“Staff in Irish hospitals told not to call patients 'dear', 'love' or 'lads”
TheJournal.ie rated this: We rate this claim as FALSE.
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.
“Kissing disease that kills faster than Aids”
Africa Check rated this: False
“The Victorian Liberals cut a billion dollars from health when they were last in office.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Wrong
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Ms Hennessy is wrong. Under the Coalition, health spending grew from $7.4 billion in 2009-10 to $8.7 billion in 2014-15. The average annual increase over the five years was $264 million, while the cumulative extra spend…
“Ayushman Bharat, the world’s largest health insurance program: Comprehensive health coverage to 10 crore poor families up to 5 lakh rupees per family per year.”
FACTLY rated this: TRUE
“Schoolkids eating new ‘strawberry’ drug”
Africa Check rated this: False
“HIV injected into ‘bloody’ bananas”
Africa Check rated this: False
“Rs1 lakh rupees health insurance cover to people with autism, cerebral palsy and many disabilities is being provided”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
“[The proposed changes to Queensland's abortion laws] would be some of the most radical and extreme legislation of abortions in the world, and it would allow, effectively … unrestricted abortions beyond 22 weeks.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Baseless
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Senator Canavan's claim is baseless. Experts told Fact Check that the bill before Parliament contained clear restrictions on abortions after 22 weeks' gestation. While abortions would be available on request up to 22 we…
“We are spending record amounts on hospitals, we are spending record amounts on health.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Fair call
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Turnbull's claim is a fair call. Spending on health was higher in 2016-17 than in any other year since at least 1985-86. The final budget outcome is not yet available for 2017-18, but on the most recent estimate spen…
“Your chances of getting the flu after a vaccination are only decreased by 1 to 2 per cent”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Professor Del Mar's claim is misleading. The source of Professor Del Mar's claim is a systematic review of studies measuring the efficacy of flu vaccine in preventing the flu in healthy adults. That review found the flu…
“Cadbury chocolate infected with blood from HIV positive man”
Africa Check rated this: False
“CONFIRMED: Covid vaccines are linked to an increase in heart, brain, and blood disorders.”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: Missing context
“Covid-19 vaccine causes aphasia”
THIP Media rated this: False
“People aged 25-44 experienced an 84% increase in excess mortality due to the COVID vaccine rollout”
THIP Media rated this: False
“Today, on the CDC’s website right now, they list the 10 top advances — the 10 greatest advances in medical science. And one of them is abortion.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The CDC's list of the top 10 public health achievements, which appears in an agency journal article, does not include abortion as a main entry.