international travel during the coronavirus pandemic. | true | Australia, Rugby, Health, Scotland, Sports - Asia, Sports - Europe, Wellington, New Zealand, Africa, England, South Africa, Travel, Wales, Virus Outbreak, Sports - General, Sports - Africa | The sport’s international governing body issued a statement Friday saying the mid-year test window will be rescheduled when cross-border travel and quarantine regulations are relaxed. New Zealand had been scheduled to play Wales and Scotland, Australia was set to play Ireland and Fiji and Rugby World Cup champion South... |
3786 | GOP, Dems offer compromise to reduce drug costs for seniors. | Two veteran senators — a Republican and a Democrat — unveiled compromise legislation Tuesday to reduce prescription drug costs for millions of Medicare recipients, while saving money for federal and state health care programs serving seniors and low-income people. | true | Medicare, Seniors, Medication, Ron Wyden, Health, General News, Legislation, Politics, Prescription drug costs, Business, AP Top News, Prescription drugs, Chuck Grassley, Prices, Inflation, Bills | Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley and Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden said the bill would for the first time limit drug copays for people with Medicare’s “Part D” prescription plan , by capping patients’ out-of-pocket costs at $3,100 a year starting in 2022. They’re hoping to have it ready soon for votes on the Senate floor. Th... |
26099 | Significantly more people died of Covid-19 in two months than died of overdoses all of last year or the year before. | Nationally, more than 96,000 Americans died of the coronavirus in April and May 2020. That exceeds the 70,000 Americans who died of drug overdoses in the higher of the two most recent years, 2017. | true | Drugs, Public Health, New York, Coronavirus, Monica Wallace, | "A federal prosecutor and a state lawmaker from western New York sparred recently over the scale of coronavirus deaths in their state. In a May 30 op-ed in the Buffalo News, James P. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, urged a quicker reopening of the economy, in part because he said th... |
27732 | Steven Hildreth Jr. was stopped by police officers for a broken headlight, but was let go with a verbal warning. | While Hildreth’s story is true, it is only one man’s experience during a single traffic stop, and does not represent the experience of each person who is pulled over throughout the United States every day. | true | Crime, black lives matter, blue lives matter, crime | On 27 October 2015, Facebook user Steven Hildreth shared a story on Facebook about an encounter he had with Tucson police officers, in which he was pulled over and then peacefully released without incident: So, I’m driving to my office to turn in my weekly paperwork. A headlight is out. I see a Tucson Police Departme... |
23885 | "Rick Scott's former health care company, Columbia/HCA, committed ""fraud." | With Rick Scott leading in polls, opponents pull out 'fraud' line | true | Candidate Biography, Health Care, Florida, Bill McCollum, | Rick Scott’s opponents for governor are telling reporters to essentially brush off a June 2010 poll that shows the former Columbia/HCA hospital CEO beating both Attorney General Bill McCollum in the Republican primary and Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink in a hypothetical November match-up. Focus on the fraud, they sa... |
9760 | Lilly’s Alzheimer’s Drug May Slow Patients’ Decline, Study Shows Separate study shows experimental Biogen drug also holds promise | The story looks at the status of two drugs that are being evaluated as treatments for delaying the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. One drug, solanezumab, has been in the news off and on for years. Early trials failed to show positive benefits for the drug, but now the manufacturer is poised to release findings that... | mixture | Biogen,Eli Lilly | While the story tells readers that solanezumab and aducanumab could generate annual sales of $3 billion and $10 billion respectively, it says nothing about the potential cost of the drugs to consumers or insurance companies. Those billions would likely come largely from Medicare. These drugs are still far removed from ... |
8627 | UAE to boost strategic stockpile, waive visa fines over coronavirus. | The United Arab Emirates will reinforce its stockpile of strategic goods and waive residency visa fines for the rest of the year in response to the coronavirus outbreak, its vice president said on Sunday. | true | Health News | Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who is also the UAE prime minister and ruler of Dubai, the region’s tourism and business hub, did not say what goods were included in the stockpile or give further details on the visa fine waiver. Tweeting after a cabinet meeting, he also said authorities had directed factories to... |
29200 | "The medical term ""vagina"" has been replaced with the phrase ""front hole." | "What's true: A LGBTQIA safe sex guide published by Healthline used both the terms ""vagina"" and ""front hole."" What's false: Neither that guide, nor the larger medical community, has eliminated use of the word ""vagina"" in favor of the term ""front hole.""" | false | Politics Sexuality | A LGBTQIA safe sex guide published by Healthline, a California health information provider, stirred up controversy in August 2018 when a number of conservative web sites took issue with Healthline’s use of the term “front hole” to describe the genitalia of some transgender individuals. Those web sites presented Healthi... |
25847 | A study from the CDC and the WHO “proves face masks do not prevent the spread of a virus.” | The study was done on influenza, which spreads in ways similar to COVID-19, but it makes no mention of COVID-19. The study was published by the CDC and supported by WHO, but it was done by the University of Hong Kong. One of the study’s authors told us the claim is incorrect. | false | Fake news, Public Health, Facebook Fact-checks, Coronavirus, Facebook posts, | "As Americans argue over whether face coverings stop the spread of COVID-19, a video shared on Facebook makes a stark claim about masks and viruses generally. A 2020 study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization, the video declares, ""proves face masks do not prevent t... |
14246 | Before taking executive action on immigration, President Obama stated 22 times that he does not have the authority to change immigration laws on his own. | "Goodlatte said, ""Before taking executive action on immigration, President Obama stated 22 times that he does not have the authority to change immigration laws on his own."" Records offered by Goodlatte and other Republicans show Obama repeatedly has made such statements. But the congressman goes a little off course i... | true | Immigration, Virginia, Bob Goodlatte, | "U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte says it should be a no-brainer for the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down President Barack Obama’s stalled program to shield millions of immigrants from deportation and allow them to work in the country legally. The high court heard arguments April 19 on whether Obama exceeded his authority in l... |
3630 | Person bitten by rabid bat in Breitenbush area. | Public health officials are warning residents to be careful after a person was bitten by a rabid bat in southeast of Salem in the Breitenbush area. | true | Rabies, Health, Oregon, Public health, Salem, Bats, Archive | The Statesman Journal reports health officials said the person was bitten on Saturday, but declined to say exactly where the incident happened, or whether the out-of-state visitor was an adult or child. The victim captured the bat and brought it to the Marion County Health Department, according to program supervisor Al... |
29626 | A leprosy outbreak was looming in Los Angeles in September 2019 due to rising homelessness. | Siegel could not be reached for comment by the time of publication. | false | Politics, leprosy | Fear of pending outbreaks of biblical diseases may make for lots of story clicks, but that doesn’t mean the underlying claims are credible. One such rumor floated online in September 2019, driven by a backlash against homeless people. Amid intense political and media focus on an ongoing housing crisis causing increased... |
10595 | Pill shows a drop of up to 70% in HIV infection risk | We could hear the champagne glasses clinking when we read the headline and the top of this story about the potential for a drug to prevent HIV infections. The rest of the story, though, strikes the appropriate cautionary notes and, for the most part, provides solid information about the strength of the findings about t... | true | Los Angeles Times | The lack of cost information was disappointing because the best results in the study came from people who consistently took the drug every day for 14 months. That would have cost them at least $5,000, according to a Bloomberg story on the same study. That story also included this important idea. “The study raises quest... |
22296 | "Said Planned Parenthood’s early objective was to ""help kill black babies before they came into the world." | "Cain claims Planned Parenthood founded for ""planned genocide""" | false | Abortion, Georgia, Herman Cain, | "This presidential election season, Georgia’s homegrown prospect Herman Cain is talking about race. Cain, a black, conservative Republican, recently said the media is ""scared that a real black man may run against Barack Obama."" And there’s this one about pro-abortion rights group Planned Parenthood: ""When Margaret ... |
32122 | "Hillary Clinton revealed a classified response window of ""four minutes"" for a U.S. president to launch nuclear weapons." | During a presidential debate Hillary Clinton mentioned a four-minute response window for launching missiles during a nuclear attack, but that information wasn't secret. | false | Politics Ballot Box, classified information, clinton nuclear response time, leaks | During the third and final presidential debate on 19 October 2016, social media users began tweeting up a storm claiming Hillary Clinton “leaked” classified information by revealing details about the United States’ nuclear response protocols, specifically that the timeframe between a presidential order and a launch of ... |
6540 | Uruguay is betting on exports of medical marijuana. | When he was younger, the only thing that Enrique Morales knew about marijuana was that you smoked it to get high. | true | Global trade, Medical marijuana, Uruguay, Marijuana, Latin America, Caribbean | Today, the former driver for a dairy company is a horticulturist on a cannabis plantation about 80 miles (130 kilometers) west of the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo and he says drops of marijuana oil have been key to treating his mother’s osteoarthritis. “My perception has now changed. It is a plant that has a lot of ... |
17024 | "Americans ""bought into climate change"" in 2004-06, but then most ""began wandering away from this issue." | "Scarborough said Americans have ""have wandered away"" from the issue of climate change since 2004. They certainly did, as polls consistently show dips through 2010. However, support has inched back in recent years. While the recent gains remain below the 2004 levels, the overall drop isn't as dramatic as Scarborough ... | mixture | Environment, Climate Change, Polls and Public Opinion, PunditFact, Joe Scarborough, | "As Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio edges closer to a 2016 presidential bid, he wants Republican primary voters to know where he stands on litmus test issues like climate change. ""I do not believe that human activity is causing these dramatic changes to our climate,"" Rubio said on ABC's This Week. ""I do not beli... |
8869 | Novartis Sued in Calif. Over Kids' Cough Medicine. | A California mother has sued drug maker Novartis AG NOVN.VX in what the company believes to be the first proposed class action involving its Triaminic children’s cough and cold medicines since overdose fears prompted a recall of the drugs. | true | Health News | The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, said several studies have shown deaths and serious injuries linked to over-the-counter children’s cold remedies. As a result, Novartis “either knew ... or reasonably should have known that their cough and cold products were ineffective and dangerous w... |
41067 | Humans kill 1,300 fellow humans every day. | This is broadly correct if just considering homicides and not including war or terrorism. | true | online | 26,383 people die of cancer each day. 24,641 die of heart disease every day. This is an underestimate for all cardiovascular disease deaths, but close to the daily figure of those who die from coronary heart disease specifically. 4,300 people die of diabetes every day. Suicide is the cause of death for around 3,000 peo... |
36025 | A dystopian image shows a Hong Kong protester with a bow and arrow and a gas mask in November 2019. | ‘Hong Kong Protester Looks Like a Post Apocalyptic Survivor’ | true | Fact Checks, Viral Content | On November 17 2019, the following image was shared to Reddit’s r/pics, titled: “Hong Kong Protester looks like a post apocalyptic survivor. May HK have the strength it needs to survive”:Hong Kong Protester looks like a post apocalyptic survivor. May HK have the strength it needs to survive. from picsEither r/pics mods... |
543 | Samoa measles outbreak kills 20, mostly children. | Deaths related to measles, mostly among small children, have more than tripled to 20 in the past week on the Pacific island of Samoa, the government has said eight days after declaring a state of emergency over the outbreak. | true | Health News | The island state of just 200,000, located south of the equator and half way between Hawaii and New Zealand, declared a measles epidemic late in October after the first deaths. The government has identified 1,644 suspected cases of measles, more than doubling over the past week, with deaths rising to 20 from six, it sai... |
9522 | Starting school later might really help sleep-deprived teens | It is clear that too little sleep is bad for humans, and health officials have long recommended that teenagers get eight to nine hours of sleep a night, a suggestion made difficult by early start times (often before 8 a.m.) in America’s schools. But how good is the evidence for the effects of later high school start ti... | true | sleep problems,teens | Although specific, numerical costs are not mentioned, the story does a good job of reflecting on the kinds of costs that school districts would incur if they went to a later start time. The story is specific about the average sleep advantages of a later start time among teenage participants in the 18 studies evaluated.... |
42031 | A meme claims that a recording of a New York Democrat contains a quote about euthanizing elderly Americans. | A popular meme attributes an ageist and inflammatory remark to a supposed Democrat from New York, but there is no trace of any elected officials by the name Jenna Tull. | false | Memes, | A popular meme attributes an ageist and inflammatory remark to a supposed Democrat from New York, but there is no trace of any elected officials by the name Jenna Tull.We’ve debunked a number of viral memes that have attempted to tie erroneous quotes to well-known political figures.But the latest example to gain tracti... |
10556 | A lighter, defter touch: Laser eye surgery is better than ever | "The story provides an excellent overview of some of the newer procedures and techniques for laser eye surgeries used to correct vision problems related to the size and shape of the cornea; however, it may have been improved with quantification of benefit and discussion of available evidence on Lasik and PRK. The stor... | true | "The story provides the variation in cost for different laser eye surgeries. The story also mentions that the surgery may not be covered by insurance. The story mentions that ""90% of patients who have laser eye surgery achieve 20/40 vision, and 10% of patients need corrective enhancement surgery"". This data is provid... | |
10141 | Chemo damages brain, study finds | This story presented some recent research results that in one case documents cognitive effects of chemotherapy and in the other pathologic changes in an animal model following exposure to chemotherapy. The information in these studies provides evidence of a previously under-appreciated side effect of chemotherapy. Impo... | mixture | "This was not a story comparing treatments or about a new treatment so a discussion of costs is not applicable in this case. Although the purpose of this story was to present the evidence documenting a harm from the treatment, the story did not include any statement about the fact that for several forms of cancer, chem... | |
27223 | "Cardinal George Pell, who has been charged with sexual abuse, once said that abortion was ""a worse moral scandal than priests sexually abusing young people." | Coverage of the trial in Australia was suppressed under a court-imposed order, but on 11 December 2018 Pell was reportedly convicted of abusing two choir boys in the country during his tenure as archbishop of Melbourne in the 1990s. In 2019, Pell will be tried for separate accusations of sexual abuse. | true | Politics, abortion, child molestation | In 2018 an apparently defunct Instagram page highlighted the criminal charges against Cardinal George Pell, as contrasted with a controversial remark he made years earlier. A graphic showed Pell, described as “the third-highest ranking official in the Vatican and currently charged with multiple counts of child sex abus... |
18511 | Mike Villarreal Says Texas lawmakers in 2011 ordered school districts to test every student on their respiratory system and weight. | Villarreal said the 2011 Legislature ordered Texas students to take fitness tests including checks of weight and respiratory systems. The mandated tests can involve checking each student’s weight and the aerobic tests relate to respiration. But lawmakers launched the program a few years earlier, in 2007, though they ap... | true | Children, Education, Public Health, Recreation, Texas, Mike Villarreal, | "The 2011 Legislature might best be remembered for cuts in spending, including changes to education aid. Lawmakers also directed schools to check the physical fitness of students, state Rep. Mike Villarreal, D-San Antonio, told House colleagues during April 4, 2013, consideration of proposed amendments to the pending 2... |
23217 | John Kitzhaber is the only pro-choice candidate in the race for governor. | Planned Parenthood PAC of Oregon says Chris Dudley is anti-choice | false | Abortion, Oregon, Planned Parenthood PAC, | "Oregon is liberal when it comes to access to abortion. It’s among 16 states that do not require parental notification or consent for teen abortions. Oregon does not mandate counseling or limit when an abortion can be performed. Planned Parenthood PAC of Oregon sent out a letter this month claiming that Democrat John K... |
40829 | More than 2,000 more fully qualified staff working in mental health trusts since 2013. | Working for a mental health trust doesn’t mean you work on mental health. This figure hides the detail: mental health nurse numbers in England are down, while staff in the scientific, therapeutic and technical group has gone up. | mixture | mental-health | 4,300 more staff employed in mental health trusts since 2013. This is not how many mental health specialist staff there are. It is the increase in all staff in English trusts with over half their outpatient activity in mental health specialities. Some of the staff were effectively re-categorised into the mental health ... |
9102 | Clinical study shows that retinal imaging may detect signs of Alzheimer's disease | Claims are made all the time in news releases without a lot of clarity on how novel the findings of a study really are. This release clearly articulates the new elements being reported — retinal imaging in this case — in detection of Alzheimer’s. It also does a nice job explaining not only how the work was funded but a... | mixture | Alzheimer's disease,NeuroVision Imaging LLC,retinal imaging | High up in the release it says: “Accumulations of neurotoxic beta-amyloid protein can be detected with positron emission tomography, or PET scans, and analysis of cerebrospinal fluid, but these are invasive, inconvenient and costly, making them impractical for routine screening and follow-up evaluation.” We love this k... |
7347 | VIRUS DIARY: Navigating a flu-like illness in the corona age. | For those of us from a region where outbursts of violence are an occupational hazard, coping with coronavirus seemed simple enough: Stay at home and you’ll be fine. | true | Israel, International News, General News, Flu, Lifestyle, Health, Tel Aviv, Pandemics, Virus Outbreak, Middle East | For the most part it has been. Other than taking the dog out for walks, I’ve been homebound, working remotely and waiting for the plague to pass. On April 6, I finally headed out to report on Israeli volunteers aiding those on the pandemic’s front lines. Then I started to develop a sore throat. And an irksome cough. An... |
4839 | Sparks police seize dozens of firearms from home by school. | Sparks police seized dozens of firearms from a house in a suburban neighborhood a half-block away from an elementary school Thursday after responding to a report about mental health concerns. | true | Sparks, Health, Mental health | An evidence team took inventory Thursday of at least three dozen weapons stacked in a driveway outside the home on Del Rosa Way across the street from Diedrichsen Elementary School in east Sparks. The cache of guns included black assault-style weapons, rifles, shotguns and handguns. No arrests have been made but an inv... |
8895 | Glaxo's Tykerb goes head-to-head with Herceptin. | GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s new breast cancer drug Tykerb is to go head-to-head with Genentech Inc’s blockbuster Herceptin to see whether one is better or if patients should get both. | true | Health News | The U.S. National Cancer Institute said 8,000 participants in 50 countries would be given either Herceptin or Tykerb, or Herceptin followed by Tykerb, or the two treatments in combination. Glaxo is providing financial support for the trial. Both Herceptin and Tykerb, known generically as trastuzumab and lapatinib, ... |
15280 | "On allowing abortion in cases of rape or incest, ""I have never said that or advocated that." | "Rubio said during the debate about exceptions for rape and incest on abortion: ""I have never said that or advocated that."" Recently, Rubio has supported a bill that would have banned abortion after 20 weeks, and the bill did include exceptions for rape or incest. So Rubio has supported legislation with exceptions. H... | false | Abortion, Florida, Marco Rubio, | "In the wake of the Planned Parenthood video controversy, several of the Republican presidential candidates weighed in about abortion during the first GOP primary debate on Fox News. Here was the exchange between U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and moderator Megyn Kelly on Aug. 6: Kelly: ""You favor a rape and incest exception t... |
4576 | Groups fear proposal may weaken Ohio River water protections. | A commission that watches over the Ohio River’s health across six states may give up setting pollution standards for the waterway, raising concerns it would weaken protections for a source of drinking water for 5 million people. | true | Environment, Water utilities, Utilities, Water quality, Toledo, Ohio, Pollution | The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission is expected to decide this year whether to leave the responsibility of setting water quality standards up to the individual states along the 980-mile river. That would allow each state to set its own guidelines for pollutants and waste water discharges from factories an... |
38894 | Tina Griego, a journalist for the Denver Rocky Mountain News, wrote a column titled “Mexican Visitor’s Lament” that talks about the benefits of 20 million illegal aliens immediately leaving the country. | "Journalist Tina Griego Penned a Column Titled ""Mexican Visitor's Lament""-Incorrect Attribution!" | false | Immigration | Tina Griego didn’t write the “Mexican Visitor’s Lament” column. The Mexican Visitor’s Lament column first appeared online in 2007. The column attempts to explain what would happen if 20 million illegal aliens immediately vacated America: That’s a good question. . . it deserves an answer. Over 80 percent of Americans de... |
41312 | Glutaraldehyde is in vaccines and is poisonous if ingested and causes birth defects in animals. | There are trace amounts in some vaccines from manufacturing, and not enough to cause harm. | unproven | online | Beta-Propiolactone is in vaccines and is known to cause cancer, suspected gastrointestinal, liver, nerve and respiratory, skin and sense organ poison. It may be present in trace amounts of some vaccines. It is potentially carcinogenic, but only in much larger amounts than would be in a vaccine. The antibiotics gentamic... |
5406 | Celebrities bring awareness to mental health issues. | Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has discussed his battle with depression. Mariah Carey recently revealed she has bipolar disorder. Prince Harry said he needed counseling to deal with years of grief and anger following the death of his mother, Princess Diana. And “Deadpool” star Ryan Reynolds has acknowledged dealing with anx... | true | Anxiety, Mental health, Health, Mariah Carey, Ryan Reynolds, Entertainment, North America, Prince Harry, Celebrities, Depression | As the stigma surrounding mental illness has declined in recent years, so has the reluctance many have had to discuss their own mental health issues, including celebrities. It’s become the new norm for stars to divulge vulnerabilities once kept closely guarded. “I think anybody talking about it will help de-stigmatize ... |
10815 | Magnet device aims to treat depression patients | "For people suffering from severe depression who have not responded to medical treatment, the idea that a non-invasive procedure is now available is welcome news. On October 8, 2008, the FDA announced that they had cleared transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, for patients who had not responded to antidepressant t... | mixture | "The story does a good job of describing the costs of TMS. The story does provide some quantification of benefits of TMS. Specifically, it describes what percentage of subjects scored significantly better on standard depression scores after treatment with TMS compared to sham. However, it was not clear from the story w... | |
14554 | Malawi has just 300 doctors for 16 million people. | ActionAid UK said that Malawi has 300 doctors to treat 16 million people. A current estimate puts that figure closer to 600. And as experts note, the statistic overlooks the clinical officers and medical assistant who play at least as important a role as physicians, especially in Malawi’s rural areas. That said, relati... | true | Global News Service, Public Health, ActionAid UK, | "Anger over the tax strategies of American multinational corporations isn’t confined to America. Activists and lawmakers in the United Kingdom want to revamp the corporate tax law there, too. They argue, it wouldn’t just benefit British taxpayers, but it also would help some of the poorest nations. Thanks to treaties i... |
6356 | Officials: Multistate hepatitis A cases traced to berries. | A hepatitis A outbreak in Nebraska, Indiana and Wisconsin has been traced to blackberries sold in Fresh Thyme grocery stores and federal authorities on Wednesday warned consumers in 11 states against eating some berries bought from that chain. | true | Health, General News, Hepatitis, Nebraska | The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services said in a news release that the outbreak began several weeks ago in Nebraska. The department said it, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating and have confirmed 11 cases of the virus, including six in... |
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