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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

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

"My conclusion: the [COVID-19 vaccine] jab drove this elderly man to his end."

Publisher’s rating: No Evidence

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

Inter Milan Chief Medic and Cardiologist confirmed that Christian Eriksen "received the Pfizer vaccine" days before his collapse during a soccer match.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

Unusual clots have been found in dead people and may be due to COVID-19 vaccination.

Publisher’s rating: Unsupported

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“More people, aged 18-45, died of Fentanyl overdoses in 2020 than covid, car accidents, cancer, + suicide combined.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

"Male birth control testing stopped after men’s testicles start exploding in India."

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

Maldita.esHealth & medicine

Susan George ha dicho que los españoles son como ratas de laboratorio en relación a la crisis del coronavirus

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Image shows a patient experiencing claustrophobia and having a panic attack during a CT scan.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“We are No. 1 among all large states in having fully vaccinated teenagers. We are No. 2 in all large states for having fully vaccinated five- to 11- year-olds.”

Publisher’s rating: True

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Says President Barack Obama “waited six months to call swine flu an emergency after thousands died.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

"Under Operation Warp Speed, we’ve pioneered groundbreaking therapies, reducing the fatality rate 85% since April.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Photos show Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Gretchen Whitmer and Cory Booker violating COVID-19 safety precautions.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

"The CDC has adjusted their COVID19 deaths from 64,000 to 37,000."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“Monkey virus DNA found in COVID-19 shots”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

"Pfizer va a sacar una pastilla que va a ayudar. Ya sabe, es básicamente la versión cara de la ivermectina."

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“Tennessee just banned Plan B and made it a crime punishable by a $50,000 fine to order it.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/28/instagram-posts/covid-19-vaccine-recipients-can-donate-plasma/

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

Los NIH apoyan un estudio que llega a una conclusión diferente a la de los CDC sobre la ivermectina.

Publisher’s rating: Engañoso

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“We know mask mandates work. There’s enough evidence out there between counties that have done it and counties that haven’t."

Publisher’s rating: True

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

La proteína pico de las vacunas contra el COVID-19 es “una toxina” que se acumula en un “número de tejidos” y puede llevar a daños cardiovasculares y neurológicos.

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“Bad math (is) driving Wisconsin’s exploding positive test rate.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire