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What we know about the new COVID-19 variant ‘cicada’ or BA.3.2. By Grace Abels • March 26, 2026 3 things to know about COVID-19 and children after FDA officials said COVID-19 vaccines are deadly By Madison Czopek • December 3, 2025 Fact-check: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spars with Senate committee over COVID-19 vaccines, CDC By PolitiFact Staff • September 4, 2025 Can I get an updated COVID-19 vaccine this year? Is it available yet? Will insurance cover it? By Madison Czopek • August 29, 2025 Sorting out COVID vaccine confusion: New and conflicting federal policies raise questions By Michelle Andrews • August 4, 2025 Why did JD Vance accuse Kamala Harris of engaging in censorship ‘at an industrial scale’? We explain By Jeff Cercone • October 3, 2024 Fact-checking Tim Walz before his 2024 DNC speech – plus the attacks on his record By Amy Sherman • August 21, 2024 Did Fauci say he ‘made up’ COVID-19 rules on social distancing, masks? Let’s look at the transcript. By Jeff Cercone • June 6, 2024 Fact-checking Aaron Rodgers, who repeated Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s false claims about HIV/AIDS By Madison Czopek • April 22, 2024 Four years after shelter-in-place, COVID-19 misinformation persists By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • March 15, 2024 Why COVID-19 patients who could most benefit from Paxlovid still aren’t getting it By Arthur Allen • March 11, 2024 DNA fragments in mRNA COVID-19 vaccines won’t harm you, as Florida surgeon general suggests By Madison Czopek • January 11, 2024 Fact-checking Trump’s Iowa town hall: Wuhan scientist, wars, ‘no inflation’ and DeSantis on Fauci By Madison Czopek • January 11, 2024 There’s a new COVID-19 variant and cases are ticking up. What do you need to know? By Julie Appleby • January 8, 2024 United Facts of America: Looking at the profit motive driving anti-vaccine misinformation By Madison Czopek • November 7, 2023 COVID-19 lockdowns returning? Here’s why public health experts say that’s unlikely By Sara Swann • September 8, 2023 What is Disease X? How conspiracy theorists hijacked pandemic preparedness By Sara Swann • August 10, 2023 How health incidents like Bronny James’ cardiac arrest fuel COVID-19 vaccine misinformation By Madison Czopek • July 31, 2023 Ad Watch: Pro-Donald Trump PAC’s video misleads about Ron DeSantis’ COVID-19 response By Amy Sherman • May 25, 2023 Here's what AFT’s Randi Weingarten said about reopening schools during COVID-19 By Madison Czopek • May 2, 2023
