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A video shows news anchors and politicians promoting a medicine that can cure diabetes.
Publisher’s rating: False
Descubrimiento revelador: Vacuna de Pfizer lanzada en mayo de 2019, nueve meses antes de la aparición de la Covid. La investigación liderada por el juez Mark T. Pittman del Tribunal de Apelación de Dallas, Texas, ha desvelado información crucial sobre el inicio de la vacuna de Pfizer-BioNTech. Documentos desclasificados revelan que la vacuna fue lanzada en mayo de 2019, nueve meses antes de que se conociera oficialmente la existencia del virus.
Publisher’s rating: Falso
The review says Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine was not launched in May 2019: Pfizer and BioNTech state that development began in 2020. It reports that the European Medicines Agency authorized Comirnaty on December 21, 2020.
Astra Zeneca කොවිඩ් එන්නත ලබා ගත් සියල්ලට ම රුධිර කැටි ගැසීම් සහ පට්ටිකා ප්රමාණය අඩුවීමේ අවදානමක් තියෙනවද? ඇත්ත දැන ගන්න කියවන්න
Publisher’s rating: Insight
Mango has anti-cancer beneficial properties
Publisher’s rating: Mangiferin, one of the most extensively investigated naturally occurring anti-cancer substance, is present in greater concentration in mango peel than in the pulp.
La ONU AVISA, llegará una NUEVA pandemia. "La Humanidad DEBE prepararse"
Publisher’s rating: Falso
INFOVERITAS reports that the UN said the claim was false and that it found no record of the supposed alert on the UN website. The review distinguishes this from reporting about WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom warning that another pandemic will come, without specifying when or what disease would cause it.
Hyderabad police had released a warning about the contamination of soft drinks with Ebola Virus
Publisher’s rating: False
The review found the warning false: Hyderabad Police said it “never released any message regarding this.” It also reports that the viral message had circulated since 2019. [S1]
এই ভিডিঅ'টোত যোগী আদিত্যনাথে মধুমেহ ৰোগৰ দৰৱৰ প্ৰচাৰ কৰা দেখা গৈছে।
Publisher’s rating: সম্পাদিত
there is a mystery virus from China spreading around the world
Publisher’s rating: False
वैक्सीन से हार्ट अटैक आने की खबर आने के बाद वैक्सीन प्रमाण पत्र से प्रधानमंत्री मोदी की फोटो हटा दी गई
Publisher’s rating: झूठ
Cooking rice along with any form of fat, not just coconut oil, reduces the calories absorbed by the body from the rice.
Publisher’s rating: it is true that cooking rice along with any form of fat, not just coconut oil, reduces the calories absorbed by the body from the rice. The rice maintains its caloric value, but the calories absorbed into our bodies get reduced.
a garlic and turmeric enema can help in weight loss
Publisher’s rating: False
Le Japon a déclaré l'état d'urgence nationale face à l'explosion des cas de cancer à travers le pays provoqués par les vaccins à ARNm.
Publisher’s rating: Aucun état d'urgence n'a été déclaré au Japon en raison de la situation sanitaire. L'étude sur laquelle s'appuient les publications présente de nombreuses limites et a été critiquée par d'autres scientifiques. Le terme « turbo cancer » n'est en outre pas reconnu dans le milieu médical.
The review traces the viral claim to an article citing a Japanese study published in April 2024, but notes that the study relied on public descriptive statistics and was not clinically validated. Its authors also identified reduced cancer treatment during lockdowns as a possible factor requiring further study.
ജനപ്രീയ ബ്രാന്റ് ഡോവിന്റെ ഷാംപൂവില് അര്ബുദത്തിന് കാരണമായേക്കാവുന്ന ബെന്സീന് അടങ്ങിയിട്ടുണ്ടെന്ന പ്രചരണം
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
drinking refrigerated water harms your body
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
toothpaste can cure Keloid scars
Publisher’s rating: False
community swimming pools can cause HIV infection
Publisher’s rating: False
‘Als je normaal consumeert, niet meer dan een fles per dag, ben je verdorie gezonder.’
Publisher’s rating: Onwaar
The review rejects Van Hove’s claim that drinking up to a bottle of wine a day makes you healthier, calling that amount “ronduit ongezond” (outright unhealthy). It says light-to-moderate drinking has no demonstrated benefit for cardiovascular mortality and can modestly raise the risk of some cancers.