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But the number of people in intensive care units fell to 6,730 from 6,821 over 24 hours - declining for a sixth consecutive day, suggesting the national lockdown put in place on March 17 is having some success in containing the disease. On Monday, [OFFICIAL] Emmanuel Macron announced a second extension of this lockdown... | 1 | 4 |
For the second year in a row, the state has spent less than it set aside on a program that Maryland uses in its favor when tallying efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. In 2010, under the Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency set the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load — called a “pollution diet” ... | 1 | 4 |
The story does not address how much fevipiprant might cost and how it might compete with currently available treatments. A 2013 story in the New York Times reported that asthma inhalers ranged from $50 per month for one of the oldest drugs to as much as $350, with prices being buoyed in recent years by patent extension... | 1 | 4 |
The senators announced Friday that the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will provide State Opioid Response grants to New Hampshire in 2020, WMUR-TV reported. A new provision authored by Shaheen will allow the funds to be applied to treat patients with meth and cocaine dependency. According... | 1 | 4 |
France has been on alert for African swine fever since the virus was confirmed in September among wild boar in neighboring Belgium. The disease, harmless for humans, is often deadly for pigs, and outbreaks in eastern Europe and China have disrupted the pork industry there. After the virus was found this month in wild b... | 1 | 4 |
As with a variety of other medical technologies on or coming to the market these days, costs — along with clinical evidence of their value — are always part of the decision-making calculus used by medical centers to purchase and offer them. An additional factor in such decisions is marketing, and how much, if any, of a... | 0 | 4 |
In late February 2016, several conspiracy theory-type web sites reported that carbon monoxide levels had spiked on the West Coast, and that these “unprecedented” levels signaled the arrival of a massive earthquake: “Unprecedented” and “dangerous” levels of Carbon Monoxide are being released into the atmosphere from sei... | 0 | 4 |
Tyco Fire Products said this month that it discovered perfluorinated chemicals, or PFCs, in well samples at its manufacturing plant in Marinette. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had directed Tyco to test for PFCs at the wells, which are part of a separate cleanup of arsenic. Tyco produces specialized firefight... | 1 | 4 |
The House passed the bill 101-7 Tuesday. The telephone referral system would be available 24 hours a day, seven days of week and would refer people experiencing a mental health crisis to service providers. A spending law approved in 2018 included $3 million to develop, operate and maintain a hotline pilot program. The ... | 1 | 4 |
Health authorities across Asia have been stepping up surveillance and other precautions to prevent a repeat of the disruptions and deaths during the 2003 SARS crisis, which caused $40 billion to $50 billion in losses from reduced travel and spending. The first cases of what has been identified as a novel coronavirus we... | 1 | 4 |
The proposal would create a state insurance option with capped costs and likely competitive premiums. It would also require officials to plan expanded state subsidies for private insurance. The bill calls for state plans by 2021, but rather than providing them directly to consumers, the state would contract with one or... | 1 | 4 |
In January 2019, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and the passage of a new abortion law in New York state occurred in close proximity, facilitating the circulation of the following quote meme:The above-reproduced quote meme included a photograph of King and the following quote:“HOW CAN THE ‘DREAM’ SURVIVE IF WE MURDER THE C... | 0 | 4 |
"The story says the new daVinci machine costs $1.7 million. But it fails to say how much this affects the cost of surgery. It also accepts without verification the sketchy assertion that the cost of the machine is offset by shorter hospital stays. The report does not provide any data on the benefits of daVinci-assisted... | 0 | 4 |
In mid-May 2019, concerned readers inquired about the accuracy of a blog post, spread widely on social media at the time, claiming that the nation of Canada had been placed under a “boil water” notice after the discovery of E.coli in the water supply. The 16 April post on the website “Canada Eh?” bore the headline, “Ca... | 0 | 4 |
On April 27 2020, a screen capture purportedly of CNN showing anchor Wolf Blitzer with a chyron reading “GLOBAL DEATH TOLL APPROACHES THREE MILLION PEOPLE” circulated on social media, often marked with question marks, circles, and an arrow:On the right side of the screen was a column titled “CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC,” with... | 1 | 4 |
In a joint award that turned the spotlight on a rapidly shifting global debate over the impact of climate change, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the duo’s work was helping to answer basic questions over how to promote long-term, sustainable prosperity. Romer, of New York University’s Stern School of Busines... | 1 | 4 |
Although the text clearly identifies the components of the Mediterranean diet, it does not attempt to “cost” them out for the typical American. The costs of adhering to a Mediterranean diet could be prohibitive, especially for older adults living on fixed incomes. While it would be some work to estimate the annual cost... | 0 | 4 |
In the bowels of Teotihuacan, a mysterious ancient city that was once the largest in the Americas, Sergio Gomez this month found “large quantities” of the silvery metal in a chamber at the end of a sacred tunnel sealed for nearly 1,800 years. “It’s something that completely surprised us,” Gomez said at the entrance to ... | 1 | 4 |
In April 2019, several news articles from around the world reported that the Australian government had a plan to cull millions of feral cats using poisoned sausages dropped by air. CBS News published an article with the headline “Australia is Trying to Kill Millions of Stray Cats by Airdropping Poisoned Sausages,” whic... | 1 | 4 |
The harvest closure went into effect on May 9 in response to elevated levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning detected in blue mussels. Chris Nash, the department’s shellfish program manager, said Maine and Massachusetts have been reporting similar red tide declines. He said the one exception is that surf clams along t... | 1 | 4 |
On March 6 2020, an Imgur post with the title “Thank god for unions, but damn” appeared, purportedly showing a statement “by a quarantined nurse from a northern California Kaiser facility”:The statement was dated March 5 2020, and the text in the image read:As a nurse, I’m very concerned that not enough is being done t... | 1 | 4 |
Karen Sage of Austin, facing a Tuesday runoff with Mindy Montford of Austin for the Democratic nod for a judgeship, touts her experience as a prosecutor overseeing a new unit focused on defendants with mental illness. With no Republican opponent in November, the winner of the runoff will likely be a shoo-in for Travis ... | 1 | 4 |
Activists say they fear the move, which reflects Bolsonaro’s oft-stated skepticism about environmental organizations, could lead to more deforestation and less oversight in the nation that holds about 60% of the vast Amazon rainforest, which scientists see as crucial for efforts to slow global warming and for the world... | 1 | 4 |
There’s no record of [PERSON] vowing to “get the NRA shut down for good,” and the Des Moines Register has debunked claims that it reported she made the statement. The rumor started with a meme that went viral on an anti-[PERSON] Tumblr page called “Shocking [PERSON] Quotes.” The meme links to an interview [PERSON] gave... | 0 | 4 |
In 1976, U.S. [OFFICIAL] Gerald Ford signed off on the National Emergencies Act (NEA), federal legislation that ended all previous national states of emergency and formalized the process by which the [OFFICIAL] can declare states of emergencies and undertake special powers during those emergencies. In general, the [OFF... | 1 | 4 |
Veggies given names like “zesty ginger-turmeric sweet potatoes” and “twisted citrus-glazed carrots” were more popular than those prepared exactly the same way but with plainer, more healthful-sounding labels. Diners more often said “no thanks” when the food had labels like “low-fat,” ″reduced-sodium” or “sugar-free.” M... | 1 | 4 |
"In a discussion on MSNBC's Hardball program about whether the government ought to consider prosecuting people involved in enhanced interrogation techniques used on some terror suspects, former U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, a Republican from California, argued that the issue really comes down to waterboarding. ""And,"" he s... | 1 | 4 |
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... | 0 | 4 |
Miami U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno rejected a motion by the South Florida Water Management District to end a decree signed in 1992. Among other things, the order sets thresholds for the amount of phosphorous in the Everglades, an ingredient in fertilizer from the vast sugar-growing regions to the north that prom... | 1 | 4 |
"The [INSTITUTION] recently disclosed that the two hostages -- one American and one Italian -- were killed in January by an American ""signature strike"" aimed at al-Qaida terrorists. A signature strike is a type of drone strike, in which the United States targets people they believe to be militants, though they don’t ... | 0 | 4 |
The story mentions that the cost of the three-injection series is $360. The story should have provided more context. For example, implementing a full-scale immunization program for all females age 9 to 26 in the U.S. would cost billions of dollars. The story provides quantification of benefits in relative terms only. F... | 0 | 4 |
"A California state lawmaker jumped into the national debate on whether to reopen schools this fall amid the rapid spread of COVID-19, by claiming there’s no evidence children are in harm’s way. ""There is no science or data to suggest that kids are at risk from COVID,"" Republican state Sen. Melissa Melendez tweeted o... | 0 | 4 |
"Young voters carried [PERSON] to victory in the past two elections and felt the Bern for [PERSON] during the 2016 Democratic primary. But polls show they’re not exactly transferring their enthusiasm to [PERSON]. The 69.2 million millennials — typically defined as adults under age 35 — now make up the second-largest ag... | 1 | 4 |
Sunrise Farms says the chlorine dioxide gas and heat treatments used to kill the virus destroyed barn equipment, electrical wiring, production equipment and water lines. The company also says the structural integrity of its barns was diminished. Max Barnett, the CEO of Sunrise Farms’ parent company, South Dakota-based ... | 1 | 4 |
Flu vaccines purchased at pharmacies haven’t killed 23 seniors. The rumor that the flu vaccine had killed 23 seniors first surfaced in 2013, but it wasn’t true back then, either. An FDA package insert for the Fluzone high-dose flu vaccine from 2013 stated that 23 seniors had died within 180 days of receiving a flu vacc... | 0 | 4 |
Forxiga can now be used along with insulin in patients with Type-1 diabetes and a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 27 or more when insulin alone has not been able to control blood sugar levels, the company said. Type-1 diabetes is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin hormone. Farxiga or Forxi... | 0 | 4 |
The most powerful hurricane on record to hit the Bahamas swept through the islands earlier this week, leveling some neighborhoods, swallowing others with storm surge, and causing what one official described as a “staggering” number of deaths. Hundreds, if not thousands, are still missing in the country of about 400,000... | 1 | 4 |
Since at least June 2013, a nearly identical article has appeared on a number of websites with the headline “Fibromyalgia Mystery Finally Solved!” These stories, which continue to appear online, begin with the same claim: Researchers have found the main source of pain in Fibromyalgia patients, and contrary to what many... | 0 | 4 |
NJ.com reports ( ) that clinging jellyfish were found in the Shrewsbury River. The jellyfish were found in the Manasquan and Shrewsbury rivers last summer. Clinging jellyfish stings can cause muscle weakness, pain and kidney failure in some extreme cases. A man was hospitalized after being stung while swimming in the S... | 1 | 4 |
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... | 1 | 4 |
The air quality index of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi stood at “hazardous” levels of 497 as of 0630 GMT, with levels of airborne PM 2.5 - particles that can reach deep into the lungs - touching nearly 700 in parts of the city. That is more than 10 times the recommended safe limit of 60 for PM 2.5. A dip in wind speed ... | 1 | 4 |
The study could scratch one item off a long list of complications plaguing [OFFICIAL]’s launch of his sweeping health care law, also known as [HEALTH_POLICY], which kicked in January 1. About half of U.S. states have opted to expand Medicaid eligibility to poor Americans under the law, raising concerns those states cou... | 1 | 4 |
The 32-year-old first-term legislator, who owns a business that provides in-home health care, is seeking the seat held by Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte. Winter is the first Democrat to announce plans to run for the seat held by Republicans since 1997. Winter said Tuesday he wants to improve access to health care ... | 1 | 4 |
The cost of a bone density scan is not mentioned and this is an important omission. Cardiovascular risk is currently assessed based on the epidemiological data from the Framingham Heart Study. The Framingham Cardiovascular Risk Calculator is based on these data and provides an easily obtained validated 10-year risk ass... | 0 | 4 |
Avocados are expensive and that should be acknowledged when advising consumers to add 1 or 1.5 daily to their diets. According to the Hass Avocado Board’s own website, the average retail price of a conventionally grown avocado is $.89, while an organic one is $1.52. A family of four could potentially spend $25 to $42 a... | 0 | 4 |
On December 20 2018, the Facebook page “Teanderthal Party” posted the following meme about healthcare, “illegal immigration,” terror attacks, and the mortality rate in the United States:It stated:FACT:More Americans die every year from lack of affordable healthcare than from terrorist attacks and illegal immigration co... | 1 | 4 |
The department on Thursday refused to give the patient’s identity, age or where they died, citing patient privacy concerns. Illinois’ health department in August reported the nation’s first death related to vaping. According to the department, 153 people in Illinois, ranging in age from 13 to 66 years old, with a media... | 1 | 4 |
We were pleased to see cost discussed in the story. The story points out that the projected retail cost of the Livia device ($149) and the pre-order price ($85) is more than similar devices (as low as $30 on Amazon). The story provides quantified benefits via an unsubstantiated quote from the company’s CEO: “So far, Na... | 1 | 4 |
The costs of vitamin B12 supplements were not discussed and whether they are often covered by insurance was not explored. This article presented no data whatsoever. In terms of descriptive information about benefits, it had, on the one hand, the expert, Irwin Rosenberg indicating that if individuals are not vitamin B12... | 0 | 4 |
No discussion of cost. The story did an adequate job of summarizing the benefits reported in the study and putting them into context. The story stated that Folfirinox “caused more serious side effects than standard chemo” but never named them nor quantified them. The journal article reports, for example, that: 75 of th... | 1 | 4 |
The Seattle Times reports the child was elementary-school age and died in a Pierce County hospital Dec. 15, according to a statement from Public Health — Seattle & King County. Three King County adults also have died since the start of this flu season, which began unusually early and is especially affecting children, h... | 1 | 4 |
On 25 October 2016, HealthEternally.com published an article that asserted baby wipes posed an extreme risk to delicate skin, thanks to a preservative called methylisothiazolinone. The page advised parents to switch to “DIY wipes”: Baby wipes are a necessity for parents, as they come in handy when you need a quick clea... | 0 | 4 |
"India has reported 471 cases of the coronavirus but health experts have warned that a big jump could be imminent, which would overwhelm the underfunded and crumbling public health infrastructure. On Monday, India confirmed two more deaths, bringing the total to nine. One was a 54-year-old man with no history of foreig... | 1 | 4 |
In early January 2016, the hashtag #WasteHisTime or #WasteHisTime2016 unified a tongue-in-cheek conversation (primarily on Black Twitter) about creative ways to mislead men with whom users weren’t interested pursuing romantically; on 9 January 2016, the web site NotAllowedTo published an article titled “Man Kills His D... | 0 | 4 |
"Florida’s GOP primary for U.S. [INSTITUTION] has turned into mutual finger-pointing over which candidate is possibly more like former Republican Charlie Crist. A super PAC called the Florida First Project released an ad July 14 calling Sen. [PERSON]’s primary opponent Carlos Beruff a ""Charlie Crist Republican,"" a ma... | 1 | 4 |
The state Department of Public Health says the person from greater Boston was diagnosed with the highly contagious disease Sunday. They were diagnosed at a clinic in Wellesley. In the week before the diagnosis, the person visited KKatie’s Burger Bar in Plymouth on Tuesday; a Starbucks in Waltham and the Mass Pike rest ... | 1 | 4 |
"Republican Mike Pence warned during the Oct. 4 vice presidential debate that the [HEALTH_POLICY], commonly known as [HEALTH_POLICY], is only going to get bigger if Democrat [PERSON] and her running mate, Tim Kaine, are elected Nov. 8. ""[PERSON] and Tim Kaine want to build on [HEALTH_POLICY],"" Pence said. ""They want... | 0 | 4 |
It’s true that Seth Rich was an employee of the Democratic National Party that was murdered in Washington, D.C., in July 2016. But reports that Rich was on his way to testify about [PERSON], or that his “assassination” has led to the FBI capturing a [PERSON] “hit team” are false. WUSA 9 in Washington reported that Rich... | 0 | 4 |
Doctors at Children’s Hospital in Oakland have said they intend to disconnect Jahi McMath on Monday evening from a ventilator that has been keeping her heart and lungs going since she lost all brain function more than two weeks ago. An Alameda County Superior Court judge issued a restraining order last week barring the... | 1 | 4 |
Odd terms sneak into our language every now and then, and this is one of the oddest. Everyone who considers himself in the know about the drug subculture has heard that ‘420’ has something to do with illegal drug use, but when you press them, they never seem to know why, or even what the term supposedly signifies. It’s... | 1 | 4 |
"The story does not mention costs of the drug. Because this story is about the risks of the drug, the story should have quantified those risks, and the quantification should have been in context with other available drugs. While the study does note some of the potential harms of using the drug, the unsubstantiated numb... | 0 | 4 |
In March 2017, an advertisement disguised as a news story appeared to report that Facebook CEO’s Mark Zuckerberg was leaving the company in order to sell skin care products. The hoax report was published on the web site GetInkNews.co: This fake news article is full of deceptive information, including digitally manipula... | 0 | 4 |
"The story did not mention how much treatment with this probiotic costs. A month’s supply costs about $40 according to one Internet retailer–information that easily could have been included in the piece. The story reports the number of minutes per day that children cried in the probiotic and placebo group — a reasonabl... | 0 | 4 |
"On July 30, Herman Cain, who sought the Republican nomination for president in 2012, died of complications from COVID-19. Dan Calabrese, the editor of HermanCain.com, broke the news in a post on the website that morning. ""We knew that when he was first hospitalized with COVID-19 that this was going to be a rough figh... | 0 | 4 |
In January 2016, NBC News medical contributor Natalie Azar reported a segment for the Today show that highlighted six medical screenings that can purportedly be done at home. One of these screenings, the “bad breath test,” served as the original basis for a series of largely erroneous (but viral) health posts on dubiou... | 0 | 4 |
The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s providing the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine with a $450,000 three-year grant to help with the effort. The university says medical students will learn to use federally-approved medications along with counseling and behaviora... | 1 | 4 |
The pills contained two blood pressure drugs, a cholesterol medicine and aspirin. Many people can’t afford or don’t stick with taking so many medicines separately, so doctors think a polypill might help. A previous study testing one in India found it lowered cholesterol and blood pressure. The new study is much larger ... | 1 | 4 |
Luke Miels, who joined GSK in September 2017 after a contract dispute with his former employer AstraZeneca, said picking the most promising projects and developing them quickly now takes precedence over spreading the risk of failure. “In the past, 10 programs were chosen, a budget for eight was allocated. Usually what ... | 1 | 4 |
A drunk man lies in the hallway of a housing estate outside the Siberian city of Tomsk some 3500 km (2175 miles) east of Moscow June 5, 2008. REUTERS/Thomas Peter A survey by the Association of International Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (AIPM) and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associa... | 1 | 4 |
The story does not address costs. While the price of a supplement pill is typically just a few cents, this story would have been better if (like another story about this report that we reviewed) it had pointed out that Americans spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year on vitamin D supplements. This story repor... | 1 | 4 |
We were happy to see some attention to the potential cost of the stent and in comparison to the existing drug eluting stents. In addition, the story provided information on the market size at the present time. The story really does not provide a crisp rationale for a bioabsorbable stent. An important limitation of exis... | 1 | 4 |
"Following weeks of criticism over his administration’s COVID-19 response, [OFFICIAL] pulled out new statistics to claim the nation is actually among the best in the world in fighting the lethal coronavirus. ""Germany and the United States are the two best in deaths per 100,000 people, which, frankly, to me, that's per... | 0 | 4 |
The EPA held a hearing Friday on whether to lower the ozone status of Denver and eight other northern Colorado counties from “moderate” to “serious.” That would force the state to work harder to reduce harmful pollution but also bring tougher and costly regulations for businesses. The agency expects to decide by the en... | 1 | 4 |
"Editor’s Note: A week after we published our fact check, a Sacramento Superior Court judge ordered campaigns for and against Prop 64 to soften their claims about what the initiative would do. The No on Prop 64 campaign was ordered to change claims similar to Feinstein’s statement at the center of this fact check. Clai... | 0 | 4 |
"The story does not mention costs of CPAP or the alternatives. The story does not adequately quantify the benefits of treatment. Although the story does state how many patients are able to comply with the treatment and presents the success rate of surgery, it does not quantify the benefits of CPAP. Furthermore, the sle... | 1 | 4 |
The bill, which was introduced by the City Council and has the backing of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, would make New York City, which already has the highest cigarette taxes in the nation, the first big city or state to set the smoking age at 21. Currently, individuals must be 18 to buy cigarettes. Eight in 10 adult smoke... | 1 | 4 |
"Since the first COVID-19 cases were identified in Michigan in March, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has tapped her emergency powers to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. A recent blog post on TeaParty.org claims that includes prohibiting Michiganders from buying American flags. ""And there it is…"" reads the post’s hea... | 0 | 4 |
The National Collection of Pathogenic Viruses (NCPV) is one of a handful of centers worldwide that make viruses available to authorized scientists - and not all of them have managed to satisfy their customers. The non-profit ATCC in Virginia, for example, says on its website that Zika virus is currently on backorder pe... | 1 | 4 |
"House Speaker Dean Cannon thinks the Florida court system overstepped its authority last year when it removed three Constitutional amendment questions from the statewide ballot. So, in 2011, he's talking about ""comprehensive court reform."" Addressing a group of nearly 50 reporters and editors at the annual pre-sessi... | 1 | 4 |
As well as the saltshaker, in that instant, they shared the new coronavirus, scientists have since concluded. That their exchange was documented at all is the result of intense scrutiny, part of a rare success story in the global fight against the virus. The co-workers were early links in what was to be the first docum... | 1 | 4 |
"[OFFICIAL]’s final budget plan includes $4.65 billion to continue the country’s long-standing program to combat HIV/AIDS worldwide. Launched by [OFFICIAL] George W. Bush in 2003, the [OFFICIAL]’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, called PEPFAR, now reaches 65 countries. PEPFAR got some bipartisan love from two former [I... | 0 | 4 |
During the 2018-19 school year, the vaccination rate fell below the federally mandated guideline of 95% in 134 schools with more than 30 kindergarten students, according to figures compiled by the state Department of Public Health. That’s compared to 102 such schools during the 2017-2018 school year. The statewide rate... | 1 | 4 |
The article does not include any information on the cost of acupuncture or on whether insurers cover this for any indications. The story notes how many women in the acupuncture and sham treatment groups were still having hot flashes at the end of the active treatment part of the trial. The story states that women in th... | 1 | 4 |
"During her recent State of the State address, Gov. Maggie Hassan dropped a startling statistic about New Hampshire’s opioid problem. ""Drug overdoses are now the second-most common cause of death in New Hampshire,"" said the two-term Democrat. ""Today, more Granite Staters are killed by overdoses than by diabetes, bre... | 0 | 4 |
Cost is not addressed. Does the technology used to keep the kidney viable in ex vivo organ perfusion increase costs? Is this something that would be passed on to patients? The economics of improving the viability of kidneys for transplant is an important consideration that isn’t mentioned, either. The estimated first-y... | 0 | 4 |
On 24 October 2017, Breitbart.com’s James Delingpole published a story appearing to report that hundreds of scientific papers published in 2017 “prove” that global warming is a myth. This post followed Delingpole’s June 2017 clickbait success falsely alleging that 58 published papers proved the same thing. Both stories... | 0 | 4 |
"There was no mention of costs. While not yet on the market, if there are plans to begin selling it in the spring, then it is likely that the company has some estimate for what it plans to sell it for. Information on this should have been included in this piece. Subjects receiving Souvenaid only showed an improvement o... | 0 | 4 |
"To prevent the spread of coronavirus, one state lawmaker wants to take the ""assembly"" out of the North Carolina General Assembly. North Carolina state Rep. Kelly Alexander, a Democrat from Mecklenburg County, suggested on Twitter that legislators should consider video conferencing. The start of the legislature’s ses... | 1 | 4 |
The arrest of five adults for child abuse in August 2018 at a New Mexico compound where the principal suspect was accused of training children to be school shooters took an unexpected turn when far-right websites declared that the suspect’s father, a well-known Muslim cleric, had been a keynote speaker at the 2012 Demo... | 0 | 4 |
"Drinking water is one of the primary ways to treat viral infections. But could it also prevent infections from the 2019 coronavirus? Health experts say no. One popular Facebook post prescribes ""a few sips of water every 15 minutes"" for people who want to avoid the coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19. The post ... | 0 | 4 |
"Standing next to the other Texan seeking the Republican presidential nomination, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Lake Jackson suggested during a Sept. 7, 2011, debate that Gov. Rick Perry had flip-flopped on health care. ""You know, the governor of Texas criticized the governor of Massachusetts for Romneycare, but he wrote a re... | 0 | 4 |
Mentions that the pillcam costs $450 plus the physician’s fee, but we don’t know what that means relative to endoscopy. Plus, those costs are going to be largely out-of-pocket since insurance doesn’t cover it. Sidesteps around insurance coverage issue by saying that insurers are beginning to cover it, but provides no b... | 0 | 4 |
Are bees born fully grown? This question has plagued Snapple drinkers since at least 2009, when “real fact” #775 was issued on the drink’s bottle caps: Renewed buzz about this “fact” was heard in May 2016 when a Snapple aired a television commercial based on this permise: However, this “fact” about bees being born full... | 0 | 4 |
On 19 June 2015, a controversial doctor named Jeffrey Bradstreet was found dead in a river by a local fisherman from what the local sheriff’s office later determined was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his chest. Bradstreet was an outspoken proponent of the discredited theory that vaccines cause autism, as well as a ... | 0 | 4 |
Democratic Gov. Jared Polis’ order on Thursday came as new state data suggest Colorado ranks near the bottom for immunization rates among U.S. states. It also comes amid a national resurgence of measles that has affected more than 1,000 people, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some 87.4... | 1 | 4 |
What he can’t tell you is what he would sell it for - because it will all be given away by the Chester County Food Bank in its efforts to grow food for the needy. The fresh produce program gives low-sodium, low-sugar foods to the poorest Americans year-round, including during the holiday season often associated with ca... | 1 | 4 |
Continental AG announced this week that it has given $5 million to Wildlife Mississippi to finance that organization’s purchase of 1,000 acres along Bayou Pierre west of Hazlehurst in Copiah County. One parcel was purchased from a timber company and one was bought from an individual, said James Cummins, executive direc... | 1 | 4 |
On 16 February 2017, Facebook user Ashley Hardacre published the following image and warning, claiming that abductors and thieves were employing a new tactic to lure potential female victims out of their cars: As some of you know I work at a store in the Mall out in Flint. I worked a closing shift tonight so me and the... | 0 | 4 |
There is no mention of the cost for the tested drug, cimaglermin, in this story. The costs for regularly prescribed drugs for the medical condition that’s the focus of the study — weakened left ventricular function — are well known and although cimaglermin is an experimental drug, it should be possible to predict wheth... | 1 | 4 |
"New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose daily press briefings on the state’s battle against the coronavirus have drawn wide coverage, has extended his rhetorical reach through social media. On April 12, Cuomo took to Twitter to spotlight what he saw as a disparity in federal funding between New York and states that had fewe... | 1 | 4 |
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