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5614 | Drug overdose deaths up slightly in New Mexico. | The number of drug overdose deaths increased to 497 in 2016 from 493 the previous year in New Mexico, a state that has led the western United States in drug fatalities as it wrestles with opioid and heroin addiction. | true | Health, Heroin addiction, Death rates, New Mexico, United States | The overdose death rate remained unchanged during 2016 at 24.8 deaths per 1,000 residents, considering slight statewide population growth, the state Department of Health announced Wednesday. The rate of unintentional fatal drug overdoses — those not linked to suicides — showed a slight increase. Nearly three in four ov... |
29270 | Eighteen U.S. states still have laws banning oral sex. | What's true: Some states still have laws against oral sex on their books. What's false: These types of laws are unenforceable due to a 2003 Supreme Court ruling. | false | Legal Affairs, Risqué Business | In late 2017, a picture appeared and quickly spread on social media, listing states where oral sex is purportedly still illegal and punishable in some cases by prison time: The graphic is accurate in that some states still have laws against oral sex on the books, an artifact of anti-sodomy laws that some states rewrot... |
26504 | Facebook post Says Robin Vos wore protective gear that “election workers he forced to work … do not have.” | A Facebook post criticized Vos’ access to a mask, gloves and gown while working the polls on Election Day, saying others didn’t have the same protective equipment. But other poll workers in Burlington wore the same gear. At the same time, some poll workers across the state only had access to masks and gloves. | false | Elections, Wisconsin, Coronavirus, Facebook posts, | "After Republicans fought to keep Wisconsin’s April 7, 2020 election on track as planned amid the coronavirus outbreak, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos worked at a polling place in his district covered head to toe in protective gear. Vos, R-Rochester, volunteered to work at a Burlington polling site after thousands of poll ... |
30956 | In September 2017, truck drivers' unions in Puerto Rico went on strike and refused to take part in relief efforts after a series of hurricanes. | On 2 October 2017, a government spokesperson also refuted the rumor in an interview posted by CBS News reporter David Begnaud on Twitter saying, “Everyone’s working and the supplies are getting to where they have to.” | false | Politics, conservative treehouse, gateway pundit, hurricane maria | With Puerto Rico experiencing a humanitarian and infrastructural crisis in the aftermath of a series of hurricanes, a flurry of stories appeared at the end of September 2017 falsely claiming that a local union representing truck drivers had gone on strike, using the devastation to leverage an improvement in their pay a... |
37135 | A forwarded email with what the author calls the many “firsts” of President Barack Obama. | Obama's 32 Month Report Card | mixture | Crime / Police, Obama, Politics, Terrorism | This eRumor appeared all over the Internet in November, 2011 and on various political web sites but it was not found on any major news sites. The email says only that is was authored by someone named Rich Carroll but does not identify him beyond that. Let us look some of the topics in the article one at a time: First P... |
9202 | Mount Sinai researchers involved in successful phase 3 trial of drug for liver cancer | The news release focuses on a phase 3 clinical trial that evaluated how effective the drug regorafenib was at treating patients who had a form of liver cancer called hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and whose HCC had gotten worse despite taking sorafenib — which is currently the only available form of targeted drug ther... | mixture | liver cancer,Mount Sinai Hospital,regorafenib | Cost is not addressed at all. This is particularly problematic because regorafenib (brand name Stivarga) has already been approved, and is on the market, for treating other forms of cancer. For example, an online price guide shows that 84 40-milligram tablets of regorafenib cost $15,817. This is a fair estimate of the ... |
34485 | Centerville Elementary School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, canceled a Christmas play because two parents complained about reference to God. | Social media rumors accused Centerville Elementary School of canceling a Christmas play because two parents were offended by its mention of God. | unproven | Politics, war on christmas | On 17 December 2016, Fox News opinion columnist Todd Starnes published an article reporting that the annual Christmas play at Centerville Elementary School in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, had been canceled because two parents were offended by its brief mention of God: The fifth graders at Centerville Elementary Scho... |
10401 | Higher vitamin E intake tied to lower dementia risk | While the story has a few notable deficiencies — no independent comment and insufficient statistical detail regarding the magnitude of the effect — readers will undoubtedly come away with the right bottom line message about this study: Interesting, but inconclusive. Dementia will place a growing burden on individuals a... | true | "The costs of foods containing vitamin E is not really in question, so we’ll call this one not applicable. The story comes a whisker away from earning a satisfactory on this one. It leads by noting that participants with the highest vitamin E intakes had a 25% lower risk of dementia compared with those who had the lowe... | |
8329 | Cargill-led fund to pay U.S. farmers for carbon capture, exchange credits. | Global commodities trader Cargill Inc [CARG.UL] starting this spring will pay American farmers for capturing carbon in their field soils and cutting fertilizer runoff, an executive said. | true | Environment | The Soil & Water Outcomes Fund, a partnership with the Iowa Soybean Association and third-party verification company Quantified Ventures, will then sell the environmental credits created to polluters such as cities and companies, including Cargill itself, Ryan Sirolli, Director of Row Crop Sustainability at Cargill, to... |
9430 | Open windows and doors can improve sleep quality | In this very small study of 17 healthy volunteers in the Netherlands, scientists measured their sleep as they either slept in a closed room or with doors and windows open. The story claims the volunteers “slept better” with windows and door open, but gave no numbers for the amount of improvement, and didn’t do enough t... | mixture | sleep problems | The opening of windows and doors has no cost. The story doesn’t quantify what “improved” sleep quality means, only generalities. For example, the story claims improvement in fewer awakenings: “The number of awakenings and sleep efficiency improved as carbon dioxide levels decreased.” But we are not given any way to und... |
9628 | Embryo screening helps couples avoid genetic diseases | The story is a brief overview of preimplantation genetic screening, in which couples who are using in vitro fertilization (IVF) to become pregnant have embryos tested for genetic disorders before proceeding with implantation. The story does not address cost or risks in any way. But what is most puzzling is why this sto... | false | embryo screening,infertility,IVF,Pregnancy | The story doesn’t address cost at all, which is a huge oversight in a story about preimplantation genetic screening. First of all, preimplantation genetic screening is only an option for people who are using IVF — which is expensive and often not covered by insurance. Second, the screenings themselves often cost thousa... |
37920 | Victoria's Secret bras' tracking devices are part of a sex trafficking conspiracy. | Rumors about Victoria’s Secret bras’ trackers and RFID tags have circulated intermittently since at least 2019, and it wasn’t until the summer of 2020 that QAnon sex trafficking rumor clusters added claims that the tags also involved “sex trafficking.” As multiple news organizations have noted, a number of retailers us... | false | Disinformation, Fact Checks | In late June 2020, a Facebook user shared a video that purportedly showed Victoria’s Secret bras’ tracking devices:In a status update, an account named “Jimm Walker” wrote:THIS IS UNREAL SO 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬Summer 2020 Facebook Posts About Victoria’s Secret Bra TrackersIn a short video, Walker holds tags up to the light i... |
36132 | "In September 2019, New York City made it illegal to call anyone ""illegal"" or an ""illegal alien,"" imposing a $250,000 fine for offenders." | Is it Now Illegal to Say ‘Illegal’ in New York City? | mixture | Disinformation, Fact Checks | In late September and early October 2019, a number of posts on social media claimed that New York City had made it illegal to call anyone “illegal” or an “illegal alien.”A September 30 2019 video post by Tim Pool was titled “NYC Announced $250,000 Fine For Calling Someone ‘Illegal Alien'”:Commenters railed against the ... |
7607 | ‘Heartbreaking’ report shows virus ravaging NY nursing homes. | New York, by far the nation’s leader in coronavirus nursing home deaths, released details Friday on outbreaks in individual facilities after weeks of refusing, revealing one home in Brooklyn where 55 people died and four others with at least 40 deaths. | true | AP Top News, New York, Health, Brooklyn, Nursing homes, Virus Outbreak, General News, U.S. News | “Every death is heartbreaking,” said Dr. Roy Goldberg, medical director at Kings Harbor Multicare Center, a 720-bed home in the Bronx which reported 45 fatalities. “These have been surreal times.” The state’s accounting of multiple deaths at 68 nursing homes was based on a survey and is substantially incomplete. It acc... |
26506 | Facebook post Says fluid milk production limitations mean grocery stores are short on milk even as farmers are dumping it | A Facebook video focuses on bottling limitations for liquid milk to explain the need for milk dumping. That is a factor, but so is the plunging demand for cheese, butter and other dairy products with restaurants shuttered. And the types of dairy products needed have changed with people confined to their homes, which fa... | mixture | Economy, Wisconsin, Coronavirus, Facebook posts, | "Soaring milk production and plummeting consumption have dealt a series of devastating blows to Wisconsin dairy farmers in recent years. But the coronavirus pandemic has been a next-level gut-shot. Shuttered schools and restaurants have cut off much of the demand for dairy, even as panicked shoppers bought out milk and... |
3886 | Watchdog: Staff issues affect care at reservation hospitals. | The internal watchdog of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says the often-substandard quality of care at hospitals serving Native Americans is the result of outdated equipment and technology, lack of resources and difficulty attracting and keeping skilled staff. | true | Health care services, SD State Wire, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health, U.S. News, Native Americans | The Office of Inspector General on Friday released two reports that look into the longstanding challenges of the 28 hospitals directly operated by the federal Indian Health Service. The OIG, which acknowledged that reports of inadequate health care services for Native Americans have been of concern to the federal gover... |
11364 | U.S. panel triples Vitamin D intake guideline | Most readers would take the headline “U.S. panel triples Vitamin D intake guideline” to mean that people should seek to increase their consumption, when in fact the committee concluded that while recommending a higher daily intake of vitamin D than another committee did in 1997, almost all Americans already consume eno... | true | Philadelphia Inquirer,Supplements | Although this story does not specifically report the cost of Vitamin D supplements, it does note that Americans spent $425 million on Vitamin D supplements in 2009 and that the spending had increased 10-fold since 2001. Simply reporting the list price of Vitamin D pills, which are just a few pennies each, might lead re... |
3981 | Deadly deer virus found in Minnesota for the first time. | Deer from a private herd on a Minnesota farm have contracted a deadly virus that until now has not yet been seen in the state. | true | Animals, Health, Deer, Minnesota, Animal health, Wildlife | Minnesota Board of Animal Health officials say the virus was confirmed in seven deer on a Goodhue County farm and six have died. The virus, called epizootic hemorrhagic disease, or EHD, is carried by biting flies and causes rapid death from internal bleeding. No vaccine is available for infected animals. State wildlife... |
1702 | India bets on mobiles in battle on maternal, child deaths. | India is betting on cheap mobile phones to cut some of the world’s highest rates of maternal and child deaths, as it rolls out a campaign of voice messages delivering health advice to pregnant women and mothers. | true | Health News | Amid a scarcity of doctors and public hospitals, India is relying on its mobile telephone network, the second largest in the world with 950 million connections, to reach places where health workers rarely go. “It’s a huge priority for us,” health ministry official Manoj Jhalani told Reuters, adding that the service, ad... |
35730 | In a policy that established requirements for people to wear masks in most public settings during the COVID-19 pandemic, Oregon's Lincoln County said in June 2020 residents of color are exempt from the rule. | On June 24, 2020, county officials issued a statement in which they said they had received “horrifically racist commentary” and were the subject of unprecedented “vitriol” from people countrywide after their mask rule went public. To explain their rationale for why they allowed people of color to be exempt from the pub... | mixture | Politics, COVID-19 | In light of recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for all Americans to wear facial coverings to curb the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, numerous U.S. states and cities passed laws to establish their own set of requirements on masks in public settings in mid-2020. In Oregon, Gov. Kate... |
18557 | "Marion Hammer Says rabid animals from other states carry ""different strains of rabies"" that Florida ""vaccines and serums don’t affect." | "Hammer claimed rabies strains carried by animals in other states ""are entirely different from Florida's, and our vaccines and serums don’t affect those other strains of rabies."" Her claim about vaccines was rebutted by veterinarians and disease experts. Even more, she admitted not fleshing out her talking points bef... | false | Animals, Florida, Marion Hammer, | "Marion Hammer, 35-year lobbyist of the National Rifle Association, is a powerful force for gun rights in Florida. So it surprised us to see her speak up at a Florida Senate committee discussion about, of all topics, animal shelters. The measure at hand would require animal shelters and animal control agencies that acc... |
9550 | Anti-inflammatory drugs might someday treat depression | CNN’s story about the potential future use of a type of anti-inflammatory drug to treat depression is based largely on research described in a news release issued by the University of Cambridge. The story accurately reports serious interest by the principal investigator of the new research, and others, in tantalizing l... | mixture | drug costs,mental illness | Information on the steep costs of some of these drugs is readily available, along with data on whether insurers will pay for them. There is no discussion of costs in the story about this, nor does the story mention a single one of the drugs by name–adalimubab and etanercept are two–so that readers can look for themselv... |
8767 | Bristol, Pfizer to delay clot drug after setback. | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday their apixaban blood clot preventer failed its primary goal in a late-stage trial, and that they no longer plan to seek marketing approval next year for the pill. | true | Health News | But the drugmakers and industry analysts said some data in the trial were encouraging and that the medicine could still prove effective in preventing dangerous blood clots in other large trials. “Not good news, but not a death knell either,” said Michael Castor, a portfolio manager with health-care fund Sio Capital Man... |
5998 | Northern Red Sea coral reefs may survive a hot, grim future. | As the outlook for coral reefs across a warming planet grows grimmer, scientists in Israel have discovered a rare glimmer of hope: The corals of the northern Red Sea may survive, and even thrive, into the next century. | true | Israel, Climate change, International News, Middle East, Climate, Science, Corals, Coral reefs, Red Sea | There is broad scientific consensus that the effects of climate change have devastated the world’s reefs, recently ravaging large swaths of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, one of the natural wonders of the world. The carbon dioxide that humans pump into the atmosphere spikes the temperature and acidity of seawater... |
27687 | The theme to the original 'Star Trek' television includes never-used lyrics. | The theme to the original 'Star Trek' television series officially includes never-used lyrics. | true | Entertainment, ASP Article, Radio & TV, Television | One of the most important parts of any successful television series is its theme music. Whether the theme is a song with lyrics that provide necessary exposition to explain the show’s premise (as in the case of Gilligan’s Island) or an instrumental that offers a catchy thematic hook (like Hill Street Blues), a series’ ... |
2442 | Pesticide ban cuts South Korea's high suicide rate - a bit. | Jang Chang-yoon was drunk and weepy one rainy night, troubled by debts from his divorce. On a dark impulse, the South Korean waiter bought a bottle of pesticide to end it all with a few toxic swigs. | true | Health News | At the last minute, he changed his mind when his young daughter grabbed his arm and begged him: “Daddy, don’t die.” Unlike Jang, many people do not pull back from the brink in South Korea, which has had the highest suicide rate in the developed world for nine straight years, often drinking pesticide as their way out. ... |
33610 | A vengeful Polish dentist pulled out all of her ex-boyfriend’s teeth. | ‘I tried to be professional and detach myself from my emotions. But when I saw him lying there I just thought, What a b******.' | false | Junk News | On 27 April 2012, the Daily Mail published an article reminiscent of a 1995 Weekly World News article and a gender-switched version of the 1996 film The Dentist, reporting that a dentist in Poland had extracted all her ex-boyfriend’s teeth after he dumped her for another woman: Anna Mackowiak, 34, is facing jail after... |
34606 | A video shows a mother forcibly shaving her daughter's head as punishment for making fun of a bald cancer patient. | The details of the video (such as whom it pictures, and when and where it was taken) are unknown, there is no substantive documentation of what it depicts, the dialog is unclear, and we don’t know who filmed it or whether what it shows was real or staged, so what the video’s true backstory is remains unclear. | unproven | Fauxtography | In June 2016, a video showing a mother forcibly shaving her daughter’s head was widely circulated via social media, along with a backstory holding that the girl had made fun of a bald cancer patient, so her mother chose to give her “a taste of her own medicine” and shave her head as a punishment for her bullying. The m... |
20436 | "The administration has issued rules for ""$1 abortions in ObamaCare"" and ""requires all persons enrolled in insurance plans that include elective abortion coverage to pay"" an abortion premium." | "The claim that the Obama administration has issued rules for ""$1 abortions in ObamaCare"" is ridiculous; the administration has simply set a floor for how much money per month of the premiums paid by those who have chosen plans that include abortion must be placed in a segregated account in order to make sure that th... | false | Abortion, National, Health Care, Bloggers, | "Many readers have asked us to review a recent claim reverberating around the Internet that stems from an article posted on an anti-abortion website, lifenews.com. The March 12, 2012, article is titled, ""Obama Admin Finalizes Rules: $1 Abortions in ObamaCare."" Referring to a rule recently issued by the Department of ... |
3930 | School nurses serve many needs. | School injuries usually don’t require much care: a Band-Aid for a scraped knee, an ice pack for a bump or bruise, or a tissue for a bloody nose. | true | Medication, Health, Financial markets, Janesville, Education | That— and some TLC — usually does the job. At a recent meeting, the Janesville School Board received the annual school nursing report. The report showed that while Band-Aids and ice packs are applied by the hundreds, school nurses are dealing with more serious concerns. Between the 2014-15 school year and the 2018-19 s... |
2184 | World's first baby born via womb transplant from dead donor. | A woman in Brazil who received a womb transplanted from a deceased donor has given birth to a baby girl in the first successful case of its kind, doctors reported. | true | Science News | The case, published in The Lancet medical journal, involved connecting veins from the donor uterus with the recipient’s veins, as well as linking arteries, ligaments and vaginal canals. It comes after 10 previously known cases of uterus transplants from deceased donors - in the United States, the Czech Republic and Tur... |
38971 | Social media posts claim that Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl products for kids and infants have been recalled. | Children’s Tylenol, Motrin Have Been Recalled | mixture | Health / Medical | These social media posts lead back to an article from 2010 about Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl products for kids being recalled, so the eRumor is outdated. WebMD posted an advisory about the recall back in 2010. Five years later, many social media users linked to the 2010 article and warned parents to clean Tyle... |
6129 | Kansas launches campaign to reduce stillbirth rate in state. | The state is promoting a campaign to reduce the number of stillborn deaths in Kansas. | true | Health, Kansas, Topeka, Birth rates | The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced Wednesday it is partnering with Count the Kicks, a stillbirth prevention public health campaign. Kansas officials say the state records an average of 232 stillborn deaths each year. The campaign seeks to save 60 babies every year by decreasing Kansas’ stillbirth... |
9571 | There’s new hope for blood cancers, and it comes from umbilical cords | Boeing Co’s (BA.N) stunted Friday debut of its astronaut capsule threatens to dent the U.S. aerospace incumbent’s self-declared competitive advantage of mission reliability against the price and innovation strengths of “new space” players like Elon Musk’s SpaceX. | false | cancer treatments | Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company, has anchored its attempt to repel space visionaries like Musk and Amazon.com (AMZN.O) founder Jeff Bezos partly on its mission safety record built up over decades of space travel. While SpaceX and Bezos’ Blue Origin are racing to send their own crewed missions to space for... |
9548 | APP HELPS SAVE SEATTLE CARDIAC PATIENT | This is a story about the use of an app called PulsePoint in the care of a Seattle victim of sudden cardiac arrest. In the process of telling a patient story that ended well, the reader is provided with information on the app’s development, its current use across the country and how the reader can become involved in wh... | true | cardiac arrest | The story notes how the PulsePoint Foundation’s app is available for free download for both iOS and Android. We think that it would have been useful to put the URLs in the story, though, as well as note that CPR training is available for free in most locations. The story puts the benefits of the PulsePoint app into per... |
7373 | UK-EU deadlocked in Brexit talks as clock ticks down. | Talks between the European Union and the United Kingdom on their post-Brexit relationship ground to a near-standstill Friday, with each side accusing the other of blocking progress on a trade deal just weeks before a crucial summit. | true | Global trade, United Kingdom, Health, General News, Brexit, David Frost, Michel Barnier, International News, Business, Virus Outbreak, Europe | The EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, told a news conference in Brussels that a week-long round of talks had been “disappointing, very disappointing.” Barnier said there was no progress on all the most difficult issues and insisted Britain would have to show more realism. “I am not optimistic in the face of Briti... |
10905 | Screen heart patients for depression, AHA urges | It has been well documented that survivors of a heart attack or patients who have undergone treatment for heart disease are much more likely to experience symptoms of depression. In the past few years, research has also shown that a co-occurence of depression along with heart disease can lead to worse outcomes and redu... | true | The story didn’t describe the costs of depression screening nor did it mention reimbursement issues as a barrier to providing the screening. The story does not attempt to quantify the benefits of depression screening. The story does not mention any possible downsides of depression screening. While there are few risks, ... | |
4330 | Feds: Seattle barrel company used hidden drain to pollute. | A century-old Seattle barrel company has been indicted along with its third-generation owner in what prosecutors describe as a long-running pollution conspiracy. | true | Seattle, Health, General News, Indictments, Business, U.S. News, Wastewater, Pollution | The 36-count indictment made public Wednesday said Seattle Barrel and Cooperage used a hidden drain to pump caustic wastewater directly into the King County sewer system. Seattle Barrel refurbishes used industrial and commercial barrels and drums. Part of that process involves washing the barrels in a corrosive solutio... |
27034 | A viral piece of text accurately lists nine things women couldn't do in 1971. | Then came the landmark date, marking the biggest change to America’s contraceptive potential in history. On May 9, 1960, the FDA approved Enovid, an oral contraceptive pill released by G.D. Searle and Company. By 1965, almost 6.5 million American women were on “The Pill,” the oral contraceptive’s enduring vague nicknam... | true | History | In August 2019, as many people took to the Internet to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote on paper, a piece of text started to circulate on social media that supposedly listed “9 things that women couldn’t do until 1971” (: The following list is of NINE things a w... |
36760 | A California college student has pledged to cut off his genitals in protest of President Trump’s proposed border wall. | College Student Pledges to Cut off Genitals over Trump Border Wall | false | Politics | An account of a college freshman pledging to cut off his penis that was published as “an entertainment piece” has been mistaken for actual news. The article originally appeared at site RightWingNews.com under the headline, “California Freshman to Cut off Penis if Donald Trump Builds Wall,” on January 14, 2017. The stor... |
30309 | Scientific data has linked the surge in volcanic activity in Hawaii to increased fracking activity from a nearby geothermal energy plant. | You cannot use PGV’s location (intentionally placed in an area where earthquakes are common and lava flows likely) as evidence that it caused earthquakes and lava flows. That’s not how this works. For these reasons (and so, so many more), claims that credible scientific evidence links Hawaii’s 2018 lower Puna eruption ... | false | Science, big island, exopolitics, fracking | On 30 May 2018, conspiracy blog YourNewsWire.com made a curious claim about volcanic activity in the lower Puna region of Hawaii’s Big Island, which first began on 3 May 2018 and continues unabated. YourNewsWire, an outlet not known for its commitment to facts or accuracy, argued that this specific geologic event (whic... |
5139 | Iowa park uses goats to help eradicate invasive species. | For the humans, some of the foliage growing among the trees in Loomis Park are invasive species that shouldn’t be there. | true | Environment, Iowa, Forestry, Financial markets, Invasive species, Fort Dodge | For the herd of goats grazing there, that foliage is lunch, dinner, breakfast and snacks. The Hungry Herd, owned by Doug Bartels, of Lytton, made its first appearance at the park along the Des Moines River last year. This year, there are 33 goats including nine kids. Last year’s herd was 68 goats including 16 kids. Lor... |
5298 | FDA warns Dollar Tree about flagged Chinese manufacturers. | Government regulators have again warned Dollar Tree’s parent company about importing drugs and cosmetics that could be tainted due to improper product testing during manufacturing. | true | Health, Product testing, General News, Cosmetics | The Food and Drug Administration said that Greenbrier International also did not properly perform its own lab analyses as required before releasing certain products, including an anti-dandruff shampoo and an acne face wash. The products were also mislabeled by the Chinese manufacturers. The FDA told Greenbrier about vi... |
1369 | Blood test by Britain's Angle detects ovarian cancer in study. | British liquid biopsy company Angle said its Parsortix blood test had beaten current methods in identifying ovarian cancer, a breakthough that could help women receive the best possible outcome from surgery. | true | Health News | Headline results from a study of 400 patients in Europe and the United States showed the test to detect cancerous cells in the bloodstream correctly identified cancer in up to 95 percent of cases, the company said. The test will enable women with ovarian cancer to be referred to gynaecological surgeons who specialize i... |
1395 | Study finds UK sugar tax could save thousands from obesity, diabetes. | A planned levy on sugary drinks due to be introduced in Britain in April 2018 could significantly reduce the number of people who become obese and develop diabetes and tooth decay, scientists said on Thursday. | true | Health News | In a study on the levy’s health impacts, researchers found the positive effect would be greatest if the drinks industry responds by reformulating products to cut sugar content, rather than keep the same formulations but raise prices to consumers. The planned levy is tiered, starting from no tax on diet and low sugar dr... |
17514 | "Buried in the Affordable Care Act is ""a huge government bailout." | "Krauthammer said the Affordable Care Act contains a hidden government bailout for insurance companies that would cover up to 80 percent of their losses. The health care law does contain several mechanisms to mitigate potential losses for insurance companies, and the government stands to help absorb some losses up to 8... | mixture | Health Care, PunditFact, Charles Krauthammer, | "Bailout has never been a pretty word in politics or business and since the Great Recession, the stigma has only intensified. When Wall Street banks and automakers General Motors and Chrysler were awash in red ink, Washington threw them a $420 billion lifeline (of which $430 billion came back), while the Federal Reserv... |
10107 | Cracking The Conundrum Of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | It starts out with some good framing around the problem of diagnosing and treating chronic fatigue, but then, in a story that demands specifics, it provides only one number, noting that the study examined “over 600 patients.” The rest of the story contains statements such as, “Doctors say some treatments can help.” Whi... | false | NPR | This was a significant hole in the story. Any sort of behavioral therapy usually requires multiple visits that can add up to thousands of dollars per month. If you add an exercise program that could require a gym membership or even a personal trainer, this could prove to be far too expensive for the typical chronic fat... |
7520 | Industry scrambles to stop fatal bird flu in South Carolina. | An infectious and fatal strain of bird flu has been confirmed in a commercial turkey flock in South Carolina, the first case of the more serious strain of the disease in the United States since 2017 and a worrisome development for an industry that was devastated by previous outbreaks. | true | Animals, Tennessee, Health, General News, United States, Flu, Bird flu, South Carolina, Iowa, Virus Outbreak, Agriculture, U.S. News | The high pathogenic case was found at an operation in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, marking the first case of the more dangerous strain since one found in a Tennessee chicken flock in 2017. In 2015, an estimated 50 million poultry had to be killed at operations mainly in the Upper Midwest after infections spread... |
4250 | Guidelines say more women may need breast cancer gene test. | More women may benefit from gene testing for hereditary breast or ovarian cancer, especially if they’ve already survived cancer once, an influential health group recommended Tuesday. | true | Cancer, Health, General News, Ovarian cancer, Breast cancer, Angelina Jolie, U.S. News | At issue are genes called BRCA1 and BRCA2. When they’re mutated, the body can’t repair damaged DNA as well, greatly increasing the chances of breast, ovarian and certain other cancers. Gene testing allows affected women to consider steps to lower their risk, such as when actress Angelina Jolie underwent a preventive ma... |
6535 | Startup wants to bring back Vioxx for hemophilia joint pain. | Could there be a second life for the once-popular arthritis pill Vioxx? A startup pharmaceutical company hopes so. | true | Chronic pain, Hemophilia, Health, Arthritis, North America, Business, AP Top News, U.S. News, Heart attack | Merck & Co. voluntarily pulled the blockbuster drug in 2004 amid evidence that it doubled the chances of having a heart attack or stroke. Now tiny Tremeau Pharmaceuticals is working to bring it back, to treat severe joint pain caused by the bleeding disorder hemophilia. That’s for far fewer patients than the millions w... |
32137 | A photograph shows a girl killed in a drunk-driving accident, with accompanying text recording her last words. | The accompanying text, which supposedly records the last utterances of the “dead” girl in the photograph, is taken from a poem (“Somebody Should Have Taught Him”) which was circulated at least as far back as the year 2000 as part of a petition against drunk driving. | false | Fauxtography, accidents, drunk driving | Warning teens about the perils of drunk driving may be a laudable goal, but nonetheless the nightmarish “true story” scenario presented above was pure fiction. The gruesome photograph didn’t depict a real accident of any type; rather, it was a staged accident scene established at Laguna Hills (California) High School i... |
11178 | Beta-blockers used by musicians, athletes, students to enhance performance | "A couple of online commenters reacting to the story exhibited more insight than the story did overall, when they wrote: ""Here we are in a performance enhancing society. Get used to it, adderall is widespread on college campuses, PED’s are ubiquitous in pro, college, and even some high-school sports, fighter pilots... | false | "There was no discussion of costs. The story provided anecdotes about performance anxiety relief from the use of beta-blockers such as indicating that ‘it decreases tremors and steadies nerves’. While descriptive, this type of information does not inform the reader about the amount of benefit that might be expected. Wh... | |
22950 | "More than 10 years of free trade ""has brought a $2 billion per day trade deficit." | Sen. Sherrod Brown cites daily deficit figure as pricetag for NAFTA, China trade deals | true | Ohio, Economy, Trade, Sherrod Brown, | "Congress may have no greater trade-agreement foe than Sherrod Brown, the Democratic U.S. senator from Ohio. It’s not that he says selling cars, soap and widgets to foreign consumers is bad. It’s just that some foreign trading partners use their cheap labor and weak environmental and safety standards to sell cars, toys... |
11371 | New Blood Thinner May Outperform Warfarin for Irregular Heartbeat | This is a story about an experimental new blood thinner for use by people who have atrial fibrillation. This story delivers a sound presentation of why this drug may have benefit over the commonly used warfarin. The need for medication to reduce clotting risk from atrial fibrillation is common and there is long-standin... | true | HealthDay,heart disease | The story mentioned that apixabane would cost more than warafarin, and included a quote from a company spokesperson to indicate that the exact price is uncertain as the medication has not yet been approved. The story also presented a reasoned examination of total costs for the use of warafin that accounted not just for... |
13284 | "Donald Trump Says Hillary Clinton is ""wrong"" to say he mocked a disabled reporter." | "Trump said that Clinton is ""wrong"" to say he mocked a disabled reporter. Trump may deny that he intentionally mocked Kovaleski for his disability, but many Americans believe his remarks amounted to mocking, and we concur that that’s a reasonable -- indeed, perhaps the only -- interpretation of his actions. The notio... | false | National, Candidate Biography, Disability, Donald Trump, | "Once again, a comment by Donald Trump has become a point of contention in a presidential debate. This time, it revolved around remarks Trump made almost a year ago about a disabled reporter. At one point in the third presidential debate in Las Vegas, Hillary Clinton said, ""He also went after a disabled reporter, mock... |
7381 | Russia slams New York Times, Financial Times on virus deaths. | Russia’s Foreign Ministry has criticized the Financial Times and The New York Times after they reported that Russia’s coronavirus death toll could be much higher than government officials are saying. | true | Understanding the Outbreak, Health, Newspapers, International News, General News, Virus Outbreak, Europe, Russia | The articles said that they were based on a spike in total mortality rates reported by officials in Moscow, who said the capital registered about 1,800 deaths more in April 2020 than the monthly average. The New York Times reported that total is far higher than the official COVID-19 death count of 642, which the newspa... |
36737 | "A game called ""Blue Whale"" is encouraging children and teenagers in Russia to kill themselves." | Was a ‘Blue Whale Suicide Challenge’ Behind a Rash of Teen Deaths? | unproven | Fact Checks, International, Internet, Russia, Social Media, Viral Content | Reports about a “Blue Whale” suicide challenge or suicide game that’s allegedly responsible for hundreds of teen suicides have been lurking around on the fringes for several years. The stories are unproven — and similar warnings about online suicide games, challenges and chat rooms have been around for more than a dec... |
35677 | Vegetarians are unaffected by COVID-19 because the virus is passed on through eating meat. | The consumption of raw or undercooked animal products should be avoided. Raw meat, milk, or animal organs should be handled with care to avoid cross-contamination with uncooked foods, as per good food safety practices. | false | Politics, COVID-19 | As the COVID-19 coronavirus disease spread around the world, a false claim gained traction in India during March 2020 via social media, including messages in WhatsApp. A series of posts claimed that vegetarians were unaffected by the disease, attributing it to the World Health Organization (WHO). On March 14, a post fr... |
2146 | Women more likely to die after heart attack: study. | When it comes to matters of the heart, women should be treated more like men. | true | Health News | A heart surgeon and his team performs a complex mitral valve reconstruction at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge July 5, 2007. REUTERS/Ben Edwards Among patients admitted to the hospital for a heart attack, women were far less likely than men to get angiography in which blood vessels are injected with dye so that blockage... |
1068 | U.N. clinches deal to stop plastic waste ending up in the sea. | Around 180 countries reached a deal on Friday that aims to sharply reduce the amount of plastic that gets washed into the world’s oceans, the United Nations said. | true | Environment | They agreed to amend the Basel Convention to make global trade in plastic waste more transparent and better regulated, while also ensuring that its management is safer for human health and the environment. “I’m proud that this week in Geneva, parties to the Basel Convention have reached agreement on a legally-binding, ... |
41635 | A medical alert says to stop the use of anti-inflammatories for pain or high temperatures. | This message is fake. Current advice from health authorities in the UK and Ireland say to continue taking previously prescribed medication, including anti-inflammatories unless told otherwise by a healthcare professional. The NHS says there is no strong evidence that taking ibuprofen can make Covid-19 worse, but advise... | false | health | A medical alert says to stop the use of anti-inflammatories for pain or high temperatures. This message is fake. Current advice from health authorities in the UK and Ireland say to continue taking previously prescribed medication, including anti-inflammatories unless told otherwise by a healthcare professional. The NHS... |
8368 | China reports 97 new coronavirus deaths on mainland on Sunday, toll rises to 908. | The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in mainland China rose to 908 as of the end of Sunday, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Monday. | true | Health News | The number of new deaths on Sunday rose 97, the NHC said in a statement on its website, another daily record increase. The central Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, earlier on Monday reported 91 deaths on Sunday, while in the provincial capital, Wuhan, 73 people had died. The number of new confirmed infect... |
2764 | U.S. board allows gynecologists to treat more men. | A U.S. professional group that certifies obstetricians and gynecologists has loosened a decades-old restriction on its board-certified members treating male patients, after mounting pressure from doctors and researchers. | true | Health News | The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) had previously said members could not treat male patients except in specific circumstances, such as circumcising babies, treating transgendered patients, and helping couples overcome infertility. However, opposition had mounted from gynecologists and others who sai... |
9200 | FDA approves Trulance for Chronic Idiopathic Constipation | This news release issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announces the agency’s approval of the drug plecanatide (marketed as Trulance) to treat adults with chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC), a form of constipation for which there is no consistent medical explanation. The release notes that there are other... | mixture | constipation,FDA,Trulance | Since the FDA evaluates drugs without consideration of cost we’re rating this Not Applicable. But we look forward to the day when FDA news releases include some mention of cost in its message. The value of a new drug is a function not just of how well it works, but its cost-effectiveness. Pricing information for Trulan... |
8881 | Thailand will override cancer drug patents. | Thailand’s new government will override international patents on three cancer drugs, new Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsap said on Monday after a month of protests against his review of the controversial policy. | true | Health News | Chaiya, under pressure from health activists and doctors who campaigned to have him sacked, said declaring compulsory licenses on the drugs would save Thailand more than 3 billion baht ($100 million) over the next five years. “The findings have convinced me to go ahead with the CLs since the ministry’s policy is to giv... |
28281 | Tina Turner is gravely ill due to stomach or intestinal cancer, a stroke, and/or rejection of a kidney or liver transplant. | What's true: Between 2013 and 2018, Turner suffered a series of major health setbacks beginning with a stroke and followed by bouts of intestinal cancer and kidney disease. She underwent successful operations in 2016 and 2017 to remove a cancerous section of her colon and to receive a kidney transplant. As of March 201... | mixture | Entertainment | Tina Turner is a multiple-Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who has enjoyed a long and storied career in show business. Born in 1939 in Nutbush, Tenn., she began performing at the age of 19 and racked up a string of hit recordings with musician Ike Turner (whom she eventually married) in the 1960s and ’70s. Turner retir... |
11407 | Mammogram Benefit Seen for Women in Their 40s | This story includes strong comments from independent experts that can help readers get a broader understanding of the results of a study that compared breast cancer death rates among women in their 40s who lived in areas of Sweden that did or did not offer routine mammography. However, because the story reports only th... | true | "The story does not discuss the costs of annual mammography screening, or even provide a range of costs. The story does not discuss any health care policy cost repercussions of breast cancer screening recommendations. The story does not discuss the cost of unnecessary biopsies or other treatments for women who have a f... | |
7455 | Murphy: State doubling coronavirus ‘contact tracers’. | New Jersey will more than double the number of public health professionals tracing COVID-19 cases, Gov. Phil Murphy said Tuesday. | true | New Jersey, Health, General News, Virus Outbreak, Public health, Economy | The state will hire at least 1,000 people, creating a Community Contact Tracing Corps and supplementing the roughly 800 to 900 mostly county health officials who are tracing the people with whom coronavirus-positive residents have had contact, the first-term Democrat said. The news came as Murphy announced the state’s ... |
7970 | Fauci says threats to his personal security 'secondary' to curbing coronavirus. | The infectious diseases expert at the forefront of the U.S. fight against the coronavirus outbreak on Thursday downplayed reports that his personal security was being threatened, saying he felt safe and was focused on doing his job. | true | Health News | "Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has faced growing threats to his safety, and the government will step up his security, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. Asked on NBC’s “Today” show if he felt safe, Fauci said, “I do.” “I’ve chosen this life - I know ... |
25892 | “Under the leadership of @WVGovernor Justice, West Virginia now has the highest rate of COVID-19 spread from person to person than any other state.” | On the day the tweet was posted, West Virginia did have the highest rate of transmission of coronavirus, according to a WVU scientist. However, using this metric communicates only one part of the picture about how hard West Virginia is getting hit by the coronavirus. Among other measurements, the absolute number of cor... | mixture | West Virginia, Public Health, Coronavirus, West Virginia Democratic Party, | "In a thread of tweets posted July 10, the West Virginia Democratic Party blames Republican Gov. Jim Justice for the state’s jump in the rate of person-to-person transmission of the novel coronavirus. ""Under the leadership of @WVGovernor Justice, West Virginia now has the highest rate of COVID-19 spread from person to... |
575 | Indonesia swine fever outbreak kills more than 4,000 pigs. | More than 4,000 pigs have died after an outbreak of swine fever in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra, the head of the area’s food security and livestock agency said on Wednesday. | true | Health News | Carcasses have reportedly been found in rivers and on streets as owners discarded them out of fear of contagion, though the agency head M. Azhar Harahap stressed the virus is only infectious to pigs, not humans. “The number of deaths is hovering around 4,000,” Harahap said by telephone. Classical swine fever (CSF) viru... |
14714 | "The United States has a ""record number of abortions year after year after year." | "Fiorina said the United States has a ""record number of abortions year after year after year."" In reality, the raw number, the rate and the ratio of abortions compared to live births has been falling since the early 1980s, and the decline shows no signs of stopping." | false | Abortion, National, Carly Fiorina, | "Carly Fiorina may be a former CEO, but her campaign hasn’t been all about business and economics. Fiorina has made abortion one of her top issues, most notably referencing a controversial anti-abortion video during a Republican debate. On Jan. 20, 2016, at an Iowa Right to Life event in Des Moines, she cited a statist... |
22955 | Mike Villarreal Says Gov. Rick Perry's administration has proposed ending immunizations for 113,000 kids. | State Rep. Mike Villarreal says Gov. Rick Perry's administration proposed ending immunizations for 113,000 kids | false | Children, Health Care, State Budget, Texas, Mike Villarreal, | "Democratic state Rep. Mike Villarreal of San Antonio sees the potential for ""a public health disaster"" in a document that lays out options for cutting the state health department's budget by 10 percent, according to a news release from his office. ""Perry administration proposes ending immunizations for 113,000 kids... |
8288 | China's new coronavirus cases fall, eyes on northeastern province. | China on Sunday reported 16 new coronavirus cases but no deaths while authorities remained on guard against a major resurgence and monitored the spread of cases in Heilongjiang province. | true | Health News | The National Health Commission on Sunday also issued a notice asking for improvement in testing capacity and quality nationwide. Nine of the new cases were imported infections, data from commission showed. Authorities reported that total confirmed cases across mainland China had risen to 82,735 with 4,632 deaths as of ... |
28961 | "Six Flags is temporarily closing one or more of their theme parks to the public to host ""Muslim Family Day." | "What's true: Several Six Flags amusement parks have hosted ""Muslim Family Day"" events, during which parks are reserved for the group. What's false: ""Muslim Family Day"" operates differently than any other Six Flags private event, those who try to organize ""Christian Family Day"" events are spurned, similar events ... | mixture | Politics, christian family day, muslim family day, six flags | In September and October 2015, a flyer for an event called “Muslim Family Day” (most commonly specific to an 11 October 2015 event at the Six Flags Over Georgia theme park) began circulating among social media users. Many tweets and Facebook comments indicated users were unfamiliar with Muslim Family Day, its scope, or... |
8940 | Mayo researchers say oral apixaban safe and effective for treating blood clots in cancer patients | A brief news release from the Mayo Clinic does a disservice to an interesting yet unpublished study that demonstrates an oral anticoagulant medication might be a good solution for preventing blood clots in cancer patients. The release discusses a conference presentation given at the American Society of Hematology annua... | mixture | apixaban,blood clots,Mayo Clinic | The news release did not discuss the costs of apixaban or how it compares to the cost of the injectable medication heparin. According to GoodRx, the average cost of apixaban is $424, while the average cost of heparin is $189 (these costs do not reflect insurance coverage). There is also no generic version of apixaban (... |
5175 | Democrats hit Trump EPA nominee on coal lobbying, rollbacks. | President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday called climate change “a huge issue” but not the “greatest crisis” and drew fire from Democrats at his confirmation hearing over the regulatory rollbacks he’s made in six months as the agency’s acting administrator. | true | Climate, AP Top News, Climate change, Lobbying, Deregulation, John Barrasso, Politics, Scott Pruitt, North America, Environment, Business, Confirmation hearings, Donald Trump | Republicans on the GOP-majority Senate Environment and Public Works Committee mostly had praise for Andrew Wheeler, who has served as the agency’s acting head since Scott Pruitt’s resignation in July amid ethics scandals. The committee chairman, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., called Wheeler “very well-qualified” to take t... |
13980 | "Donald Trump Says Hillary Clinton’s immigration platform would ""create totally open borders." | Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) is ramping up production of electric cars to around 1 million vehicles by end of 2022, according to manufacturing plans seen by Reuters, enabling the German carmaker to leapfrog Tesla Inc and making China the key battleground. | false | Immigration, Florida, Donald Trump, | "Volkswagen is readying two Chinese factories to build electric cars next year. The Chinese plants will have a production capacity of 600,000 vehicles, according to Volkswagen’s plans, which have not been previously reported - revealing VW’s ability to industrialise production faster than other pioneers in the electric... |
8948 | Aspirin alone a good clot buster after knee surgery | It is certainly welcome news when a study reports that a cheaper, over-the-counter drug produces results about the same as more expensive prescription drugs that are generally trickier to use. However, this release about aspirin performing about the same as anticoagulant drugs for preventing blood clots in patients und... | true | aspirin,clot buster drugs,knee surgery,Michigan Medicine | The cost differences between aspirin and anticoagulant drugs are listed and the potential savings by using aspirin are highlighted. The release lists the percentages of patients who had a blood clot within three months of their knee replacement and emphasized that there was no statistical difference between those who t... |
16093 | "Nobody suffered any lasting injuries"" from the CIA interrogation program." | "King said, ""Nobody suffered any lasting injuries"" as a result of the CIA enhanced interrogation program. He also said downplayed the methods, claiming it was ""not a case where people were killed,"" and that the techniques amounted to ""people being made to stand in awkward in positions."" This is the opposite of wh... | false | National, Foreign Policy, Terrorism, Peter King, | "Rep. Peter King brushed off a new Senate report on the CIA interrogation program as a partisan, one-sided account. Nothing to see here, people. Move along. During a Dec. 9 appearance on a local radio station, King, a New York Republican and chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterintelligence & ... |
22085 | The new beverage tax will increase the cost of sodas, juice drinks, sports drinks, iced teas, and flavored water up to 50%. | Beverage association says R.I. tax would increase sugary drink prices up to 50 percent | mixture | Rhode Island, Health Care, Public Health, Taxes, American Beverage Association, | "Taxes are on everyone's mind, especially in the wake of Gov. Lincoln Chafee's widely criticized proposal to impose a sales tax on previously exempt items. Now, the folks who bring us a wide variety of beverages are protesting a proposed new tax on sugar-flavored drinks. In full-page newspaper advertisements, pamphlets... |
8641 | New York in 'race against time' as Trump stresses face masks are voluntary. | Two of the principal U.S. coronavirus hot spots - New York and Louisiana - reported their biggest jumps in COVID-19 deaths yet on Friday, as the White House sent mixed messages on whether Americans should cover their face if they venture outdoors. | true | Health News | Surging deaths in New York City and New Orleans showed that a wave of lethal coronavirus infections expected to overwhelm hospitals, even in relatively affluent, urban areas with extensive healthcare systems, has begun to crash down on the United States. Governors, mayors and physicians have voiced alarm for weeks over... |
12831 | You can almost pinpoint half of the gun violence deaths to two or three specific sections in the city. They are just areas of devastation, economically and otherwise. | "In a recent interview with MSNBC, Durbin spoke about gun violence in Chicago. Durbin said of Chicago, ""You can almost pinpoint half of the gun violence deaths to two or three specific sections in the city. They are just areas of devastation economically and otherwise."" Durbin’s office cited a news article that used ... | true | Illinois, Guns, Richard Durbin, | "Politicians and national media once again have turned their attention to Chicago’s violence. The city’s nearly 800 murders in 2016 prompted President Donald Trump to repeatedly liken parts of Chicago to sections of the Middle East. Trump also has said he will ""send in the feds"" to ""fix the horrible carnage,"" but n... |
14949 | Go look on the West Point website and you’ll see those specific words, ‘full scholarship to West Point.’ So even though it is, you know, given as a grant for anybody who gets in, those words are used. | "Carson defended his use of the word scholarship in discussing his recruitment to West Point, saying, ""Go look on the West Point website and you’ll see those specific words, ‘full scholarship to West Point.’"" The military academy has used the words ""full scholarship"" a few times in admissions literature and adverti... | true | National, Candidate Biography, Ben Carson, | "Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson stuck to his story about being offered a scholarship to West Point after a Politico article blasted him for ""fabricating"" the account. Carson has highlighted the offer to the prestigious military academy — allegedly made by Gen. William Westmoreland in 1969 when Carson was a ROTC stud... |
2273 | Invasion of big, voracious lizards threatens U.S. South: study. | A group of South American lizards that can grow up to four feet long (1.2 meters) has established a home in the Florida wild after being brought to the United States as pets, and the reptiles could begin a voracious march across the U.S. South, according to a new study. | true | Environment | Tegu lizards, which currently live in two large colonies in Florida, could expand into an area from the Carolinas to Central Texas, according to the scientific report published in July on the website for the journal Nature. “They are voracious, omnivorous predatory lizards that can live in a variety of habitats, but we... |
11046 | FDA Probes Safety of Popular Heart Stent | When drug-coated or durg-eluting stents went on the market, they immediately changed clinical practice by replacing the standard bare metal stents. The purpose of the drug-coated stent was to prevent the clogged artery from becoming clogged again. However, new reports are emerging that these stents may actually be caus... | true | The story describes the cost of the drug-coated stents compared to the older version, the bare metal stents. The story does report the risk of clotting with the drug-coated stents, however the comparison of coated and bare metal stents is the key piece of information that is missing in this story. This information shou... | |
11486 | The mind as a path to comfort | Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common, though mysterious condition. Drugs that have come on the market recently have been somewhat disappointing, though one wouldn’t know that given how heavily marketed they are. This story reports on a new approach to treating IBS: psychotherapy. This story does a very good job o... | true | Although the story suggests that the therapy can be expensive, this is not sufficient information on costs. The story does provide quantification of benefits in absolute terms for the 10-week and 4-week psychotherapy groups compared to no treatment. The story does not provide detail on the hypnotherapy studies. The sto... | |
35846 | Chicken jerky treats from China are causing illness in pets. | Pet owners who believe their pets have become ill from consuming jerky treats should observe the following steps to assist the FDA in its investigation: | mixture | Critter Country, ASP Article, Crusader Habit | This warning blasted across the internet in 2011: WARNING!!!!! It was on Fox news earlier that 70 dogs have died as a result of eating chicken jerky treats made from chicken that has come from China. Kingdom Pets brand from Costco is one of them. Also certain Blue Buffalo brand pet foods have a recall for the same thin... |
5774 | New Mexico looks for paths to universal health insurance. | New Mexico’s Democrat-led Legislature is embarking on a financial study of how it might provide direct access to health care to almost every resident in the state after more than a decade of weighing options for universal medical insurance. | true | Legislature, Access to health care, General News, Universal health care, Medicaid, New Mexico | New Mexico cut the uninsured rate roughly in half since expanding Medicaid in 2014 to more people on the cusp of poverty. Enrollment leveled off in recent years with about 10% of the population still uninsured. The new fiscal study was funded this year by the Legislature amid repeatedly stalled proposals to develop a s... |
39765 | Dimethylpolysiloxane is used in silicone caulks and adhesives — as well as in McDonald’s fries and other menu options at chain restaurants across the country. | McDonald’s Fries Contain Dimethylpolysiloxane | true | dimethylpolysiloxane | "It’s true that dimethylpolysiloxane is used in household silicon products and as a food ingredient by restaurants like McDonalds. But studies have shown that dimethylpolysiloxane (also called polymethylsiloxane) is safe for human consumption in limited amounts. Dimethylpolysiloxane is used as an anti-foaming agen... |
36872 | Vincent Fleck, the father of a doctor who leaked Hillary Clinton’s medical information to the press, died suddenly and under suspicious circumstances. | Vincent Fleck Found Dead After Hillary Clinton’s Medical Records Leaked | false | Politics | Rumors that Vincent Fleck’s death was related to Hillary Clinton’s leaked medical records is nothing more than unreliable Russian propaganda. The story went viral when fringe website What Does It Mean published a report on August 11, 2016, under the headline, “Father of Doctor Treating Hillary Clinton for Dementia Myst... |
29323 | Indiana Muslims are appalled by a billboard displaying a list of deeds by the Prophet Muhammad even though it is accurate. | "What's true: The Muslim Prophet Muhammad had multiple wives. What's false: There are no historical accounts of the Prophet committing rape or torturing people; he was known for freeing slaves, not ""dealing"" them. What's undetermined: The age of his youngest wife, Aisha, at the time of marriage is contested; the male... | false | Uncategorized, daily caller, hate speech, Islamophobia | On 7 June 2017, the nonprofit arm of the right wing media outlet Daily Caller published a story reporting that a billboard in Indiana displaying six inflammatory claims about Muhammad (the central figure of the Muslim faith) was accurate, but local Muslims were upset about it anyway. The text of the story is little mor... |
21761 | "Tim Pawlenty Says scientists are ""in dispute"" over whether being gay is a choice." | Tim Pawlenty says scientists are “in dispute” over whether being gay is a choice | false | National, Gays and Lesbians, Science, Tim Pawlenty, | "During a July 10, 2011, appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, host David Gregory asked Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty about the origins of homosexuality. Here’s their exchange: Gregory: ""Let me ask you about social policy. You've notably said that you're a big fan of Lady Gaga and even the song Born Th... |
11278 | Working up a sweat may protect men from lethal prostate cancer | This release summarizes an article in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute which reports that healthy lifestyle habits, including regular vigorous exercise, are associated with reduced risk of death from prostate cancer. The release does a fine job of describing a complex study that actually analyzed two studie... | true | Academic medical center news release,Exercise,Prostate cancer | The study evaluated the combined effect of six lifestyle habits on prostate cancer mortality. Those six factors were, as described in the journal article: “not currently smoking or quit 10 or more years ago, body mass index under 30 kg/m2, high vigorous physical activity, high intake of tomatoes and fatty fish, and low... |
28596 | Ancestry.com can retain the rights to your genetic information if you sign up for their DNA testing. | What's true: Signing up for Ancestry.com's DNA test requires that you license your DNA data to them, and this data could potentially be shared by them with third parties. What's false: Allowing Ancestry.com to license your DNA data does not mean they own it, in the full, permanent, exclusive sense in which that word is... | mixture | Legal Affairs, ancestry.com, dna, dna testing | On 17 May 2017, Joel Winston, a consumer protection attorney and former deputy attorney general of New Jersey, published a blog post with the claim that the genealogy website Ancestry.com was “taking DNA ownership rights” from customers and their families: Don’t use the AncestryDNA testing service without actually rea... |
10774 | Focus is on deep brain stimulation to treat disorders | "The story reports on deep brain stimulation (DBS), a potential new treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). DBS has been used to treat movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, and recently it had been used in people with treatment-resistant depression. The story reports that this new treatment for OCD... | mixture | "The story does not mention the cost of this treatment. Estimated costs of the device and the operation to implant the device would be available as it is already used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. The story provides no quantitative benefit of deep brain stimulation for severe symptoms of obsessive-compulsive... | |
3902 | Ex-officer accused of shooting neighbor claims PTSD. | A former California Highway Patrol officer claims he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder when he allegedly shot his neighbor during an off-duty dispute two years ago, according to court documents. | true | Shootings, Mental health, Health, General News, Post-traumatic stress disorder, California | The documents were filed in support of Trever Dalton’s request for treatment in a mental health diversion program rather than criminal prosecution for the Dec. 5, 2017 shooting, the Ventura County Star reported Thursday. Dalton, who resigned from the CHP last year, has pleaded not guilty to several charges including as... |
14104 | In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash. | Two charities will pay $6 million to resolve claims they operated as pass-throughs for seven pharmaceutical companies to pay kickbacks to Medicare patients using their high-priced medications, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday. | true | National, Bankruptcy, Candidate Biography, Debt, Economy, History, Housing, Income, Jobs, Stimulus, Wealth, Hillary Clinton, | The settlements with the patient assistance charities Good Days and Patient Access Network Foundation were the first with foundations linked to an industry-wide probe that has resulted in $840 million in settlements with drugmakers. Both foundations provide assistance to patients seeking to pay out-of-pocket costs for ... |
10287 | New valve procedure doesn’t open heart | "This was a story about evolving options for the treatment of valvular heart disease. It provided the contrast between a mother and daughter, who had open heart and percutaneous valve therapy, respectively. One involved a long hospital stay, long recuperation, and a procedure that resulted in a scar. The other required... | false | There was no cost estimate provided for this medical device. What we learn about benefits in this story are that the use of this procedure reduces time spent in the hospital, the length of the recovery period, and eliminates having the scar associated with an open heart procedure. However, the story included nothing ab... | |
13001 | "Charles Schumer Says Donald Trump campaigned on not cutting Medicare and Social Security, but his nominee for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, ""made his career on cutting Medicare and Medicaid." | "Schumer said, ""Donald Trump said when he campaigned he wouldn't cut Medicare and Social Security"" but his nominee for the Secretary of Health and Human Services ""made his career on cutting Medicare and Medicaid."" Price, Trump’s HHS pick, has supported reducing the government’s role in Medicare and block granting M... | true | National, Candidate Biography, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, Charles Schumer, | "Newly minted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., blasted the incoming administration for already abandoning campaign pledges in an interview on MSNBC. For example, he pointed to Rep. Tom Price of Georgia, an orthopedic surgeon and President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Hu... |
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