Public Health

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true
0% 76 Checks
mostly-true
0% 150 Checks
Half True
0% 142 Checks
mostly-false
0% 198 Checks
false
0% 607 Checks
Pants on Fire
0% 154 Checks
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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
stated on September 3, 2025 in a press conference:
Every school vaccine mandate “drips” with “slavery.”
Pants on Fire!
September 4, 2025
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on July 18, 2025 in an X post:
Florida: #51 in mental health care, #1 in home insurance costs, #1 in elder fraud, #1 in rent hikes.
Half-True
July 23, 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
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
May 16, 2025
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on April 29, 2025 in en una publicación en X:
En los primeros 100 días del presidente Donald Trump, las incautaciones de fentanilo salvaron entre "119 millones" y "258 millones" de vidas.
Pants on Fire!
May 9, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 29, 2025 in a town hall event:
DARPA is spraying the skies with chemicals that are in jet fuel.
Pants on Fire!
May 5, 2025
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post:
In President Donald Trump’s first 100 days, fentanyl seizures saved “119 million” to “258 million” lives.
Pants on Fire!
May 1, 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
March 19, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on February 25, 2025 in a Threads post:
“The Texas measles outbreak is pure propaganda” because media outlets used stock images.
Pants on Fire!
February 28, 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
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