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Fact Check: Does Monkeypox Have 99.97 Survival Rate?
A claim from former OAN anchor Liz Wheeler is false.
Fact Check: Biden Exaggerated Vaccine Claim
Video from a 2021 resurfaces after the president’s COVID-19 diagnosis.
Fact Check: Trump Statement on Biden’s COVID Diagnosis a Fake
The former president did not make the widely shared statement.
Fact Check: Was a Woman Denied Entry Into the U.S. Because of an Abortion?
No, but Customs and Border Protection officials are investigating questions officers asked her at an airport.
Fact Check: Did Joe Biden Say He Has Cancer?
Viral claims are accurate, though a spokesman clarified that Biden was referring to a past diagnosis of non-melanoma skin cancer.
Fact Check: Justin Bieber’s Facial Paralysis not Vaccine-Related
A satirical news story fooled some social media users.
Fact Check: Pete Buttigieg Didn’t Say ‘High Gas Prices Are Forcing People to Electric Vehicles’
A viral tweet provides a misleading summary of the transportation secretary’s comments during an interview.
Fact Check: Fentanyl Overdose Not Possible Through Skin Exposure
Toxicologists refute claims in a viral story.
Fact Check: Are Democrats ‘Poised to Win’ Ohio and Florida Senate Races?
Nancy Pelosi misrepresents polling numbers.
Fact Check: COVID Vaccines Don’t Result in Male Infertility
A Gateway Pundit article misrepresents a recent study.
Fact Check: Did an ‘Inside Man’ Open Capitol Doors for Rioters on January 6?
No proof exists to support this claim.
Fact-Checking Claims That COVID Vaccines Cause a Brain Disorder
Some groups are misinterpreting two studies.
Fact Checking Claims About the January 6 Committee’s Partisanship
The committee is not a ‘one party operation.’
Fact-Checking Day 2 of the January 6 Hearings
Revisiting many of the "Stop the Steal" hits from the 2020 election.