Public Health

Scorecard

True
0% 76 Checks
Mostly True
0% 150 Checks
Half True
0% 0 Checks
Mostly False
0% 198 Checks
False
0% 607 Checks
Pants on Fire
0% 154 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Public Health

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on January 7, 2026 in a press briefing:
Says “90% of health care spending treats chronic disease.”
False
February 19, 2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on in stated on November 17, 2025 in remarks at George Washington University::
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. said ‘we’re not cutting science’ or research. NIH grant cuts show that’s wrong
Pants on Fire!
February 5, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 5, 2026 in a graphic on Truth Social and Instagram:
The former U.S. childhood vaccine schedule called for babies to get “72 injections.”
False
January 15, 2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on November 17, 2025 in remarks at George Washington University:
“We’re not cutting science. We’re not cutting research.”
Pants on Fire!
November 20, 2025
stated on November 6, 2025 in X post:
“Evidence suggests that 1 in 25 women who consume (abortion) pills are hospitalized.”
Mostly False
November 14, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on November 6, 2025 in an X post:
“RFK Jr. flees the scene after Novo Nordisk Executive Gordon Findlay collapsed in the Oval Office.”
False
November 7, 2025
stated on August 29, 2025 in a billboard in Morgantown, W.Va.:
“Vaccine makers are exempt from all liability for vaccine injury and death.”
Mostly False
October 15, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on September 24, 2025 in remarks to reporters:
"Republicans have effectively ended medical research in the United States of America."
Mostly False
September 29, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 21, 2025 in a press gaggle on Air Force One:
Small children are given "80 different vaccines."
False
September 26, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on September 4, 2025 in a Senate Finance Committee hearing:
“Everybody can get” the COVID-19 vaccine.
Mostly False
September 4, 2025
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