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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

“Colin Powell died from COVID and he was fully vaccinated. So what’s the point of the vaccine?”

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

A meme that reads “FLU SHOT INGREDIENTS” lists many substances including “antifreeze,” “cow muscle tissue” and “monkey kidney cells.”

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“The National Academy of Medicine points to a significant correlation between marijuana and psychosis, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders, particularly in teenagers where the risk of developing schizophrenia increases three fold.”

Publisher’s rating: True

Maldita.esHealth & medicine

COVID-19 significa "ved ovejas rendirse" en latín

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

The COVID-19 vaccines were linked to the deaths of 80 Canadian doctors.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

The CDC staged “the ‘escaping monkeys’ as a cover story for releasing the next bioweapon.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

Speaking of Donald Trump and the COVID-19 pandemic, “Remember when he told us, ‘Don’t worry; this will all be over by Easter’? Remember when he told us, literally, inject bleach?"

Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

“Evidence Suggests the COVID Shots Are Responsible for Soaring RSV Cases Throughout the U.S. & Canada.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“Breaking: Pete Buttigieg reveals that he is HIV-positive.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

After the American Rescue Plan’s food and nutrition assistance, “hunger is already sharply down in the United States.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“Not one politician has died from the virus.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Notice from a New Jersey doctor’s office proves that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous for athletes.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“The research showed … that confidence overall in the vaccines increased after the pause” to review the safety of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine.

Publisher’s rating: Half True

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

"Outrageous! FDA Backtracks During Trial and Now Claims 'Not Taking Ivermectin for COVID-19' was Merely a Recommendation."

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“The immune system does not exist.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgHealth & medicine

“I discovered that women’s fertility is in precipitous decline around the world. We are facing a crisis in reproductive health that is embedded in the larger epidemic of chronic disease.”

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

For coronavirus cases “In the U.S. 38% of those hospitalized are under 35.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

“This virus has a cure. It is called hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and Zithromax. I know you people want to talk about a mask. Hello? You don’t need (a) mask. There is a cure.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

A photo shows a “Center for Global Population Reduction” at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactHealth & medicine

Says a coronavirus patent expired just as there is a "sudden outbreak" and, despite "media fear-mongering," there is already a vaccine available.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire