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FactCheck.org says: Jacob Albarado helped students escape Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 24. But online rumors falsely claim he was the CBP officer who killed the shooter. Albarado has said in interviews, "I didn't shoot the guy."
FactCheck.org says: Pfizer CEO was referring to an FDA-approved pill with a digital ingestion tracking system that is used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder and major depression in adults.
FactCheck.org says: Police are investigating the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, but they have shared no evidence about the shooter’s gender identity. Despite that, social media posts claimed the gunman was transgender.
FactCheck.org says: The convicted murder was sentenced to death by a jury and a Superior Court judge, not Beasley. Beasley wrote an opinion that rejected the man's request for DNA testing of additional evidence.
FactCheck.org says: The amendments proposed by the U.S. do not change the WHO’s authority over other nations. They are aimed at making the global response to outbreaks faster and more efficient.
FactCheck.org says: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency that first encounters and then processes immigrants, is legally required to provide formula to infants in its care and has been doing so during the recent shortage.
FactCheck.org says: The baby formula shortage has been due to supply chain problems, a product recall and the temporary closure of a manufacturing plant.
FactCheck.org says: In 2005, Fauci told the Associated Press that he donates royalty payments he receives from the licensees of treatments and other products he helped develop while working for the NIH.
FactCheck.org says: A fund backed by Bill Gates invested two years ago in a startup working to develop lab-manufactured breast milk, but it won’t reach the market for several years.
FactCheck.org says: Proposed legislation in Tennessee and Missouri would not regulate Plan B contraception pills, and experts say state “trigger laws” that would take effect if Roe v. Wade were overturned will not ban methods of birth contr
FactCheck.org says: The tweet linked to a video that clearly stakes out Barnette’s opposition to the Black Lives Matter and defund the police movements.
FactCheck.org says: That appears to be a misunderstanding of the Pfizer FDA briefing document released in December 2020. The briefing document showed the vaccine was 95% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19.
FactCheck.org says: The shortage has been caused by a recall and plant shutdown by a major manufacturer and ongoing supply-chain issues due to the pandemic.
FactCheck.org says: When Joe Biden was sworn in as president, two COVID-19 vaccines had already been authorized and millions of people nationwide had been vaccinated against the disease.
FactCheck.org says: Aún se desconoce la causa de los casos misteriosos de hepatitis infantil. Pero no hay pruebas de que las vacunas contra el COVID-19 estén implicadas. La mayoría de los niños son demasiado pequeños para poder recibir la v
FactCheck.org says: In a footnote of a draft opinion on abortion access, Justice Alito quoted a report that used the phrase, "domestic supply of infants." Social media posts have misleadingly suggested that Alito came up with the phrase.
FactCheck.org says: He’s right, but the federal debt held by the public is up 10.2% under Biden so far, and Treasury has said it will resume borrowing next quarter.
FactCheck.org says: Democrats have opposed monopoly power and encouraged competition for years, and included a plank in the Democratic Party platform in 2016 calling for "steps to stop corporate concentration in any industry."
FactCheck.org says: Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett acknowledged that Roe was precedent, and should be afforded the weight that that carries, none specifically committed to refusing to consider overturning it.
FactCheck.org says: A leaked draft opinion suggests that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. Shortly after the document was published, a meme began circulating falsely claiming President Joe Biden has "[s]topped abortion."