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FACTLY says: The John Hopkins Center for Health Security published this report in 2017, intending it for self-guided exercises to examine potential challenges that could arise in a pandemic. However, this report has been misinterpre…
PolitiFact says: A Lego model of an MRI machine was first developed in 2015 to help children understand the procedure and feel comfortable before their exams. In 2022, Lego donated 600 model MRI scanners to hospitals worldwide.
PolitiFact says: This video was altered. That’s not actress Jada Pinkett Smith promoting free health spending cards.
FactCheck.org says: Fragments of residual DNA containing small sections of simian virus 40 (SV40) sequence may be present in the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, but there is no evidence this causes cancer.
FactCheck.org says: No mRNA versions of an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine have been approved in any country. Scientists say it’s not possible to spray such a vaccine into the air and vaccinate people unwittingly.
FACTLY says: The original name of this tablet or drug is ‘imatinib mesylate’, which is used in the treatment of certain types of blood cancers. This drug has greatly improved outcomes in patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia, a bl…