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مهاجران افغانستانی عامل شیوع ویروس جذام در ایران هستند.
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
drinking coconut water everyday can reduce belly fat in 2 weeks
Publisher’s rating: False
Pozinho que cura CEGUEIRA! Acontece que esse pozinho aqui está sendo chamado de a saída natural pra uma visão saudável.
Publisher’s rating: Falso
COVID-19 cases and deaths are surging
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
jumping ropes alone can help reduce belly fat
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has made the NHS open for sale to the highest bidder
Publisher’s rating: Mr Streeting’s comments were taken out of context. He said the NHS and the Department of Health and Social Care could help people get healthy, which would help them return to work and contribute to the economy.
Videos showing several famous personalities endorsing medicines, treatment methods, and doctors for Prostatitis.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY found the videos to be fake: the audio did not sync with the featured celebrities’ lip movements, and it could not find authentic videos of them endorsing prostatitis treatments. It concluded that different audio had been overlaid on the original videos.
Omdat vrouwen meer drinken dan vroeger, zien we het aantal borstkankers toenemen.
Publisher’s rating: Onwaar
the Pfizer CEO has admitted COVID-19 was a test
Publisher’s rating: False
drinking hot water multiple times a day can save you from diseases
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
Rabbit blood oil can promote hair growth
Publisher’s rating: False
Echter Ausschnitt aus einer Markus-Lanz-Sendung, in der Eckardt von Hirschhausen über eine neue Methode zum Abnehmen spricht.
Publisher’s rating: Das Video ist eine Fälschung: Der Werbeclip nutzt manipulierte Bilder aus einer Markus-Lanz-Sendung vom 15. Februar 2018. Der Dialog wurde erfunden - und offenbar mithilfe von KI generiert.
The clip is fabricated: it uses manipulated footage from a Markus Lanz broadcast on February 15, 2018, and the promotional dialogue was invented. In the original broadcast, the discussion concerned sleep and von Hirschhausen’s personal weight-loss experience; no newly developed product was mentioned.
a herbal drink can clear skin, reduce bloating, and support weight loss
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
Drauzio Varella diz que drogas fazem bem
Publisher’s rating: ENGANOSO
The review says a circulating video misleadingly edits Drauzio Varella’s comments about discussing drugs with children, making it appear that he said drugs are good. In the full remarks described in the review, he also warned about health harms, effects on young people’s brain development, and addiction.
Indian news anchors are promoting Ayurveda joint pain relief oil
Publisher’s rating: False
Vaseline inventor, Robert Chesebrough, consume a spoonful of it daily and demonstrated its wound-healing properties by burning his skin?
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
bee venom spray can remove skin tags
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
Smoking does not affect dental health
Publisher’s rating: Reduced blood flow makes it tougher to detect gum disease in early stages, as bleeding gums are an early warning sign.
it is possible to lose 22 kgs in 35 days with only one exercise
Publisher’s rating: False