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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

“Another Conspiracy Proven True!” referring to 2018 remarks by Pfizer CEO and claims about microchips in COVID-19 vaccines.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

“90% of kids with Trisomy 18 live when given proper medical care,” in reference to the Texas abortion case.

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“Europe COMPLETELY BANS the Moderna vaccine for young people.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

“DON’T YOU FIND IT QUITE INTERESTING, THAT 5,000 MEAT PACKERS TESTED POSITIVE! HOWEVER, NOT 5,000 NURSES & DOCTORS!”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

The Gates Foundation "tested a polio vax in India between 2000 & 2017 and paralysed 496,000 children."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die (from maternal mortality) even when they have the insurance and the income.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

فکت‌نامهHealth & medicine

تا ۲۶ فروردین ۱۴۰۰، کره جنوبی ۶۱ هزار و ژاپن ۶۴۲ هزار دوز واکسن کرونا تزریق کرده‌اند.

Publisher’s rating: شاخ‌دار

Washington PostHealth & medicine

“The Obama-Biden Administration set up the White House National Security Council Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense to prepare for future pandemics like covid-19. Donald Trump eliminated it — and now we’re paying the price.”

Publisher’s rating: Not the Whole Story

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

"The flu vaccine was invented 78 years ago. The MMR vaccine was invented 60 years ago... I don't think those vaccines are working."

Publisher’s rating: They work

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Says the Chinese Communist Party "will finally admit that the real source of the coronavirus is from ‘a lab in Wuhan’ linked to its covert biological weapon programs."

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

A microchip reader for pets detected a chip in the arm of a woman vaccinated against COVID-19.

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

“FDA DOCUMENTS" show that COVID-19 "mRNA VACCINE CAUSES DEATH + 21 SIDE EFFECTS."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

During the 1918 flu pandemic, San Francisco residents formed the “Anti-Mask League.” San Francisco “was ultimately one of the cities that suffered the most with a high death rate.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Says a warning label on a box of disposable masks shows that they are ineffective at protecting against the spread of COVID-19.

Publisher’s rating: False

Maldita.esHealth & medicine

Un hombre huye del hospital porque lo quieren ingresar por COVID-19

Publisher’s rating: Falso

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

Dr. Anthony Fauci has become so unpopular that he has "disappeared" from public view.

Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“Bill Gates calls for the withdrawal of all Covid-19 Vaccines; ‘The vaccines are far more dangerous than anyone imagined.’"

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Report proves that COVID-19 vaccines caused 300,000 excess deaths in 2022.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

A 1956 video warned about COVID-19.

Publisher’s rating: False

Big League PoliticsHealth & medicine

"Texas medical professional: Migrants quarantined with UNKNOWN disease."

Publisher’s rating: False