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36905 | Dolly Kyle makes accusations about Hillary Clinton in her book, “Hillary the Other Woman.” | Dolly Kyle Makes Claims in “Hillary the Other Woman” Book | false | Politics | Dolly Kyle has been making accusations about having affairs with Bill Clinton and about Hillary Clinton for decades — but these claims haven’t been definitively proven true or false. Dolly Kyle is a former classmate of Bill Clinton’s and has long claimed she had an on-and-off affair with him through the early 1990s. In... |
31483 | Mia Khalifa was diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. | Of course, having an HIV-positive status does not directly correlate with how often one has sex — to contract HIV, one only need have sex with one other infected person. It is impossible to know the HIV status of a celebrity. However, there is no proof that this viral rumor is true. | false | Junk News, fake news, HIV, mia khalifa | In April 2017, a rumor spread that porn star Mia Khalifa had been diagnosed with HIV, making her, and her diagnosis, a trending topic on Twitter. No proof was provided to back up this claim; in fact, the rumor appears to have originated on the entertainment web site The No Chill, which published a fake news story in Ja... |
34590 | Waverly Labs' 'Pilot' earpiece can translate spoken language in real time. | "What's true: Waverly Labs is crowdfunding a purportedly forthcoming ""Pilot"" earpiece to translate spoken language in real time and facilitate communication between individuals separated by a language barrier. What's false: We were unable to locate any accounts of individuals who'd tested prototypes of the device." | unproven | Technology, babelfish, pilot, prototypes | In May 2016 (and again in July 2016) blogs were abuzz with news about Waverly Labs’ “Pilot” earpiece, which purportedly enables users separated by a language barrier to converse using the device and a smartphone: Many articles described Waverly Labs’ “Pilot” as if it was already in existence, extolling its functions a... |
5033 | New Delhi zoo closed temporarily after birds die of bird flu. | New Delhi’s zoo has been closed temporarily after nine birds died from suspected bird flu last week, a zoo official said Wednesday. | true | Animals, AP Health, India, Flu, Parks, Zoological parks, Bird flu, New Delhi | Autopsies conducted on the birds confirmed that at least two of them died from H5N1 avian influenza, said Riaz Ahmed Khan, the National Zoological Park’s curator. “We decided to close the zoo for a few days as a precautionary measure,” Khan said, adding that the zoo would reopen next week. He said the birds, including ... |
10922 | The Healthy Skeptic: Seeing through skin supplements’ claims | We only wish the column had added a brief note about concerns about harms from antioxidants and a bit more about why the evidence cited by manufacturers is so inconclusive. “Fountain of youth…anti-aging…youthful skin” product claims demand scrutiny. They got it in this column. We wish this same approach would be applie... | true | Los Angeles Times,Supplements | The Healthy Skeptic column – as it usually does – included cost information. The story states that “there’s still some hope that antioxidants can help the skin, but the resuits likely aren’t as dramatic as the companies suggest.” It also raises some questions about the benefits suggested in a couple of studies. The col... |
7923 | Italy in coronavirus lockdown as deaths soar and economy fades. | Shops and restaurants closed, hundreds of flights were canceled and streets emptied across Italy on Tuesday, the first day of an unprecedented, nationwide lockdown imposed to slow Europe’s worst outbreak of coronavirus. | true | Health News | Just hours after the dramatic new restrictions came into force, health authorities announced the death toll had jumped by 168 to 631, the largest rise in absolute numbers since the contagion came to light on Feb. 21. The total number of confirmed cases rose at a much slower rate than recently seen, hitting 10,149 again... |
10894 | New Device Gives Hope To Paralyzed | The story of a young, athletic woman’s paralysis is frightening and heart-wrenching. That she is now able to perform basic tasks with her arms again with the help of functional electrical stimulation (FES) is inspiring. However, because the story focuses on her positive experience, the story implies that the FES works ... | false | The story does not mention costs. The story does not attempt to quantify the benefits. By focusing on one patient’s positive experience, the story implies that the treatment works perfectly for all people. In reality, the basic question “how well does this treatment work?” is not answered. The story does not mention ha... | |
25565 | Our whole food system in this country...most of it is genetically engineered. And (there is) no testing for the health consequences of this food. | Biotech foods less widespread and better tested than Kucinich says | mixture | National, Consumer Safety, Dennis Kucinich, | "At a cancer forum in Iowa sponsored by Lance Armstrong, Kucinich said, ""In 1992 the Food and Drug Administration approved, without any scientific basis, the manufacturing of genetically modified organisms for food. Our whole food system in this country has now been — most of it is genetically engineered. And no safet... |
33333 | Psychopaths can be identified by the answer they give to a one-question test. | A psychopath might think to murder her sister after their mother’s death, but the motivation would more likely be one of inheritance. “Why settle for half an estate when only one person stands between me and all of it?” would be a more prevalent line of thought. | false | Medical, Medical Myths, Seeking Asylum | Despite the claims made in online versions, a question supposedly revealing of psychopaths was not authored by a “famous American psychologist,” nor does it come from “a genuine psychological test”: This is a genuine psychological test. It is a story about a girl. While at the funeral of her own mother, she met a guy ... |
9958 | Small study suggests electrical stimulation of the brain can ease migraine pain | We like the LA Times’ Booster Shots blog. We really do. But if the paper insists on being brief in its blog posts, at least it could provide links to provide more context and to plug holes in what is reported briefly on the blog. So, for example, it would require only a few words to address these flaws: No mention of... | false | "No mention of costs – and none of these devices is cheap. The story explains that 39% of patients who received the real device had at least a 50% decrease in the number of headaches per month. Why not say that this was 10 patients? And why not give us the precise absolute number – not the relative risk reduction – of ... | |
5444 | Chinese official: Pig fever outbreak ‘complicated and grim’. | The death toll from a disease outbreak in China’s pig herds that has pushed up global pork prices has risen to 1.2 million animals, but its spread has “significantly slowed,” a deputy agriculture minister said Thursday. | true | Health, General News, Asia, Financial markets, Business, China, Asia Pacific, Disease outbreaks, Agriculture | Authorities are stepping up efforts to contain African swine fever but the situation is “complicated and grim,” Yu Kangzhen told a news conference. He said the government is developing a vaccine but that work has “a long way to go.” Pork is China’s staple meat and the country produces and consumes two-thirds of the wor... |
1940 | Encouraging exercise may help teens quit smoking. | Encouraging teenage smokers not only to quit, but to get physically active, may boost their odds of truly managing to kick the habit, a study said. | true | Health News | "Some research in adults has suggested that exercise may help smokers quit, perhaps by easing withdrawal symptoms or taking the edge off cigarette cravings. The study, reported in the journal Pediatrics, looked at the effects of adding exercise advice to a teen-focused smoking cessation program. “Not on Tobacco” (NOT) ... |
3395 | Proposal would allow dogs onto restaurant patios and decks. | A state agency in Delaware is proposing a change in regulations that would allow people to bring their dogs onto restaurant patios and decks. | true | Animals, Health, General News, Delaware, Public health, Dogs, Dover | The Delaware State News reported Thursday that the proposed change follows an uproar from some over the state stepping up enforcement of a policy that prohibits most dogs from food establishments. The Division of Public Health increased enforcement in August after a weekly paper published an article on pet-friendly eat... |
6870 | Idaho woman has 50-pound tumor removed. | An Idaho woman who thought she was gaining weight because of menopause discovered she actually had a 50-pound tumor that had been growing inside her for decades. | true | Health, Tumors, Idaho, Boise | Boise television station KTVB reports Brenda Cridland of Meridian chalked up her weight gain to aging, but when her health started to quickly decline about eight months ago she decided to see a doctor. That’s when a CAT scan revealed she had an enormous tumor that had displaced her organs and was cutting off the blood ... |
732 | Japan culls 753 hogs to contain swine fever outbreak. | Japanese officials have culled 753 pigs in Saitama Prefecture north of Tokyo after detecting an outbreak of swine fever, the Yomiuri newspaper said on Sunday. | true | Health News | The cull, which took place on Saturday, was necessary after it was determined that pigs raised in the prefecture for shipment to central Japan were infected, the Yomiuri said. Saitama also decided to halt shipments from two other pig farms in the area of the outbreak, the Yomiuri said. Officials from the Saitama Prefec... |
37519 | Gerrity's Supermarkets claimed that a woman coughed on food at their store in Pennsylvania, and they were then forced to discard an estimated $35,000 of items as a precaution. | Did a Gerrity’s Store Discard $35,000 of Food After a Woman ‘Coughed’ on It During the Coronavirus Pandemic? | unproven | Fact Checks, Viral Content | On March 26 2020, a number of social media posts involved a woman in Pennsylvania who allegedly “coughed” on $35,000 worth of food — forcing a Gerrity’s store to discard all of the items:“Grocery store Gerrity’s Supermarket in Pennsylvania, throws out $35,000.00 worth of food that a woman intentionally coughed on, spar... |
3110 | Pope: Governments must ensure all have access to health care. | Pope Francis called on governments Friday to ensure everyone has access to suitable health care. | true | Access to health care, Religion, Health, General News, Pope Francis, Europe, Vatican City | In an annual papal message reflecting on the needs of ill people, Francis urged health care institutions and government leaders “not to neglect social justice out of preoccupation for financial concerns.” The pope lamented in his written statement that many in the world have no access to health care because they live i... |
17765 | "In Massachusetts, ""half of the primary care doctors are not accepting new patients." | "Fleming said that in Massachusetts, ""half of the primary care doctors are not accepting new patients."" That number is supported by a credible annual survey of Massachusetts doctors. While this doesn’t necessarily mean the same thing will happen on the national level, the statistic is solid." | true | National, Health Care, John Fleming, | "As the fallout from President Barack Obama’s health care law takes center stage, some critics are raising concerns about how much access Americans will have to insurance and physicians in the future. On CNN’s State of the Union, Rep. John Fleming, R-La., a physician and a critic of Obamacare, and Ezekiel Emanuel, a he... |
31507 | A couple seeking to conceive via IVF discovered through DNA testing that they were fraternal twins. | In short, both the Mississippi Herald and the Denver Inquirer are fake newspaper sites set up for no other ostensible purpose than to spread fictitious stories. And a number of online “news” publications ran with one of their fictitious stories without having made the slightest attempt to verify it, based on nothing mo... | false | Junk News, denver inquirer, fox news, mississippi herald | In mid-April 2017, a number of online publications in the U.S. and UK (including the Daily Mail, Fox News, the Inquisitr, Metro, the Mirror, and the Evening Standard) published accounts of a couple who supposedly sought treatment to conceive via IVF, only to discover to their shock that they were biological twins: A ma... |
4262 | Kentucky hosting Children’s Environmental Health Summit. | Kentucky officials say a Children’s Environmental Health Summit next week will include discussions about vaping use among youth, children’s dental health and childhood immunizations. | true | Health, General News, Kentucky, Environmental health, Somerset, Public health | A statement from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services says the agency is partnering with the Kentucky Population Health Institute to host the event on Oct. 10 at the Center for Rural Development in Somerset. Health and Family Services Secretary Adam Meier says the event is an opportunity to address any environmen... |
24716 | When one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft. | Biden wrong on the way germs travel through an aircraft | false | National, Health Care, Transportation, Joe Biden, | "Vice President Joe Biden went on the Today show on April 30, 2009, to quell concern about swine flu. But he didn't quite stay on message. Interviewer Matt Lauer began by asking Biden why the federal government wasn't closing the border between the United States and Mexico, where the outbreak began. ""We have contact... |
1029 | U.S. biologists probe deaths of 70 emaciated gray whales. | U.S. government biologists have launched a special investigation into the deaths of at least 70 gray whales washed ashore in recent months along the U.S. West Coast, from California to Alaska, many of them emaciated, officials said on Friday. | true | Environment | The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) declared the whale die-off an “unusual mortality event,” a designation that triggers greater scrutiny and allocation of more resources to determine the cause. So far this year, 37 dead gray whales have turned up in California waters, three in Oregon, 25 in Wash... |
9562 | The drug industry might finally have an answer for migraines | Migraine headaches are a problem for millions of individuals, and current treatments are sometimes insufficient, leaving people to cope as best they can with this often debilitating condition. This story is an overview about how four drug companies are working to develop injectable drugs whose antibodies would bind to ... | false | migraine | Cost or an expected cost range for these drugs in development is not mentioned in the story, although one drug company source notes that the “hypercompetition” among the four companies may well influence price. There is an attempt to quantify the benefits, but it wasn’t sufficient to earn a Satisfactory rating: “In mid... |
29114 | Bananas will be extinct within ten years. | What's true: The most popular form of banana, the cavendish, is currently threatened by a disease that could wipe it out. What's false: All types of bananas are not in danger of going extinct in the near future. | mixture | Food | Once again, the ecological doomsday bell has been set to tolling, this time by folks fearful of the imminent demise of our favorite fruit, the banana: Local radio station reported that bananas as we know them will not be in existence in 5 to 15 years. The bananas has been genetically altered so much that new plants ca... |
159 | Luxury leader LVMH, in green mode, laments Thunberg's pessimism. | Environmental activist Greta Thunberg’s discourse on climate change was overly pessimistic and demoralizing for young people, LVMH (LVMH.PA) boss Bernard Arnault said on Wednesday, as the group behind brands like Louis Vuitton raised its “green” goals. | true | Environment | LVMH, the world’s biggest luxury goods conglomerate, which like its peers is seeking to improve its environmental credentials and keep young consumers onside, said it was further cutting emissions and improving sourcing on materials like animal fur. But the group’s billionaire owner and CEO Bernard Arnault said he rej... |
30940 | "A photograph shows a foot after ""Cinderella Surgery." | The morphing of shoe and foot that Julie Rrap has made in Overstepping exaggerate the implants, injections and surgical enhancements which have reshaped the female form today. Her high-heeled feet represent a possible endpoint for the idea of the malleable and fashionable body, aimed at the true fashion victim. For tho... | false | Fauxtography, cinderella, cinderella surgery, fake photo | An image purportedly showing a foot after it was surgically modified to resemble a high heel shoe has been circulating online for several years along with the claim that this skin stiletto was the result of a procedure called “Cinderella surgery”: The image is actually a distorted version of artist Matilde Pernille’s ... |
29559 | Criminals have devised a new cell phone-like gun to fool police officers. | What's true: A company created a prototype for a cell phone-like gun designed for licensed gun owners who wish to carry weapons discreetly. What's false: Criminals are illegally making cell phone-like guns in order to trick police. | false | Politics Guns, cell phone gun, gangs, war on police | "On 26 February 2016, Facebook user Karl de la Guerra published an “Officer Warning” post alongside several pictures showing a gun disguised as a cell phone which was presented a threat to police: The photographs were shared tens of thousands of times, often as a warning to officers to remain vigilant, but the pictur... |
24188 | Nearly all of the top 50 prescribers of oxycodone in the United States are in Florida. | AG candidate Kottkamp says nearly all of nation's top 50 oxycodone prescribers are in Florida | true | Crime, Florida, Jeff Kottkamp, | "Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp, who is seeking the Republican nomination for attorney general, is highlighting the abuse of prescription drugs as a key issue in his statewide campaign.Kottkamp wrote a column that was published in newspapers across the state detailing the severity of the problem in Florida. ""An average of six... |
5135 | Massachusetts reports 2nd vaping-related death. | Massachusetts health officials say a second state resident has died from a vaping-related lung illness. | true | Health, Vaping, General News, Massachusetts, Charlie Baker | Marylou Sudders, secretary of Health and Human Services, told WGBH-FM on Wednesday that the second resident was a woman in her 40s from Middlesex County. The state previously said a woman in her 60s from Hampshire County died of a vaping-related illness. No additional information was released. Sudders says both deaths ... |
7206 | Bernie Sanders in North Carolina calls for “moral economy”. | Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has told a North Carolina audience that the nation needs a “moral economy.” | true | North Carolina, Universal health care, Durham, Bernie Sanders, Economy | Sanders’ visit Thursday night to Duke University in Durham included his usual push for free college, universal health care and a $15-per-hour minimum wage. Sanders had pushed those same ideas in his unsuccessful Democratic president campaign in 2016. He said people should be able to live with dignity and security in th... |
25793 | “If the vaccine came out tomorrow, how in the heck would we get it to people? There is no game plan.” | As of early August, the federal government has no public plan showing how it plans to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine. The CDC and the National Academies of Sciences are working on recommendations for vaccine distribution. The Defense Department will handle logistics for the vaccine, but the CDC will handle tracking pati... | true | Coronavirus, Joe Biden, | "Scientists have expressed cautious optimism that a vaccine will be ready in the spring of 2021 (and President Donald Trump has hinted at an even more aggressive timeline). But that has raised a key question: Does the federal government have a plan to distribute it? Former Vice President Joe Biden says no. ""If the vac... |
9991 | Progress made on artificial pancreas for diabetic patients | The biggest shortcoming with this story is the failure to evaluate the quality of the evidence at this point. The story doesn’t emphasize for readers how preliminary this research is. For instance, we’re not told that: * Research presented at a conference has not been peer-reviewed and is considered preliminary;* 12 pe... | false | "Costs aren’t mentioned for the approach being researched nor for its constituent technologies, continuous glucose monitoring and insulin pumps. The two components are not cheap and many insurance companies aren’t covering them except in special circumstances. We do receive one set of data on benefits, the 70% vs. 47%.... | |
33761 | Arby's roast beef is made from a paste, gel, powder, or liquid. | Arby’s derived its name, by the way, from the phonetic sound of the initials R.B. However, the “R.B.” does not, as many folks conclude, represent “roast beef” but rather “Raffel Brothers,” the restaurant equipment business owned and operated by Forrest and Leroy Raffel that was the forerunner to the successful sandwich... | false | Food, arby's, Odd Ingredients, roast beef | A number of readers have written to us in the past few years to inquire regarding a rumor they’ve heard about Arby’s, a popular roast beef sandwich franchise. According to scuttlebutt, the meat used by that chain in its sandwiches isn’t actually beef but is instead an imitation foodstuff arrived at by reconstituting a ... |
35704 | "Racial justice activist Shaun King said statues of ""white Jesus"" should be torn down." | A New Zealand military team in gas masks and hazmat suits recovered six bodies on Friday from the volcanic island that fatally erupted earlier this week, as doctors worked to save badly burned survivors. | true | Politics, George Floyd Protests | An eight-person bomb disposal squad set off before dawn and spent four hours on White Island, which experts said could erupt again. Six of the eight bodies on the island were successfully retrieved and taken to a naval patrol vessel for transfer to the mainland for disaster victim identification. “Today was all about r... |
35219 | Democrats in New York stashed ventilators in a warehouse in an effort to make the COVID-19 pandemic worse. | However, both the above-displayed Facebook meme and Trump’s tweet contained misleading information. | false | Politics, COVID-19 | In late March 2020, Facebook users shared a misleading meme that suggested “Democrats” in New York, which had been hard hit by the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic, were hiding ventilators in storage even as officials there begged the federal government to send them thousands in preparation for an onslaught of pat... |
8742 | WHO warns against use of electronic cigarettes. | The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Friday against using electronic cigarettes, saying there was no evidence to prove they were safe or helped smokers break the habit. | true | Health News | A woman displays a package of E-cigarette, an electronic substitute in the form of a rod, slightly longer than a normal cigarette, in Bordeaux, southwestern France, in this file photo from March 25, 2008. The changeable filter contains a liquid with nicotine and propylene glycol. When the user inhales as he would when ... |
29024 | Honey and cinnamon possess significant medicinal virtues. | What's true: Both cinnamon and honey have properties allowing them to help with issues like skin infections, toothaches or otherwise minor ailments. What's false: Neither of them can help with broad-ranging pain or other major health concerns. | mixture | Medical, ASP Article, Home Cures | An item extolling the medicinal virtues of honey and cinnamon is based upon a 17 January 1995 article that appeared in the Weekly World News, the erstwhile supermarket tabloid known for publishing the fantastically fictional (it has since transitioned to an online medium), so as a piece of medical literature it should ... |
10353 | “Advance” in PSA test challenged by Hutch research | This is an important story about an important topic – the effort to improve PSA screening for prostate cancer by using PSA velocity, or a measure of the rate of change in PSA readings over time. While the article does mention some of the limitations of PSA screening, the article does not discuss the broader controversi... | false | No mention of costs. There is no discussion of the lack of proven benefit of PSA screening (using any approach) to extend or improve quality of life, which is key whenever PSA screening is discussed. The question is whether the article should have mentioned the lack of proven benefit of PSA screening, which we believe ... | |
16583 | More whites than blacks are victims of deadly police shootings. | Medved said that police kill more whites than blacks. In absolute terms, that is accurate. However, the statement ignores that there are more than five times more whites than blacks in America. When comparing death rates, blacks are about three times more likely than whites to die in a confrontation with police. Medved... | mixture | Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Crime, PunditFact, Michael Medved, | "The turmoil in Ferguson, Mo., has spurred many assertions that blacks are unfairly victimized by police. Conservative talk show host Michael Medved aimed to turn that argument on its head. In a post-show summary on his website this week, Medved cast police as the protectors of African-Americans. Medved said that black... |
5229 | Corrects: Principal’s Death-Bone Marrow Donation-The Latest. | In a story July 22 about developments in a lawsuit against Hackensack University Medical Center, The Associated Press in some instances erroneously reported the procedure that preceded a high school principal’s death. It was a bone marrow donation, not a blood marrow donation. | true | Hackensack, New Jersey, Health, General News, U.S. News, Lawsuits | A corrected version of the story is below: The Latest: Hospital sued over school principal’s death A hospital sued by the family of a New Jersey high school principal who died after a procedure to donate bone marrow to an anonymous French teenager says it is saddened by the tragic death ROSELAND, N.J. (AP) — The Latest... |
7421 | Coronavirus could erode global fight against other diseases. | Lavina D’Souza hasn’t been able to collect her government-supplied anti-HIV medication since the abrupt lockdown of India’s 1.3 billion people last month during the coronavirus outbreak. | true | Medication, Understanding the Outbreak, International News, Ebola virus, India, Africa, Health, AP Top News, Infectious diseases, Pandemics, Tuberculosis, Asia Pacific, Virus Outbreak, General News | Marooned in a small city away from her home in Mumbai, the medicine she needs to manage her disease has run out. The 43-year-old is afraid that her immune system will crash: “Any disease, the coronavirus or something else, I’ll fall sick faster.” D’Souza said others also must be “suffering because of the coronavirus wi... |
9290 | Exercise, however modest, found progressively beneficial to the elderly | This news release from a conference put on by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) describes a moderately-sized cohort study that followed elderly people aged 65 and over for 13 years, focusing on the correlation between the level of physical activity and risk of death. Although the release does a thorough job expl... | false | European Society of Cardiology,physical activity | Cost is always a concern. But in this case, the release mentions “brisk walking, cycling, swimming or gymnastics” as physical activities, not some fancy exercise devices. So we’ll rate it Not Applicable, although we’d note that some of these activities might not be accessible without a gym membership or other equipment... |
3945 | North Carolina health system restricts visitation due to flu. | Vidant Health says it is imposing visitor restrictions at its hospitals in North Carolina in response to a high number of flu cases. | true | Health, General News, North Carolina, Flu, Greenville | In a statement posted on its webpage on Tuesday, Vidant Health says that beginning Thursday, its hospitals will accept visitors 12 years of age and older and those who aren’t exhibiting symptoms of a cold or flu., diarrhea, vomiting or headaches. The health system says healthy children under the age of 12 may visit the... |
31534 | An image shows the heavily armed officers of United Airlines' Special Seating and Apparel Division. | The doctored image mocking United Airlines apparently used stills from the sheriff’s video. The video itself has been the subject of controversy. The ACLU has expressed concern about police using SWAT teams inappropriately; however, some residents have appreciated Grinnell’s acknowledgement of the devastating surge in ... | false | Fauxtography, Seating and Apparel Division, united, united airlines | United Airlines has more than once become the object of mass outrage in 2017. In March, the airline temporarily barred two women from boarding a flight because they were wearing leggings. Less than a month later, a viral video showed a man dragged from a United flight bleeding from the nose because the flight was overb... |
13638 | Medical-grade marijuana alone will not get that patient ‘high,’ no matter what level of THC, CBD or any other compound is found in the plant. | "A representative of United for Care said, ""Medical-grade marijuana alone will not get that patient ‘high,’ no matter what level of THC, CBD or any other compound is found in the plant."" The group said McKay is referring to the controlled conditions under which medical marijuana would be monitored by doctors for use ... | false | Public Health, Florida, Marijuana, United for Care, | "Medical marijuana has many uses, according to supporters of Florida’s Amendment 2, but getting high is not one of them. Kim McCray, outreach director for United for Care, said in an Aug. 11 South Florida Times op-ed that the well-known euphoric effects of cannabis aren’t an issue. ""What is also important to know is t... |
4222 | Nation marks 50 years after Apollo 11′s ‘giant leap’ on moon. | A moonstruck nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11′s “giant leap” by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin at parties, races, ball games and concerts Saturday, toasting with Tang and gobbling MoonPies. | true | Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, AP Top News, Apollo 11 moon landing, General News, Wapakoneta, Moon, Science, Mars, Ohio, Michael Pence, Russia, U.S. News | At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Aldrin showed Vice President Mike Pence the launch pad where he flew to the moon in 1969. At the same time halfway around the world, an American and two other astronauts blasted into space on a Russian rocket. And in Armstrong’s hometown of Wapakoneta, Ohio, nearly 2,000 runners competed... |
28148 | A new tattoo ink changes color depending on a person's glucose levels, meaning people with diabetes can use it to check their blood sugar levels. | What's true: A research project by students at MIT and Harvard shows promising results, and could lead to a fully-functioning biosensor tattoo ink that reliably indicates glucose levels. What's false: The research has so far only been tested on pig skin, has not been subject to rigorous trials, and is still at a relati... | true | Science, diabetes, harvard, MIT | On 9 June 2017, the Dose Facebook page posted a meme claiming that a new kind of tattoo ink changes color based on blood sugar levels, providing a warning system for people with diabetes: This tattoo ink changes color when blood sugar levels rise or fall, so people with diabetes can monitor in real time. The post had b... |
14056 | "Pat Toomey Says Merrick Garland ""authored an opinion that resulted in the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners who were part of a group of violent Islamist extremists the State Department had designated as terrorists." | "Toomey wrote that Garland ""authored an opinion that resulted in the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners who were part of a group of violent Islamist extremists the State Department had designated as terrorists."" Toomey’s claim is misleading. We have no definitive proof that the Uighur detainees engaged in terrori... | false | Foreign Policy, Military, Supreme Court, Terrorism, Pennsylvania, Pat Toomey, | "U.S. Senator Pat Toomey has doubts about Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland -- particularly regarding a ruling that set free prisoners from Guantánamo Bay. Garland ""authored an opinion that resulted in the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners who were part of a group of violent Islamist extremists the State Depa... |
26448 | “The poor are, ironically, the most likely to be employed in the industries deemed ‘essential’ while their upper-class peers are freed to bunker down for weeks until the first death wave passes.” | A quarter of Pennsylvania’s essential workers make less than $30,000 annually, and two-thirds make less than the state’s household median of $60,000. Grocery stores employ one of the largest groups of workers making the lowest wages. There are more than 120,000 grocery store workers in Pennsylvania, the data show, and ... | true | National, Coronavirus, Pennsylvania, Facebook posts, | "In the earliest days of the coronavirus outbreak, when public officials scrambled to close schools and businesses, a Facebook user lamented the inequity of the quarantine that Gov. Tom Wolf had imposed on Pennsylvanians. ""The poor are, ironically, the most likely to be employed in the industries deemed ‘essential’ wh... |
5882 | Gov’t, US Steel reach consent decree over chemical spill. | U.S. Steel will pay a $600,000 civil penalty and $630,000 to reimburse various federal agencies for costs and damages after one of its plants discharged wastewater containing a potentially carcinogenic chemical into a tributary of Lake Michigan, federal and state officials said Monday. | true | U.S. News, Lake Michigan, Lakes, North America, Environment, Chemical spills, Courts, Indiana, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Wastewater, U.S. News | The U.S. Justice Department said those terms are contained in a consent decree filed Monday in federal court in which U.S. Steel promised to take steps to improve its wastewater processing monitoring system to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and Indiana law. The April 2017 spill at a U.S. Steel manufa... |
31524 | "Sen. Chuck Schumer is on record saying, ""Candidates with deeply held Christian beliefs are unfit and disqualified from serving as a federal judge." | But the quote attributed to Schumer doesn’t really hit the mark, even as a paraphrase. Consider the content and context of what Schumer actually said. As in the earlier case of Ashcroft, he didn’t raise an alarm about Pryor’s religion; he raised it about the potential for Pryor to become precisely what Orrin Hatch argu... | false | Questionable Quotes, chuck schumer | Before the 2016 presidential election, when both candidates pledged to nominate Supreme Court judges who would overturn court rulings they disagreed with, the idea of using a political “litmus test” in the selection of federal judges was widely frowned upon. A remark often held up as a classic example of the litmus tes... |
7465 | US faces ‘truly daunting’ challenges on needed COVID tests. | Despite a massive effort, the nation faces “truly daunting” challenges to deploy millions of coronavirus tests to safely re-open the economy, the head of the National Institutes of Health told lawmakers Thursday. | true | AP Top News, Understanding the Outbreak, Technology, General News, Francis Collins, Politics, Virus Outbreak, Public health | NIH Director Francis Collins told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee that government and private industry have launched a $2.5 billion, taxpayer-funded effort to develop, manufacture and distribute technology capable of accurately testing millions of people a week by the end of the summer or the... |
11280 | Pfizer touts Lyrica’s effect in treating pain disorder | "The story suffers from the absence of disinterested expert opinion, of particular value when the studies reported were not peer-reviewed and were industry-sponsored. There is incomplete information about side-effects, and the main effect of the drug, to reduce pain in fibromyalgia, is not described in sufficient detai... | false | "There is no information about the costs of this medication. The story provided information from a single study showing a dose response to the medications. This was a large study (750 patients). While providing information about the drug's effect on pain, the reader is not left with sufficient information about whether... | |
7431 | `We are desperate’: French hospital staff confront Macron. | French nurses and doctors faced off with President Emmanuel Macron at a leading Paris hospital Friday, demanding better pay and a rethink of a once-renowned public health system that found itself quickly overwhelmed by tens of thousands of virus patients. | true | Understanding the Outbreak, Health, General News, Paris, Emmanuel Macron, Virus Outbreak, Europe, Public health | “We are desperate. We no longer believe in you,” said a nurse who confronted Macron at the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, saying she’s using a long-expired surgical mask. “We are the shame of Europe.” “That’s not true,” the president countered — but he could barely get a word in as medics peppered him with grievances. App... |
566 | Australian bushfires wipe out half of koala colony, threaten more. | Bushfires have wiped out about half the koalas living on a coastal reserve in New South Wales, experts estimated on Friday, as a record number of intense fires rage around the Australian state. | true | Environment | A fierce early start to the bushfire season brought a blaze at the Lake Innes Nature Reserve that destroyed two-thirds of the koalas’ habitat last month, leaving the rest under threat from one of 15 major blazes in the southeastern state. About 350 koalas living on the reserve in the north coast town of Port Macquarie ... |
11497 | Hallucinogenic Drug Psilocybin Eases Existential Anxiety in People with Life-Threatening Cancer | This release focuses on a recent study that found a single application of the hallucinogen psilocybin is effective at providing meaningful relief to cancer patients suffering from severe depression or anxiety. The release is exceptionally thorough, addressing benefits, potential side effects and study design in a meani... | true | Academic medical center news release,Cancer | Cost is not addressed at all. The costs associated with cancer treatments has been the topic of discussion for some time. So, cost of palliative treatments are important. While there may not be any good estimates of a commercially available product at the moment, the regulatory issues associated with psilocybin are con... |
3644 | Volkswagen suspends executive over monkey tests. | Automaker Volkswagen has suspended a top executive in response to widespread public criticism over experiments in which monkeys were exposed to diesel exhaust. | true | Animals, Technology, Martin Winterkorn, Business, Germany, Science, Europe, Monkeys | The company said in a statement Tuesday that Thomas Steg, head of government relations and sustainability, was stepping away from his duties at his own request. The statement said the company was “drawing the first consequences” as it investigates the activities of EUGT, the entity backed by Volkswagen and other carmak... |
7366 | Indiana sending virus protective items to election offices. | Indiana officials have started shipping protective supplies to county election offices ahead of the start of in-person voting for the primary election that was delayed until June 2 because of the coronavirus outbreak. | true | Primary elections, Voting, Health, General News, Elections, Connie Lawson, Indiana, Virus Outbreak | Forty-two more Indiana residents have died from coronavirus illnesses, pushing the state’s pandemic death toll from confirmed or presumed cases of COVID-19 to nearly 1,700, health officials said Friday. PRIMARY PREPARATIONS Federal funding has been used to buy supplies, including 200,000 face masks, 25,000 face shields... |
3500 | Rhode Island considers permanent flavored vape products ban. | Rhode Island’s health department is proposing to permanently ban the sale of flavored vaping products in the state. | true | Rhode Island, Charlie Baker, Health, General News, Providence, Vaping, Gina Raimondo | The department issued a public notice last week that it wants to make the temporary ban currently in effect permanent. Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo supports a permanent ban. A hearing is set for Jan. 7 at the health department in Providence. Spokesman Joseph Wendelken said Tuesday the department is acting now because ... |
3778 | Plan to import cheaper Canadian drugs advances under Trump. | The Trump administration, eager to show progress on prescription drug costs, on Wednesday moved forward with its plan to allow Americans to safely and legally get access to lower-priced medicines from abroad. | true | Seniors, Global trade, Prescription drug costs, International News, Florida, General News, Legislation, Politics, Health, Business, Prices, Canada, Donald Trump | But patients are unlikely to see quick relief on prices, even in states such as Florida that are pursuing their own import plans. Meanwhile, major legislation to lower costs for seniors has gotten bogged down in a Congress consumed by the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Canadian officials have also raised questi... |
26322 | Under an 1866 Supreme Court ruling, stay-at-home orders are illegal and can be disregarded with impunity | The post misattributed a quote from a 1935 Illinois Supreme Court decision about Chicago judicial salaries The original quote refers to the Illinois Constitution and the laws that created the Municipal Court of Chicago, not the U.S. constitution The Supreme Court has ruled in the past that the rights of a citizen c... | false | Supreme Court, Facebook Fact-checks, Coronavirus, Facebook posts, | "From Maryland to California, governors dealing with the COVID-19 crisis have faced challenges to the legality of their stay-at-home orders, some of which are showing up in court. A Facebook post claims that under an 1866 Supreme Court ruling, these orders are already deemed unconstitutional and that many governors mus... |
40119 | The forwarded email warns that someone who is believed to be HIV-positive was found putting blood into a ketchup dispenser at a fast-food restaurant. It warns to only use sealed packets of ketchup. | HIV Blood in a Ketchup Dispenser at a Fast Food Restaurant | false | Medical, Warnings | This eRumor primarily circulated in the United States. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control there has not been any report of HIV-infected blood in any ketchup dispensers at any restaurants. Further, according to the CDC, there has never been a case of HIV infection or ... |
26370 | “I see no time in the history of this country when perfectly healthy people have been basically confined to their homes or only able to do essential things as in Kansas City or St. Louis.” | Many cities during the Spanish flu outbreak enacted similar restrictions. In Missouri, people were restricted on what they could do. Public gatherings were prohibited. Closed or canceled non-essential businesses, in-person churches and sports events also occurred then and now. | false | Public Health, Missouri, Coronavirus, Cindy O’Laughlin, | "Have healthy people ever been the subject of a quarantine in St. Louis or Kansas City? Missouri state Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin says they haven’t. O’Laughlin (R-Shelbina) said in part of a since-deleted March 22 Facebook post: ""I see no time in the history of this country when perfectly healthy people have been basically... |
10600 | Arthritis Drug May Fight Diabetes, Too | "This is the weaker of the two articles we reviewed on this topic. It appears to have relied, perhaps entirely, on a press release. The story adds no independent, critical thoughts to the official description of the published study. It would have strengthened the piece to include a critique from a leading diabetologist... | false | "The article notes that the drug is available generically and, if its use in diabetes is borne out in future trials, may represent an ""inexpensive"" treatment option. By simply abstracting the press release, the article makes a significant error. Compare the following The latter makes it sound like 100% of the salsala... | |
24167 | A government panel that didn't include cancer specialists says women shouldn't receive mammograms until age 50...If government takes over health care, recommendations like these could become the law for all kinds of diseases. | Ad claims if health reform bill passes, government panel could make laws that limit preventive services like mammograms | false | National, Health Care, Women, Americans for Prosperity, | "A new TV ad from Americans for Prosperity, a group opposing the health reform bill, suggests that screening mammograms for women under 50 would be in jeopardy if the bill passes. The ad, running in 18 key congressional districts through March 18, 2010, features an appeal from breast cancer survivor Tracy Walsh of Nort... |
30430 | Liberals at the University of Texas called for masculinity to be designated a mental illness | In its article, PJ Media claimed that UT “did not respond to a request for comment to clarify.” However, a spokesperson for the university rejected this, telling us by email that the university had agreed to an interview about the program before PJ Media cancelled it. | false | Politics, constitution.com, fox and friends, pj media | The plans and utterances of academics are a longstanding source of outrage for some right-wing and libertarian commentators in the United States, who often see college campuses as hotbeds of political correctness and the corrosion of traditional values. One related episode took place in the spring of 2018, when an init... |
6848 | Colorado inspections at oil and gas sites showing results. | State health inspectors equipped with infrared cameras dropped in unannounced on about 2,000 oil and gas operations across Colorado last year and found leaks of heat-trapping methane and volatile organic gas at 13 percent of those sites — half the frequency of leaks they detected five years ago. | true | Colorado, Health, Jared Polis, Air quality, Environment, Oil and gas industry, Public health, Pollution | Tougher anti-pollution enforcement, including inspections like these, has emerged as an option for Gov. Jared Polis and state lawmakers as they re-focus government oversight of the oil and gas industry — one of the contributors to Colorado’s poor air quality. The latest data from the Colorado Department of Public Healt... |
42091 | “Trump Warns Flu Shots Are The Greatest ‘Scam’ In Medical History.” | President Donald Trump did not call the flu shot a “scam,” as is being claimed by a number of widely circulated blog articles. | false | influenza, vaccine, | President Donald Trump did not call the flu shot a “scam,” as is being claimed by a number of widely circulated blog articles.An article appearing on several websites falsely claims that President Donald Trump once warned that flu shots are a “scam.” He didn’t. In 2015, Trump, then a presidential candidate, merely said... |
37619 | "A Mike Bloomberg supporter asked fellow supporters if they could help ""brainstorm ways"" to make Bloomberg's stop-and-frisk positions sound ""less racist." | ‘Can We Brainstorm Ways to Make This Sound Less Racist’ Michael Bloomberg Subreddit Post | mixture | Fact Checks, Politics | "Amid ongoing controversy involving Democratic candidate Mike Bloomberg and his attitude toward New York City’s stop-and-frisk policies, blogger and reporter Zaid Jilani tweeted a screenshot from Reddit’s r/PresidentBloomberg — in which an apparent supporter of Bloomberg’s campaign asked others to “brainstorm” ways to ... |
8582 | Spain's coronavirus death rate quickens again. | Spain’s daily toll of coronavirus deaths rose on Tuesday for the first time in five days, with 743 people succumbing overnight compared with 637 in the previous 24 hours, but there was still hope the national lockdown might be eased soon. | true | Health News | “It is normal to have some oscillations. ... What matters is to see the trend and the cumulative data,” said Maria Jose Sierra, deputy chief of health emergencies. She said the latest data included some delayed notifications from the weekend. The total number of cases rose to 140,510, second only to the United States, ... |
9987 | Experimental Therapy For Sore Heels Has Skeptics | This story is about the use of shockwaves to treat a condition called plantar fasciitis that causes heel pain. The story drives home the point that there are conflicting studies and opinions as to the effectiveness of this treatment, but we wish it had gone further to explore the quality of the underlying data. The sto... | true | "Cost is a major part of the story here and NPR doesn’t gloss over it. The cost of shockwave treatment can range anywhere from $500 to several thousand dollars, NPR reports, and usually is not covered by insurance. NPR could have added some useful context by mentioning that the shockwave machines themselves can be ver... | |
1306 | Britain moves closer to legalizing medicinal use of cannabis. | Britain moved a step closer to legalizing the medicinal use of cannabis after a report concluded there are benefits for patients as the government reviews the rules to allow drugs derived from the banned plant. | true | Health News | Professor Sally Davies, chief medical officer for England, said in the report there is conclusive evidence that cannabis can help people who suffer from chronic pain, multiple sclerosis and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. There is also some evidence that cannabis can improve the sleep of patients suffering fr... |
11114 | ‘Miracle drug’ called junk science | "This example of thorough reporting provides a valuable service by warning readers of the shaky basis and likely harms of Lupron treatment of children with autism. Part of a series by the Chicago Tribune. Stories on similar contentious topics too often settle into “he said, she said” duels that stick readers with the t... | true | The story says that the providers charge $12,000 for tests and then Lupron treatments costs about $5,000 to $6,000 per month. It also points out that insurance companies may balk at covering the treatments. The story appropriately questions whether Lupron offers these children any benefits. The story notes the pain of ... | |
26967 | "Facebook post Says a ""Clorox bottle claimed it could kill (the 2019 coronavirus)... before it was developed." | "A Facebook post claims a ""Clorox bottle claimed it could kill (the 2019 coronavirus)... before it was developed."" It’s true that some Clorox products have labels that claim they’re effective against human coronaviruses. But that’s because they were proven effective against past strains of coronavirus — not the one c... | false | Public Health, Facebook Fact-checks, Coronavirus, Facebook posts, | "Some social media users are publishing photos of Clorox bottles to claim that the coronavirus was created before the outbreak in China. In a Jan. 28 Facebook post, one user published a photo of what appears to be a Clorox bottle listing the viruses the cleaning agent kills when used on surfaces. ""Human Coronavirus"" ... |
316 | J&J's greed helped fuel U.S. opioid crisis, Oklahoma claims at trial. | Johnson & Johnson’s greed led the drugmaker to use deceptive marketing to create an oversupply of painkillers that fueled the U.S. opioid epidemic, the state of Oklahoma alleged at the start of the first trial to result from lawsuits over the drug crisis. | true | Health News | Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter, who filed the multibillion-dollar case, argued in a state court in the city of Norman that J&J should be forced to pay for helping cause the “worst manmade public health crisis in our state’s history.” His case is the first to reach trial from around 2,000 lawsuits filed by state... |
35474 | In the summer of 2020, Kroger supermarkets introduced a policy of refusing to give customers cash change, as shown in an incident in Bourbonnais, Illinois. | What's true: A cashier at a Kroger supermarket in Bourbonnais, Illinois, appears to have insisted that a customer pay $3 for a $2.41 container of milk, without providing cash change. In at least two instances, the company and one of its spokespersons had by that time publicly stated that the company had a policy of no ... | mixture | Politics | In the summer of 2020, readers asked us to examine widely shared Facebook posts that claimed the Kroger supermarket chain was refusing to give customers cash change, and thereby overcharging them. One widely shared post from July 9 stated that: “Kroger will no longer keep coins in the drawer. Starting tomorrow. We will... |
25902 | Quotes Anthony Fauci as writing, “I reject the notion that it’s ‘just a virus’ and we’ll all get it eventually. What a careless, lazy, heartless stance.” | Anthony Fauci didn’t write this. A Facebook user named Amy Wright has taken credit for the words. | false | Facebook Fact-checks, Coronavirus, Facebook posts, | "A lengthy Facebook post about viruses skips from chickenpox to herpes to HIV and, finally to the coronavirus. It’s attributed to Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and ends with an uncharacteristic scolding. ""For those in our society who suggest that people being cau... |
35986 | "In 1999, Mike Pence wrote an op-ed criticizing the inclusion of women in the military, citing the animated film ""Mulan." | Did Mike Pence Use ‘Mulan’ to ‘Prove’ Women Should Not Be in the Military? | true | Entertainment, Fact Checks | Hours before Disney released the first trailer for a live-action adaptation of the film Mulan, social media users marked the occasion by recalling United States Vice President Mike Pence’s attack on the movie during his days as a member of the media.As Buzzfeed reported in July 2016, Pence was a radio talk show host in... |
25188 | McCain has voted repeatedly at least six times against funding for global HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB fund, once as one of only 14 senators. | When a Californian company founded by a U.S. veteran wounded in Afghanistan sought to register a new medical device this year, it turned to Europe before the United States. The European approvals system had long been quicker, the company said, but the introduction of new rules is changing all that. | mixture | National, Foreign Policy, Democratic National Committee, | "“Now it has flipped,” said Bill Colone, CEO of San Clemente-based Spinal Singularity, which hopes to launch a ‘smart’ catheter for men with spinal injuries or disease early next year after squeezing in its application under the old European rules. Colone is part of a chorus of industry voices warning that a switch to ... |
33602 | The Statue of Liberty was erected as a tribute to the accomplishments of black soldiers in the Civil War, and a black woman served as the model for Lady Liberty. | Whatever the color of the person who served as the model for the Statue of Liberty may have been, the statue itself is colorless. It does not represent a particular color of person any more than the Michelin Tire Man does, and the idea it symbolizes applies to people of all colors, whether or not its creators intended ... | false | History, American History | Please read this and pass this on. This is really some valuable information. Our children and so on need to know this kind of stuff. Good day, It is hard to believe that after my many years of schooling (secondary and post) the following facts about the Statue of Liberty was never taught. Hundreds of thousands if not m... |
31612 | A study discovered men's beards are alarmingly riddled with fecal microbes. | It may be true that some beards may be less than rigorously hygienic, but proclaiming them to be “filthy” and “dirty as a toilet” based on a scant TV news survey is an alarmist exaggeration. | false | Viral Phenomena, not actually a study | On 1 May 2015, a rumor began to circulate online claiming a “study” assessed the beards of average men and made a shocking discovery: they’re basically dripping with fecal matter (known colloquially as “poop”). The headlines followed, ones such as “Study: Men’s Beards are Filled with Poop and Nasty Bacteria,” “Your bea... |
4251 | She fought cancer and Congress for DC’s right-to-die law. | The government form lay on the dining room table in Mary Klein’s home in Northwest Washington. At the top, in bold letters, was a simple declaration: “REQUEST FOR MEDICATION TO END MY LIFE IN A HUMANE AND PEACEFUL MANNER.” | true | Cancer, Health, Ovarian cancer, Chemotherapy, Laws | “I need two witnesses for my application,” Klein’s friend Kelly Saunders recalls her saying. “Would you be a witness?” Saunders knew this moment was coming. It had been nearly four years since doctors had diagnosed Klein’s ovarian cancer. She had shed 20 pounds, her voice was softer, and her hair thinner and grayer. Sh... |
10012 | Proton therapy fights cancer | The motive for this story appeared to be to pave the way for the introduction of two very expensive proton therapy centers in Central Ohio. But there was no discussion of some of the very lively debate underway in the industry about the costs and effectiveness of this approach. Instead, the story told about one man lea... | false | "An estimate for the cost of treatment was provided, and the story stated that the man’s Medicare plan covered the treatments. This story provided insufficient information for a reader to judge the benefit of the treatment. While it did include a comment from the patient to the effect that this treatment was ‘just as g... | |
255 | Abbott to hike production of lower-cost glucose monitors as diabetes soars. | Abbott Laboratories (ABT.N) plans to ramp up manufacturing capacity for its lower-cost continuous glucose monitor, the FreeStyle Libre, by three to five times in the next few years, aiming to reach millions more patients worldwide, the company told Reuters. | true | Health News | Abbott executives said the increase in manufacturing capacity will begin in the second half of this year and make room for the expected U.S. launch of the FreeStyle Libre 2. This next-generation device has been approved in Europe and is now under U.S. regulatory review. Abbott’s plans for Libre, its fastest-growing dia... |
33681 | Charles Manson was one of the 437 applicants who tried out for The Monkees in 1965. | Britain’s AstraZeneca said a potential medicine to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in babies and infants had been granted special status by U.S. and European regulators, designed to speed up the development of novel and better drugs. | false | Entertainment, Artists, charles manson, music | The “Breakthrough Therapy” and “Prime” designations in the United States and Europe respectively were based on early results from Phase IIb trials of MEDI8897, AstraZeneca said. The drug is being developed for use in a broader infant population than the standard of care for RSV prevention, Synagis, which needs monthly ... |
8243 | Britain asks it citizens to help pick fruit and vegetables. | Britain on Wednesday called on its citizens to help pick fruit and vegetables to ensure a supply of food during the global coronavirus crisis - work that would usually be largely carried out by migrant seasonal workers. | true | Health News | Britain’s agricultural sector is heavily dependent on seasonal workers, but the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the flow of migrants into the country. “We need to mobilize the British workforce to fill that gap and make sure our excellent fruit and vegetables are on people’s plates over the summer months,” environme... |
36060 | Gender reveal parties have killed more people than antifascist demonstrators. | Have Gender Reveal Parties Killed More People Than Anti-Fascists? | true | Fact Checks, Viral Content | On October 31 2019, a Facebook page shared a text-based status update asserting that gender reveals had caused more deaths than antifascist protesters, popularly referred to as “antifa”:That status update appeared to reference a gender reveal-related death in Iowa several days previously, when revelers inadvertently de... |
15020 | We lose an average of 90 Americans every day because of guns. | "Clinton said: ""We lose an average of 90 Americans every day because of guns."" That’s about right. But it leaves unsaid that the bulk of those deaths are suicides, not homicides. Also, in 2013, the latest year of available data, the rate of homicides by firearm was lower than the rate for 1999 through 2013." | true | Criminal Justice, Crime, Texas, Guns, Hillary Clinton, | "Rallying supporters in San Antonio, Hillary Clinton said Oct. 15, 2015, that she’s running for president in part ""to protect our families and communities from the plague of gun violence."" Clinton, who was introduced and endorsed by Julián Castro, the former San Antonio mayor serving as secretary of Housing and Urban... |
1674 | Cancer patients get chance to create a musical legacy. | Musician Stuart Jewell is working on a long-cherished dream to record a song that he wrote almost thirty years ago, but his purpose is to create a memento for his family, rather than to become a star. | true | Health News | A stage III cancer patient, Jewell spends long hours in a recording studio in Falls Church, Virginia, as he battles his disease. “When I play music, I don’t feel like a cancer patient anymore,” he said between takes. “I still get stage fright, I still flub things up when I play, but I don’t care. I just want to be able... |
35672 | A photograph of non-respirator ear loop mask packaging demonstrates that such masks are ineffective at protecting against the spread of COVID-19. | On the other hand, the primary purpose of (cloth) ear loop masks (like the type represented by the picture of packaging seen above) is to protect other people by blocking large-particle droplets, splashes, sprays, or splatter containing infectious agents that the (infected) wearer might release through coughing, sneez... | false | Politics, COVID-19 | During the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic in 2020, as Americans were being increasingly required to wear face masks in order to patronize businesses such as grocery stores, some social media users began circulating images questioning the efficacy of wearing those masks, such as the following: This photograph (a... |
25835 | “Five veterinary labs have their CLIA certification to officially test human patients. There are a lot of labs who are doing surveillance testing that don't need the CLIA certification.” | There are a number of veterinary labs in the U.S. with the certifications necessary to test human samples. CLIA is certification under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, a federal law that sets the standard for labs that test human specimens. Experts say veterinary labs could relieve some of the pr... | true | Public Health, Health Check, Coronavirus, Brett Giroir, | "In a heated exchange late last month on CNN’s State of the Union, host Jake Tapper pressed Adm. Brett Giroir, the Health and Human Services assistant secretary who oversees COVID testing efforts for the Trump administration, on why the government isn’t requiring commercial labs to increase testing capacity in order to... |
38204 | President Obama urged Harvard to reverse its decision to suspend Malia Obama because of her recent “drug escapades.” | President Obama Orders Harvard to Reverse Malia Obama's Suspension | false | Obama | A satirical website is behind false claims that President Obama ordered Harvard to reverse its decision to suspend Malia Obama pending drug charges. The website, Our Land of the Free, first reported on August 12, 2017, that Harvard suspended Malia Obama in light of her “recent drug escapades” because she would be too m... |
7145 | State Dept. lacked long-term care for Cuba health incidents. | An internal review submitted to Congress Thursday says the State Department had “insufficient resources” to support long-term care following mysterious health incidents in Cuba. | true | Health, Cuba, North America, Rex Tillerson | However, the Accountability Review Board, convened by former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, also says the department’s Bureau of Medical Services “provided competent and professional response to an unprecedented situation.” The review recommended mandating medical screening before and after assignments or temporary ... |
2863 | Bayer says reintroducing Diane-35 in France. | German drugmaker Bayer AG said on Wednesday it was cleared by the French health authority to reintroduce oral acne treatment Diane-35 to the French market after an eight-month suspension. | true | Health News | The European Commission said in July that Diane-35 was safe for use, a seal of approval which obliged France to allow sales of the product again. France had suspended sales of Diane-35 after four deaths over the past 25 years were linked to its use. The pill reduces acne by regulating hormones and blocking ovulation, a... |
31460 | Scientific studies demonstrate that the process of adding fluoride to public water reduces the IQ of the individuals in those areas. | While the study is stronger than many used to draw a connection between IQ and fluoride in the past, it is a single study that has yet to be replicated, and it was performed in areas without water fluoridation. As such, it does not change our rating, which specifically concerns the evidence that water fluoridation redu... | false | Medical, david avocado wolfe, fluoride, intelligence quotient | Beginning in the mid-1940s, cities in the United States began adding low concentrations of fluoride to public water supplies in an effort prevent tooth decay. As of 2014, 74.4 percent of the United States populace has access to water from a fluoridated source, and this practice is employed by countries and cities all a... |
33916 | "60 Minutes commentator Andy Rooney wrote an essay, ""In Praise of Older Women." | Did '60 Minutes' commentator Andy Rooney author an essay titled 'In Praise of Older Women'? | false | Politics Soapbox, andy rooney | Andy Rooney, the curmudgeonly commentator who for many years closed every Sunday broadcast of television’s 60 Minutes news magazine with a (typically sardonic) essay about some aspect of everyday life, was — thanks to the Internet — as well known for what he hasn’t said as he is for what he really had said: Example: ... |
29998 | Four AI-controlled robots killed 29 scientists in Japan in August 2017. | At best, the claim that 29 scientists were killed by AI robots in Japan is based on third-hand information unsupported by any actual evidence. At worst, this rumor was made up out of whole cloth as an attention-grabbing anecdote for a speech about how human beings are merely the artificially intelligent creations of an... | false | Junk News, artificial intelligence, robots | In December 2018, social media users began circulating a short and blurry video clip showing a woman relaying a story about 29 scientists who were reportedly killed by artificial intelligence-controlled robots in Japan (“4 robots kill 29 scientists”). One iteration of this footage, which asserted that the AI robot mass... |
15942 | "Science is ""very certain"" that the measles vaccine doesn't cause autism." | Kelly said that the science on vaccine safety is certain today. The researchers we contacted said that as far as the science is concerned, certainty had been reached at least 10 years ago with the release of a major national study debunking the link between the measles mumps, rubella vaccine and autism. Five years ago,... | true | Public Health, PunditFact, Megyn Kelly, | "As the number of cases of measles slowly grows across the United States, it has revived a past debate over the safety of the vaccine that for decades prevented an outbreak. Potential presidential contenders, including Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, have suggested that parents should be allo... |
41671 | There were nearly 1,000 drug-related deaths in Scotland last year. | Hurricane Humberto knocked out power lines in Bermuda on Wednesday night, plunging nearly the whole Atlantic archipelago into darkness, as the storm whipped the British territory with powerful winds and heavy rain. | true | health | Even as Hurricane Humberto was moving away, Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center forecast a prolonged period of dangerous winds through Thursday and warned that dangerous breaking waves could lead to coastal flooding overnight. More than 28,000 homes and businesses had lost electricity by early evening, according... |
35938 | "U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said that Americans were able to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic because ""some Black woman was able to stack the grocery shelf." | Biden: ‘I Was Able to Stay Sequestered’ Thanks to ‘Some Black Woman’ Who Stocked Grocery Shelves pic.twitter.com/raalFcUNKF | true | Politics, 2020 election | Here’s a transcript of a portion of Biden’s remarks (emphasis added): I am, ironically, more optimistic about the prospects of dealing with the problems we talked about today, as well as so many other problems we have right now, than I have ever been in my whole career. And you say, ‘Why in the hell would you say tha... |
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