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Health & medicine fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about health & medicine. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

13,677 published reviews in this topic

Washington PostHealth & medicine

“At a Senate hearing in May, Dr. Fauci said, ‘The NIH has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.’ That was under oath, under testimony. On October 20th, the NIH principal deputy director in writing directly contradicted it.”

Publisher’s rating: Two Pinocchios

Vera FilesHealth & medicine

The Merriam-Webster dictionary updated its definition for the word "vaccine" to state that the drug includes the toxin graphene oxide

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

“Japón abandona la implementación de las vacunas, opta por la ivermectina”.

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Incidental COVID-19 hospitalization data proves that hospitalization numbers are inflated and that the situation isn’t as dire as health officials are making it seem.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“Norway, Finland, Sweden, Holland, and the UK have now banned gender transition surgery for minors.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Photo shows “a German mall separating the vaccinated and unvaccinated.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“Maybe they’re just calling the common cold … the omicron variant.”

Publisher’s rating: False

فکت‌نامهHealth & medicine

ده چیزی که ممکن است درباره کرونا ندانید

Publisher’s rating: تازه‌ترین توصیه‌های سازمان بهداشت جهانی

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

"So in the old days they said, 'Well, if you have [COVID-19], you’re immune for life,' right? Once I got it, they give you four months. ... It’s anybody else but me, you’re immune for life."

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

""Biden & the Dems are coming to your front door to force you to take the [COVID-19] vax."

Publisher’s rating: No Evidence

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

COVID-19 vaccines are gene therapy and a recent Forbes article proves that.

Publisher’s rating: False

فکت‌نامهHealth & medicine

مصائب ونتیلاتور؛ از عوارض قلبی و مرگ و میر تا از دست رفتن ماهیچه‌ها.

Publisher’s rating: گمراه‌کننده

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Paper shows “mRNA COVID-19 vaccines caused more deaths” than lives saved.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

Dr. Anthony Fauci said, “As soon as a COVID-19 vaccine is manufactured, it must be delivered to healthcare professionals for immediate human injection. Proper studies can be done later.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“All ‘gender affirming care’ for children is 100% experimental. There are zero long term studies on the effects the drugs and surgeries will have on them.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

"Why, for example, does [National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director] Tony Fauci say you have to wear a mask after you get the vaccine?"

Publisher’s rating: We Explain Why

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

“BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION & OTHERS PREDICTED UP TO 65 MILLION DEATHS VIA CORONAVIRUS — IN SIMULATION RAN 3 MONTHS AGO!”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

"During the AIDS crisis, can you imagine if gay men and intravenous drug users … had they been pariahs the way the non-vaccinated are? But it would've been inconceivable."

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

فکت‌نامهHealth & medicine

عمل بینی در ایران ممنوع شده و دلیلش بالا رفتن آمار فوتی و عمل‌های ناموفق بینی بوده است.

Publisher’s rating: نادرست

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

COVID-19 came to the United States in 2019.

Publisher’s rating: False