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‘విఠ్ఠల విఠ్ఠల’ నామజపం చేస్తే గుండె సంబంధిత వ్యాధులని నివారించవచ్చునని పుణేలో జరిపిన ఒక పరిశోధనలో రుజువైంది
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
Amish communities have lower COVID-19 mortality rates because they are unvaccinated
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
eating less and exercising more help in weight loss
Publisher’s rating: Half True
Recent U.S. malaria cases are because of Bill Gates' mosquito release project
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Related reporting in S3 addresses the same allegation: that Bill Gates’ mosquito project caused the locally acquired malaria cases reported in the United States in 2023. It says the CDC reported five such cases by June 26—four in Florida and one in Texas—and describes them as the first locally acquired mosquito-borne malaria cases in the country since 2003. The excerpt then points to an Associated Press report titled “A Bill Gates-tied mosquito project is not responsible for recent US malaria cases” and states that the cases were “NOT related to Bill Gates” or his funding of mosquito research. This supports rejecting the alleged connection. However, the supplied material does not include the AP article itself or explain its underlying evidence or checking methods, so those details cannot be assessed here.
Wasserstoffperoxid und Backpulver sind als Mittel gegen Zahnstein geeignet und unbedenklich.
Publisher’s rating: Laut Experten gibt es keine Hausmittel, die bereits vorhandenen Zahnstein vollständig entfernen können. Einige Substanzen können Zähne und Zahnfleisch sogar schädigen.
ワクチン接種・5Gでコロナに感染
Publisher’s rating: 誤り
The review examined claims linking a June 2023 COVID-19 outbreak at Kasukabe High School to vaccination and 5G. It reports that students vaccinated at the school had graduated by the outbreak, and that Japan’s health ministry and WHO rejected a causal link between COVID-19 and vaccination or 5G.
Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The claim concerned a message warning people not to drink named soft-drink brands because, it alleged, an employee had mixed Ebola-infected blood into a product. The review’s central check was whether Hyderabad Police or the Government of India had issued the warning attributed to them. It reports that neither had issued such an advisory and that both Hyderabad Police and PIB had clarified this. The article also says it found no reports of beverage contamination with Ebola.
According to her YouTube videos, she had her surgery on August 23, 2023. She posted a video on August 26, 2023, to thank her fans for their support and prayers. She also shared details about her recovery and condition on September 1, 2023.
Publisher’s rating: According to her YouTube videos, she had her surgery on August 23, 2023. She posted a video on August 26, 2023, to thank her fans for their support and prayers. She also shared details about her recovery and condition on September 1, 2023.
Une société appartenant à Bill Gates a lâché 5 millions de moustiques génétiquement modifiés l'année dernière en Floride. Et maintenant, la malaria est revenue en Floride.
Publisher’s rating: Non, les moustiques Aedes aegypti libérés l'année dernière en Floride sont incapables de transmettre la malaria. La Fondation Bill and Melinda Gates ne finance par ailleurs aucun projet impliquant la libération de moustiques génétiquement modifiés aux Etats-Unis, a-t-elle fait savoir à la dpa.
garlic can help in preventing yeast infection
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
Pinchar las yemas de los dedos de la mano de una persona que está sufriendo un derrame cerebral puede salvarle la vida.
Publisher’s rating: Falso
The review addresses a Facebook video claiming that pricking the fingertips of someone having a stroke and letting them bleed can bring them “back to life.” It also describes a related claim in the video about pricking the earlobes to correct a crooked mouth. The article reports that the video had more than 48,300 likes and had been shared over 50,000 times as of July 5, 2023. [S1]
Maria Rosario Vergeire is endorsing HeartKeep, which treats hypertension and other blood pressure-related conditions
Publisher’s rating: Fake
Madonna's hospitalization was caused by the COVID-19 vaccine.
Publisher’s rating: False
COVID-19 එන්නත් කරණය මගින් ස්ථිර වඳභාවය ඇති කිරීම සඳහා WHO කටයුතු කරන බවට පළ වූ වීඩියෝවේ ඇත්ත කතාව!
Publisher’s rating: False
The claim concerns a widely shared video in which Dr. Rima Laibow alleges that WHO has been preparing vaccines to cause permanent infertility. The review traces the clip to an interview with Laibow by Jesse Ventura on the television programme “Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura,” rather than to a video about COVID-19. It reports that the interview aired in December 2009 and was made in the context of the 2008–09 swine-flu outbreak.
Los hornos de microondas causan cáncer.
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Deos mit Aluminium lösen Brustkrebs aus; Aluminium löst Brustkrebs aus
Publisher’s rating: Nach aktuellem Stand der Wissenschaft nicht belegt. Für einen Zusammenhang mit Brustkrebs gibt es keine ausreichenden wissenschaftlichen Belege sowie einige Studien, die keinen Zusammenhang sehen.