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Viral media reports stated on November 09, 2015 in social media and in print:
Drinking champagne could help prevent Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
By Nancy Badertscher• November 17, 2015
Instagram posts stated on August 02, 2022 in an Instagram post:
"AirPods are essentially microwaving your brain.”
By Jeff Cercone• August 4, 2022
Facebook posts stated on May 16, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Studies show plastics can help combat climate change.
By Samantha Putterman• May 26, 2022
Viral image stated on August 30, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says getting up too quickly in the middle of the night can cause "sudden death."  
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 26, 2019
Instagram posts stated on January 15, 2024 in a post:
Women "store DNA" from all their male sexual partners.
By Grace Abels• January 17, 2024
Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Want a healthy, happy baby? Skip the Well Baby visits. They… make your baby sick.”
By Gabrielle Settles• April 7, 2022
Larry Fedora stated on July 18, 2018 in an interview:
"I don’t think it’s been proven that the game of football causes CTE."
By Paul Specht• July 26, 2018
Facebook posts stated on March 28, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says for otherwise healthy people “experiencing mild to moderate respiratory symptoms with or without a COVID-19 diagnosis … only high temperatures kill a virus, so let your fever run high,” but not over 103 or 104 degrees.
By Tom Kertscher• April 3, 2020
Scott Walker stated on November 16, 2012 in a speech:
"Our pension system is the only one in the country that’s 100 percent funded."
By Dave Umhoefer• January 6, 2013
Instagram posts stated on January 01, 2024 in a post:
Zombie deer virus is sweeping across 32 states after more than 100 million American wildlife animals were vaccinated by Mark Zuckerberg’s foundation.
By Sofia Ahmed• January 11, 2024
Bloggers stated on April 04, 2016 in a informal news website:
"Evidence shows Zika virus turns fetus brains to liquid."  
By Jon Greenberg• April 4, 2016
Instagram posts stated on January 21, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Chinese scientists “created (a) new COVID-19 strain (with) 100% fatality.”
By Sara Swann• January 26, 2024
Viral image stated on October 26, 2021 in an Instagram post:
“79.4% of babies who die of ‘SIDS’ had a vaccine the same day.”
By Tom Kertscher• October 28, 2021
Facebook posts stated on June 11, 2022 in post on Facebook:
Justin Bieber’s Ramsay Hunt syndrome and Hailey Bieber’s blood clot were caused by COVID-19 vaccines.
By Jeff Cercone• June 15, 2022
Instagram posts stated on April 23, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Brain aneurysms are a “serious and common COVID-19 mRNA vaccine injury in young people.”
By Loreben Tuquero• April 25, 2023
Marijuana Policy Project stated on August 15, 2013 in a TV ad:
Marijuana is "less toxic" than alcohol.
By Rochelle Koff• August 19, 2013
Rick Perry stated on June 27, 2013 in :
Says a growing number of extremely premature babies survive into healthy childhood.
By W. Gardner Selby• July 11, 2013
Kari Lake stated on October 19, 2022 in a tweet:
The COVID-19 vaccine for children is proving to be “not only ineffective, it’s also proving to be dangerous.”
By Alexis Waiss• November 9, 2022
John McCain stated on August 03, 2010 in a report:
Federal stimulus money went to a Georgia Tech project that will "apparently involve the professor jamming with 'world-renowned musicians' to 'hopefully also create satisfying works of art.'"  
By Willoughby Mariano• September 13, 2010
Barack Obama stated on October 07, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:
"I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke [in March 2007], and told them this is something we have to deal with, and nobody did anything about it."
By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• October 13, 2008

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RFK Jr. has targeted antidepressants for kids. How do SSRIs work?

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Fact-checking COVID-19 prevention, treatment myths

By Daniel Funke• March 26, 2020

RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi claim about human blood-brain barriers isn’t backed by definitive research

By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• July 10, 2023

Books: 'The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Religion and Politics'

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 28, 2012

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a worm ate part of his brain. Experts said that’s unlikely.

By Loreben Tuquero• May 10, 2024

What we know about the health of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 16, 2016

The politics of pot

By Rochelle Koff• October 9, 2013

Did Gavin Newsom get his facts right on universal health care?

By Chris Nichols• August 1, 2017

On Cantor and World of Warcraft: Readers weigh in

By Sean Gorman• February 27, 2013

The top claims about abortion, fact-checked

By Samantha Putterman• March 2, 2023

Looking for Mr. Right

By Wes Allison• November 27, 2007

Stakes high for AJC PolitiFact Georgia

By Willoughby Mariano• September 19, 2010

Facts on the vitamin K shot for newborns

By Grace Abels• March 24, 2026

A letter from an unhappy PolitiFact reader

By Bill Adair• November 30, 2010

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By Madison Czopek• September 22, 2025

Curing cancer: easy politics, difficult science

By Shefali Luthra• June 24, 2019

Ask PolitiFact: What does the data show on deadly shootings by 18-to-20-year-olds?

By Samantha Putterman• February 6, 2024

In Context: Ron Johnson on John McCain's brain cancer

By Tom Kertscher• August 10, 2017

Mailbag: PolitiFact reader swears Longoria catch was real

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