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Latest Fact-Checks In Public Health

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X posts
X posts
stated on May 6, 2026 in an X post:
An American passenger on the cruise ship involved in the hantavirus outbreak is a "crisis actor."
False
By Maria Briceño • May 14, 2026
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on May 8, 2026 in una publicación en TikTok:
Imágenes muestran a personas “infectadas con Hantavirus”.
False
By Maria Briceño • May 13, 2026
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
By Grace Abels • February 19, 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
By Grace Abels, Loreben Tuquero • January 15, 2026
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
By Maria Briceño • November 7, 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
By Grace Abels • September 26, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on May 20, 2025 in posts:
Former President Joe Biden’s cancer is a form of “turbo cancer” caused by mRNA vaccines.
False
By Grace Abels, Loreben Tuquero • May 20, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on May 14, 2025 in Senate testimony:
It’s “all true” that the measles vaccine wanes quickly, was never fully safety tested and contains fetal debris.
False
By Madison Czopek • May 16, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on March 4, 2025 in a Fox Nation interview:
“A lot of studies” show that getting measles "boosts your immune system later in life against cancers, atopic diseases, cardiac disease."
False
By Jeff Cercone • March 19, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2025 in a Facebook post:
A measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, was caused by “a public health initiative” to “distribute free measles vaccines.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • February 28, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 20, 2025 in a Facebook post:
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote on X, “In my first 6 months as HHS secretary … I’ll ban chemtrails.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 26, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 17, 2025 in Facebook posts:
Video shows X owner Elon Musk promoted a “bedtime trick” to cure diabetes.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • February 19, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 4, 2025 in social media posts:
Bill Gates said, “Defunding USAID will bring about another mystery illness across the world.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • February 12, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 26, 2025 in Facebook posts:
“Pfizer just released its list of side effects of its COVID-19 vaccine.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • January 30, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 4, 2025 in una publicación en Instagram:
“China declara estado de emergencia por brote masivo de virus mortales”.
False
By Sara Swann, Marta Campabadal Graus • January 9, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 3, 2025 in a post:
China has “a mystery disease outbreak” and has declared a “state of emergency.”
False
By Sara Swann • January 7, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 4, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook:
El doctor Juan Rivera revela "un nuevo truco natural" con ajo y limón para la diabetes.
False
By Maria Briceño • January 7, 2025
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on November 17, 2024 in TV interview:
“There's never been a placebo-controlled study on childhood vaccines.”
False
By Madeline Heim • January 2, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 13, 2024 in an Instagram post:
RFK Jr. posted on X that, “Effective January 20th, all Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) will be BANNED in the United States.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • December 30, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 9, 2024 in a video on Facebook:
Drones reported in the U.S., including around the U.S. Capitol, have directed-energy weapons that have a “space-based laser generating system that can create pestilence.”
False
By Madison Czopek • December 17, 2024
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