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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

FactStreamHealth & medicine

“The CDC and county health officials have obtained 2020 Census records to enhance their vaccination enforcement protocols.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Video proves “Pfizer CEO is a reptile.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

SM-102, an ingredient in the COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna, is not meant for "human or veterinary use."

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

The CDC expects "the number of people to suffer from blood clots to double -- double! -- right after the [COVID-19] jabs."

Publisher’s rating: Increase not related to vaccines

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Texas “ranks 50th in baby wellness checks, ranks 50th in clinical care for infants, ranks 50th in uninsured women, ranks 43rd in maternal mortality, ranks 44th in school funding per child, and ranks 46th in child hunger.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

Washington PostHealth & medicine

“Today, we mark a truly grim, heartbreaking milestone: 500,071 dead. That’s more Americans who have died in one year in this pandemic than in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War combined.”

Publisher’s rating: Two Pinocchios

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

"No matter how you look at it, America is leading the world in testing" for COVID-19.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

"The WHO pushed China’s misinformation about the virus, saying it was not communicable."

Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Says to leave objects in the sun to avoid contracting the coronavirus.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

Basketball star Bradley Beal said he “would like an explanation” as to why people who have received vaccines “are still getting COVID."

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Dr. Anthony Fauci and U.S. health officials plotted “for a new avian flu virus to enforce universal flu vaccination.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

Maldita.esHealth & medicine

La asociacion de optometras me envió esta información

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“Maybe (the COVID-19 vaccine) doesn't work, and they're simply not telling you that.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

Maldita.esHealth & medicine

Foto de manifestaciones en Berlín contra la cuarentena y la nueva normalidad por el coronavirus

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

The National Institutes of Health “adds ivermectin to list of COVID approved treatments.”

Publisher’s rating: False

Maldita.esHealth & medicine

Una mujer lleva el cadáver de una víctima de COVID-19 con una sola mano

Publisher’s rating: Falso

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

"In eight days, we’re doing more [coronavirus] testing than they’ve done in eight weeks," referring to South Korea.

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“Face masks may raise risk of stillbirths, testicular dysfunction and cognitive decline, study warns.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

"You are more likely, as a child, to end up in the hospital because of the vaccine than you are because of COVID. That's data from the CDC and from VAERS."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

"Doctors say colon cancer is on the rise due to toxins absorbed while cooking food (in) the microwave.”

Publisher’s rating: False