Health

“Review article "has found that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could aid cancer development”

FactCheck.org says: The review paper, which is based on other published articles and does not contain original research, misleads by misinterpreting several studies and the role of N1-methylpseudouridine in vaccines.

“elbow tapping can cure heart blockages”

“In his Time magazine interview, Donald Trump “said states have the right to monitor pregnant women to enforce these bans, and states have the right to punish pregnant women for seeking out abortion care.”

PolitiFact says: Trump’s interview remarks allowed for the possibility of states to monitor and punish women over abortion, but he wasn’t as explicit about whether he thought they should and said the reporter would need to ask the states

“Modi ji no more visible on Covid Vaccine certificates. Just downloaded to check – yes, his pic is gone”

“Triphala can cure tooth infection”

“Florida’s Amendment 4 "will mandate abortion until the moment of birth.”

PolitiFact says: Florida's abortion amendment doesn't mandate abortion until the moment of birth. The text says abortion could not be prohibited before fetal viability or when necessary to protect the pregnant woman's health.

“A daith piercing can cure migraines.”

“Hunter Biden, “BLM rioters” and “COVID criminals” have “0 indictments”

PolitiFact says: Trump faces dozens of criminal charges, but it’s inaccurate to claim that others including Hunter Biden and people who broke laws during protests in 2020 were never charged with any crimes.

“Video shows Tucker Carlson discussing a diabetes cure created with Pfizer and certified by the FDA.”

PolitiFact says: A Facebook video showing Tucker Carlson and a health educator discussing a diabetes remedy is a deepfake. The speakers’ mouth movements do not align with the audio.

“Speaking of Donald Trump and the COVID-19 pandemic, “Remember when he told us, ‘Don’t worry; this will all be over by Easter’? Remember when he told us, literally, inject bleach?”

FactCheck.org says: Trump said he hoped that by Easter the country could reopen businesses and other services that had been temporarily shut down. He did not “literally” tell the public to “inject bleach” as a treatment for COVID-19.

“Starting in 2025 "no matter what your total bills are for prescription drugs,” Medicare Part D users will never pay “more than $2,000 a year, because some of these cancer drugs are 10(,000 to) 15,000 bucks a year.”

PolitiFact says: President Joe Biden signed a law in 2022 that will cap prescription drugs at $2,000 a year by 2025 for people who have the prescription drug benefit, Medicare Part D.

“Former president Rodrigo Duterte says he was the first one to say President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is a drug addict.”

Vera Files says: On Feb. 17, Duterte said he never called Marcos a drug addict, explaining that he could have been referring to the president's use of prescription drugs such as antibiotics and pain killers.

“Tamil Nadu: BJP IT & Social Media Cell District Secretary* Rajesh Biju was brutally thrashed last evening in front of his house. Rajesh is undergoing treatment in Sri Chakra Hospital, Nanganallur, Chennai East.”

“Cardiologist Willie Ong is endorsing a product for heart disease.”

“How'd that vaccine safety belt work out for ya OJ? #TurboCancer," referring to O.J. Simpson's death.”

FactCheck.org says: O.J. Simpson died of cancer at 76. Social media posts falsely claimed that the cancer was related to his COVID-19 vaccination, but there's no evidence that vaccination causes cancer or that it was to blame for his death.

“Notice from a New Jersey doctor’s office proves that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous for athletes.”

PolitiFact says: An April CDC study showed there is no association between cardiac death in previously healthy young people and the vaccines.

“Democrats support abortion measures that result in the “execution” of babies “after birth.”

PolitiFact says: Situations resulting in a fetal death in the 3rd trimester are exceedingly rare, involving fetal anomalies or life-threatening medical emergencies affecting the mother. Willfully terminating a newborn’s life is illegal.

“I discovered that women’s fertility is in precipitous decline around the world. We are facing a crisis in reproductive health that is embedded in the larger epidemic of chronic disease.”

FactCheck.org says: Women are having fewer children today than in the past globally, but experts say that’s by choice. Infertility rates have remained steady during the last decades.

“Pharmaceutical medicine has its place, but no single safety study can assess the cumulative impact of one prescription on top of another prescription, and one shot on top of another shot on top of another shot, throughout the course of childhood.”

Washington Post says: There is no documented link between autism and vaccines

“Jessica Soho is endorsing a product that treats ovarian cancer.”