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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

"[I]f your child gets this virus their going to hospital alone... You will be at home without them in their time of need."

Publisher’s rating: False

Maldita.esHealth & medicine

El es Marcos VARGAS, En el dia de ayer falleció despues de hacer horas extras en el hospital Muñiz de Buenos Aires atendiendo a mas de 10 pacientes con coronavirus.

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

The Federal Aviation Administration widened its electrocardiogram parameters for pilots because “a substantial number of airline pilots have had serious heart damage” from COVID-19 vaccines.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla resigned, saying mRNA vaccines are “not safe.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

“Joe Biden is currently in hospice care and is unlikely to survive the night"

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Baby boomers didn’t have autism, seizures, allergies and other ailments when they were kids.

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Says the April 22 jump in COVID-19 cases was related to the election.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Quotes Anthony Fauci as writing, “I reject the notion that it’s ‘just a virus’ and we’ll all get it eventually. What a careless, lazy, heartless stance.”

Publisher’s rating: False

Maldita.esHealth & medicine

El niño de la camiseta amarilla de esta familia de inmigrantes turcos en Alemania es Ugur Sahin, el cofundador de BionTech, la empresa que ha desarrollado la vacuna contra la covid-19 junto a Pfizer

Publisher’s rating: Falso

فکت‌نامهHealth & medicine

درباره اسپری ضد کرونای ایرانی «کرونا سیف» چه می‌دانیم؟

Publisher’s rating: Rating unavailable

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Country singer Jake Flint died because of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

"Almost every study now has said with these new boosters, you're more likely to get infected with the bivalent booster."

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

A photo shows Magic Johnson donating blood for people with COVID-19.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

Dr. Sanjay Gupta is selling CBD gummies according to a CNN webpage.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

A person is 300 to 900 times more likely to die “after getting the #Covid vaccine than the flu vaccine.”

Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Says Republican lawmakers delayed COVID-19 testing

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

"Si usted tiene la mascarilla puesta, ¿por qué alguien más tiene que usar una mascarilla? Usted tiene la mascarilla. Tiene la vacuna. ¡Por Dios! Está totalmente protegido. Está blindado."

Publisher’s rating: Engañoso

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

The United States is “actually screening fewer people (for the coronavirus than other countries) because we don't have appropriate testing."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“Chickens aren’t laying eggs because RNA is being added to commercial chicken feed.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“Ivermectin has been FDA approved for human use since 1996.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True