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Facebook posts stated on May 08, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“The sun prevents skin cancer.”

By Loreben Tuquero• May 11, 2023

John Pistole stated on November 16, 2010 in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper.:

The radiation coming from the new TSA body scanners is "equivalent to about three minutes' worth of air travel by anybody, say, at 30,000 feet."

By Aaron Sharockman• November 18, 2010

Joe Biden stated on March 26, 2024 in a speech:

Says Donald Trump “told Americans all they had to do was inject bleach in themselves. Just take a shot of UV light.”

By Paul Specht• March 28, 2024

Matthew Birmingham stated on March 16, 2019 in a press release:

"Now there is a new threat that we’re seeing up close: the risk of exposure to powerful drugs that can kill in even tiny amounts."

By Colin Meyn• March 20, 2019

Chain message stated on March 23, 2020 in a Facebook message:

An audio message lists five ways people can prevent the novel coronavirus.

By Daniel Funke• March 25, 2020

Rick Hardcastle stated on April 28, 2011 in remarks on the House floor:

Benzene has "never been proven to be harmful."

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 7, 2011

Facebook posts stated on October 06, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Hacked emails “revealed that Hillary Clinton & pals are involved in sex trafficking children.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 7, 2020

Viral image stated on April 03, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says "13,506 Marines have applied for White House duty" since Trump’s inauguration. When Obama was president, "no Marines volunteered" but had to be "assigned."

By Samantha Putterman• April 8, 2019

E.J. Finocchio stated on April 24, 2011 in a television interview:

"Most of your serial killers, most of your people who commit domestic violence, they start off by abusing animals."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• May 31, 2011

Joe Biden stated on July 09, 2020 in a speech:

On COVID-19, Donald Trump said that “maybe if you drank bleach you may be okay.”

By Jessica Calefati• July 11, 2020

Instagram posts stated on April 16, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Symbols on Huggies diapers are coded references to pedophilia.

By Sara Swann• April 20, 2023

Facebook posts stated on May 15, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says police are warning shoppers to use wipes to clean their carts over deadly risk of fentanyl residue.

By Samantha Putterman• September 26, 2019

Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2022 in an image shared on Instagram:

Footage NASA shared from the DART spacecraft just before it crashed itself into an asteroid isn’t real.

By Madison Czopek• September 29, 2022

Facebook posts stated on June 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Six months before the COVID ‘plandemic,’ Bill Gates had negotiated a $100 billion contact tracing deal with (the) Democratic congressman sponsor of bill.”

By Tom Kertscher• June 22, 2020

Barack Obama stated on October 27, 2012 in a television ad:

Says "Mitt Romney’s plan rolls back regulations" on banks.

By Jon Greenberg• October 31, 2012

Johnny Isakson stated on March 15, 2011 in a YouTube.com video:

"There has never been a death caused by a [commercial nuclear] reactor in the United States, even when Three Mile Island failed in the 1970s."

By Willoughby Mariano• April 1, 2011

Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2022 in a Facebook video:

Video implies talk between Barack Obama and Kamala Harris has coded references to pedophilia.

By Andy Nguyen• August 19, 2022

Instagram posts stated on August 02, 2022 in an Instagram post:

"AirPods are essentially microwaving your brain.”

By Jeff Cercone• August 4, 2022

Instagram posts stated on August 27, 2022 in an Instagram video:

There’s an unlimited supply of water being generated “deep within the Earth.”

By Andy Nguyen• September 7, 2022

Heidi Scheuermann stated on May 16, 2019 in floor debate:

They understand the importance (of medical monitoring). It’s clear, though, that they want to do it in a way that is consistent with other states and S.37 just isn’t.

By Elizabeth Gribkoff• May 24, 2019

How Pizzagate went from fake news to a real problem for a D.C. business

By Joshua Gillin• December 5, 2016

Casey DeSantis warns of ‘triple-digit' levels of weed killer in bread. Should you be worried?

By Samantha Putterman• February 11, 2026

How contagious is the delta variant? It isn’t easy to quantify

By Amy Sherman• July 28, 2021

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

How the Wayfair child sex-trafficking conspiracy theory went viral

By Daniel Funke• July 15, 2020

Is gel nail polish safe? Answers on UV lights and ‘banned’ chemicals

By Grace Abels• March 2, 2026

Misinformation about fentanyl exposure threatens to undermine overdose response

By Henry Larweh• April 10, 2025

Griffith corrects claim that formaldehyde doesn't cause cancer

By Sean Gorman• June 14, 2011

Sequestration is here; we sort the facts

By Molly Moorhead• March 4, 2013

Conspiracy theories aside, what contact tracers really do

By Julie Appleby• July 16, 2020

You’re fully vaccinated against COVID-19. What can you do now?

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• March 11, 2021

Sequestration hits; we sort the facts

By Molly Moorhead• February 27, 2013

The state of US contact tracing: Is it working?

By Bill McCarthy• October 9, 2020

Despite Trump remarks on El Paso and Dayton, it's a weak link between video games, mass shootings

By Tom Kertscher• August 6, 2019

Did Ohio train derailment cause CDC to update its vinyl chloride toxicology info? No

By Madison Czopek• February 24, 2023

What patients can learn with confidence from 1 rapid test (hint: very little)

By Julie Appleby, Phil Galewitz• January 14, 2022

What is fentanyl? The facts and myths on the synthetic opioid driving drug overdoses

By Grace Abels, Maria Ramirez Uribe• August 21, 2025

To stop coronavirus in its tracks, here’s your guide to 5 degrees of separation

By Julie Appleby• March 16, 2020

Common myths about fentanyl debunked: No, you can’t accidentally overdose by touching fentanyl

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 4, 2023

What are peptides, and are they safe?

By Grace Abels• March 6, 2026

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