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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

Maldita.esHealth & medicine

Los CDC admiten que no hay pruebas de que el COVID-19 sea un virus transmitido por el aire y han estado engañando al público todo el tiempo

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“COVID cases in India plummet after government promotes ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine use.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“100% of COVID deaths in Canada now due to mRNA vaccine.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

Energy Department "confirms Covid came from a Wuhan lab leak."

Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

An Austrian politician “exposed the defectiveness of the government’s Covid-19 tests by demonstrating how even a glass of Coca Cola will test positive for Covid-19.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

"A vaccination that is like 38 different vaccines, and it looks like it’s meant for a horse, not a, you know, 10-pound or 20-pound baby. ... And then you see the baby all of a sudden starting to change radically."

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

Frequent boosters “could adversely affect the immune system” and “could pose a risk of overloading people’s immune systems and lead to fatigue.”

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

فکت‌نامهHealth & medicine

افرادی که کرونا گرفتند، به طور طبیعی واکسینه شده‌اند.

Publisher’s rating: گمراه‌کننده

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Says "wealthy people in Canada donate to hospitals" to get better health care treatment.

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“Australian military being trained to **force vaccinate** in door-to-door attacks.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Haiti, Tanzania and Madagascar refused the COVID-19 vaccines and now all three of their presidents have died unexpectedly.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

"They found Polio in the New York City Water.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Stephen Boss died because of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“Biden orders dishonorable discharge for 46% of troops who refuse vaccine.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PesaCheckHealth & medicine

Panic as deadly Tilapia virus is detected in Lake Victoria

Publisher’s rating: False.

Maldita.esHealth & medicine

París bajo estado de emergencia con la mitad de incidencia por coronavirus que Madrid

Publisher’s rating: Falso

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

Those who are exposed to the delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 are "twice as likely to require hospitalization if the person was vaccinated."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Doctors inflate the number of COVID deaths because they get paid more for COVID patients.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

"The FDA knows that rushed-to-market COVID-19 vaccines may cause a wide range of life-threatening side effects, including death."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

"New Data from Walgreens Reveals Unvaccinated Have the Lowest Positivity Rate for COVID. ... Obviously, the vaccines are not working as advertised."

Publisher’s rating: Misleading