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Health & medicine fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about health & medicine. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

13,666 published reviews in this topic

The Healthy Indian ProjectHealth & medicine

A teeth whitening product can make your teeth white

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

Related reporting says at-home whitening products can lighten or remove stains and make teeth appear whiter, but results vary. The supplied research does not support a guarantee of completely white teeth.

Fact CrescendoHealth & medicine

இரண்டு இறக்கைகளுடன் பிறந்த மனித குழந்தை என்று ஒரு வீடியோ சமூக ஊடகங்களில் பகிரப்பட்டு வருகிறது.

Publisher’s rating: ஃபேக்ட் கிரஸண்டோ ரேட்டிங்: FALSE

The video does not show a real baby born with wings. The review identifies it as edited footage from Ricky, a French film released in 2009, shared on social media as a real event.

SBT NewsHealth & medicine

Bill Gates pagou pesquisa para gripe aviária ser transmissível para humanos

Publisher’s rating: ENGANOSO

The review says the Gates foundation donated about $9 million to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2009 for research to identify H5N1 mutations that could pose a pandemic risk and monitor them—not to make the virus transmissible to humans. It describes the research’s purpose as anticipating a possible pandemic and preparing public-health responses.