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[ad_1] Claim: In the 1950s, at least 50,000 lobotomies were performed in the United States by hammering an ice pick into patients’ brains through their eye...
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[ad_1] Claim: Republicans aligned with the U.S. House Freedom Caucus were advocating a 30% sales tax in early 2023. Rating: Context The measure, which was not...
[ad_1] SciCheck Digest An unclear tweet from New York City health officials was meant to caution residents that the latest omicron subvariant, XBB.1.5, might be more...
[ad_1] Microsoft Corp. co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates is a well-known proponent of vaccine research and development. But did he once tweet that vaccines should be...
[ad_1] Ever since the COVID-19 vaccines became widely available, PolitiFact has regularly debunked false claims about pilots suffering health emergencies because they were inoculated. In 2021,...
[ad_1] SciCheck Digest Government health agencies disclosed a potential safety concern for strokes in those 65 and older with one of the COVID-19 vaccines, but the...
[ad_1] Claim: The JR-15 is a real, scaled-down rifle designed to be “safe and instructive” for children. Rating: As 2023 began with a number of harrowing...
[ad_1] Sometimes a hidden doorway can reveal something beautiful. But in today’s landscape of social media misinformation, it’s easier to convince people it might be malicious....
[ad_1] Claim: California “lost” over 10 million mail-in ballots in 2022. Rating: Context Over 10 million people who were sent mail-in ballots (as part of California’s...
[ad_1] As he proposed to extend the state’s ban on mandates for COVID-19 vaccines and face masks, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lobbed a flurry of criticism...
[ad_1] Claim: A photograph circulating online in January 2023 depicted a real airship nicknamed “the flying bum.” Rating: In January 2023, a photograph of an airship...
[ad_1] Harvard University has come under scrutiny after reports that it offers a course teaching students how to care for babies who identify as LGBTQ. “This...
[ad_1] People shout and scream and several point skyward in a video circulating on Facebook before the camera cuts to a fully formed figure that stands...
[ad_1] A video shared on Facebook shows a plane flying in the distance before it catches fire, turns on its side and then nosedives into trees....
[ad_1] SciCheck Digest Since his diagnosis in 1991, NBA player Magic Johnson has repeatedly said he contracted HIV through sexual transmission. But a viral social media...
[ad_1] Claim: British news outlet BBC published a headline about resigning New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern that read, “Jacinda Ardern resigns: Can women really have...
[ad_1] Claim: Before choosing Jack Nicholson for the role, director Stanley Kubrick considered hiring Robin Williams to play the main character, Jack Torrance, in the horror...