Health
4,075 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“Can Shitkari Pranayam Cure Toothache?”
“almonds and butter can cure stammering in kids”
“The image shows AIIMS Delhi doctors paying tribute to Sitaram Yechury, whose body was donated for medical research.”
FACTLY says: This is not a photo of doctors paying tribute to Sitaram Yechury, whose body was donated for medical research. Instead, it is a photo taken at a hospital in China in 2016. Dr. Zhao Xu, a 41-year-old from Anhui Province …
“Tim Sheehy told us his health care plan: ‘We need to return health care to pure privatization.’ That would eliminate Medicare.”
PolitiFact says: Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy used the term "pure privatization" when discussing the U.S. health care system during an August 2023 event. However, he did not say he intended to eliminate Medicare.
“BeBodywise hair health gummies help reduce hair loss”
“mRNA vaccines eat away at children's immune systems”
“What a remarkable gesture by doctors of AIIMS Delhi. Honoring organ donor Sitaram Yechury with a last salute acknowledges the immense contribution by giving others a second chance at life. Gautam Haldhar had grabbed and shared this picture.”
“In 12 states, children born alive after a failed abortion have no legal protection, and in three more states children born alive after an abortion had legal rights that governors — like Tim Walz — repealed.”
PolitiFact says: Every person who is born has protections under federal and state laws. It’s illegal in every state to kill a baby after it’s born. The bill Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz approved in 2023 didn't remove these protections.
“red light therapy can cure sinusitis”
“the HPV vaccine is harmful to children”
“The World Health Organization's international public health emergency for mpox is a “planned strategy to unify everything under one centralized global gov.”
FactCheck.org says: There is no evidence the latest mpox outbreaks or the WHO's declaration of a public health emergency for mpox were planned or are part of any conspiracy.
“karela and jamun can control diabetes naturally”
“No amount of alcohol consumption, light to moderate, can provide health benefits.”
“Scientists are putting young girls at risk with the HPV vaccine”
“pomegranate juice can cure constipation”
“Florida’s six-week abortion law has “no real exceptions. Not for her health. Not even for rape.”
PolitiFact says: Florida’s current six-week abortion ban includes exceptions for the pregnant woman’s health and life under certain conditions. It also allows for exceptions in cases of rape and incest up to 15 weeks of pregnancy.
“onions can cure pneumonia and bronchitis at home”
“Tim Sheehy “would let politicians like him ban abortion, with no exceptions for rape or to save a woman’s life, and criminalize women.”
PolitiFact says: Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy has publicly said he favors including exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the pregnant woman in legislation to restrict abortion.
“Nitish Kumar went to Lalu Yadav’s residence to meet him after he returned from Singapore after treatment.”
FACTLY says: The viral video is from 5 September 2022 when Nitish Kumar’s JDU has joined forces with the RJD after leaving the BJP. In 2022, Nitish Kumar met with RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav in Patna before going to Delhi to discus…