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.
stated on January 7, 2026 in a press briefing:
Says “90% of health care spending treats chronic disease.”
False
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!
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
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!
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
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
Donald Trump
stated on September 21, 2025 in a press gaggle on Air Force One:
Small children are given "80 different vaccines."
False
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on September 4, 2025 in a Senate Finance Committee hearing:
“Everybody can get” the COVID-19 vaccine.
Mostly False