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Latest Fact-Checks In Public Health

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Facebook posts
stated on December 9, 2024 in a video on Facebook:
Drones reported in the U.S., including around the U.S. Capitol, have directed-energy weapons that have a “space-based laser generating system that can create pestilence.”
False
By Madison Czopek • December 17, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on December 6, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“Vaccine researcher Peter Hotez says multiple viruses will be unleashed on America the day after Trump takes office.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • December 6, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2024 in a photo:
Smallpox was “never eradicated, it’s held in check by vaccines,” and RFK Jr. would eliminate coverage for the smallpox vaccine.
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • November 27, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 26, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“The CDC says that little 6 month old babies must get SEVEN doses of the Covid vaccine in order to be considered fully ‘up to date’ on their vaccinations.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • November 27, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 7, 2024 in Instagram posts:
“2,038 suicides have been reported (Nov. 6) following Donald Trump’s election win.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • November 8, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on September 27, 2024 in un anuncio de campaña:
El expresidente Donald Trump quiere eliminar la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman, Marta Campabadal Graus • October 25, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on September 27, 2024 in a campaign ad:
Former President Donald Trump wants to take away the Affordable Care Act.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman, Marta Campabadal Graus • October 24, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on October 13, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:
“Se ha desaparecido el famoso Dr. Juan Rivera después de revelar este simple secreto de salud que podría dejar los hospitales vacíos”, la ashwagandha.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • October 24, 2024
JD Vance
stated on September 17, 2024 in comments made at a campaign rally:
“We’re bankrupting a lot of hospitals by forcing these hospitals to provide care for people who don’t have the legal right to be in our country.”
False
By Sam Whitehead • October 23, 2024
JD Vance
stated on September 10, 2024 in an interview:
“Communicable diseases like HIV and TB (tuberculosis) have skyrocketed” after Haitian migrants came to Springfield, Ohio.
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 26, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on September 20, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:
Bill Gates dijo que “estamos tomando cosas que son ya sabes organismos genéticamente modificados y los estamos inyectando en los brazos de niños pequeños” en el contexto de las vacunas.
False
By Maria Briceño • September 26, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on September 17, 2024 in an Instagram post:
CDC warns a third of adults may die from dangerous bacteria in ramen noodles.
False
By Jeff Cercone • September 18, 2024
X posts
stated on August 29, 2024 in an X post:
Nine Americans died from a listeria outbreak after Boar’s Head brand meat prioritized hiring “refugees” in Virginia.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • September 3, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“There’s no such thing as menopause.”
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • August 30, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on August 26, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram:
El director general de la Organización Mundial de la Salud “dice que ya no es emergencia sanitaria la viruela del mono” en 2024.
False
By Maria Briceño • August 30, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on August 21, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:
El Dr. Juan Rivera lanza “una pastilla revolucionaria” para curar la diabetes.
Pants on Fire!
By Marta Campabadal Graus • August 30, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on August 25, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Video shows helicopter “dropping millions” of mosquitoes in Massachusetts towns hit by eastern equine encephalitis virus.
False
By Jeff Cercone • August 28, 2024
Jeffrey Barke
stated on August 23, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Food and Drug Administration approval for updated COVID-19 vaccines requires a public health emergency declaration.
False
By Jeff Cercone • August 27, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on August 16, 2024 in an Instagram post:
The World Health Organization ordered governments to prepare for “mega lockdown” because of an mpox strain.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • August 20, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina:
“We’re losing 300,000 people a year to fentanyl that comes through our border. We had it down to the lowest number and now it’s worse than it’s ever been.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jacob Gardenswartz • August 16, 2024
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