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Public Health

Scorecard

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0% 76 Checks
mostly true
0% 150 Checks
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0% 142 Checks
mostly false
0% 199 Checks
false
0% 608 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Public Health

TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on una publicación en TikTok:
Estas imágenes no son de personas infectadas con el hantavirus, fueron sacadas de contexto
False
By Maria Briceño • May 13, 2026
Joe Rogan
Joe Rogan
stated on April 18, 2026 comments at the Oval Office:
“With one dose of ibogaine, more than 80% of people are free of (opioid) addiction. With two doses, it's more than 90%.”
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • April 22, 2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on January 7, 2026 a press briefing:
Says “90% of health care spending treats chronic disease.”
False
By Grace Abels • February 19, 2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on 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 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
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on November 17, 2025 remarks at George Washington University:
“We’re not cutting science. We’re not cutting research.”
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • November 20, 2025
James Uthmeier
James Uthmeier
stated on November 6, 2025 X post:
“Evidence suggests that 1 in 25 women who consume (abortion) pills are hospitalized.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • November 14, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on November 6, 2025 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
West Virginians For Health Freedom
West Virginians For Health Freedom
stated on August 29, 2025 a billboard in Morgantown, W.Va.:
“Vaccine makers are exempt from all liability for vaccine injury and death.”
Mostly False
By Natalie Ribar • October 15, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on September 24, 2025 remarks to reporters:
"Republicans have effectively ended medical research in the United States of America."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 21, 2025 a press gaggle on Air Force One:
Small children are given "80 different vaccines."
False
By Grace Abels • September 26, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on September 4, 2025 a Senate Finance Committee hearing:
“Everybody can get” the COVID-19 vaccine.
Mostly False
By Grace Abels, Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 4, 2025
Joseph Ladapo
Joseph Ladapo
stated on September 3, 2025 a press conference:
Every school vaccine mandate “drips” with “slavery.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • September 4, 2025
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on July 18, 2025 an X post:
Florida: #51 in mental health care, #1 in home insurance costs, #1 in elder fraud, #1 in rent hikes.
Half-True
By Ella Moore, Samantha Putterman • July 23, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on May 20, 2025 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 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
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on April 29, 2025 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!
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 9, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 29, 2025 a town hall event:
DARPA is spraying the skies with chemicals that are in jet fuel.
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • May 5, 2025
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on April 29, 2025 an X post:
In President Donald Trump’s first 100 days, fentanyl seizures saved “119 million” to “258 million” lives.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 1, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on March 4, 2025 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
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Latest promises about Public Health

Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Withdraw from the World Health Organization
U.S. drops out of WHO in line with Trump’s campaign promise | February 18, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Create task force on chronic health problems, such as autism, autoimmune disorders and obesity
RFK Jr.’s childhood health report addresses vaccines, obesity and autism | May 27, 2025
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Add 150,000 community health workers
Biden directed funding to recruit community health workers, but didn’t add 150,000 | December 19, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Use evidence to determine COVID-19 openings and closings
Biden used evidence for COVID-19 guidance, but experts say other factors likely influenced decisions | December 17, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Rebuild health stockpiles to be ready for crises
Biden administration replenished medical reserves, funded domestic production | December 16, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Guarantee 7 days of paid sick leave
Joe Biden breaks promise to guarantee seven days of paid sick leave | December 5, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Create national center to reduce veteran suicide
New programs, but no new center, for veteran suicide prevention | December 4, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Offer a public option health insurance plan like Medicare
Democrats fail to advance ‘public option’ for health insurance | December 2, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Create a Public Health Jobs Corps
The CDC and AmeriCorps train new public health workforce, but at a limited capacity | July 9, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Get COVID-19 under control
Is COVID-19 ‘under control’ in the U.S.? Experts say yes | September 22, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Use the Defense Production Act to produce personal protective equipment
Biden administration has been using the Defense Production Act to fight the pandemic | December 22, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Increase COVID-19 testing
Biden kept his promise to increase testing capacity, even as demand for testing drops | June 10, 2021
Latest promises about Public Health