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WebSep 15, 2023 · Flu shots and vaccines that protect children against measles, mumps and rubella have been effective in preventing illness, serious disease and death.
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WebA: Whales have been dying at an unusual rate along the Atlantic Coast since 2016, often from ship strikes or entanglements with fishing gear. Federal agencies and experts say there is no link to ...
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WebSep 15, 2023 · Updated COVID-19 vaccines are being rolled out in the U.S., aimed at targeting the latest, prevalent variants of the disease. The updated vaccines, from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, are available ...
FactChecking Claims About the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
WebJan 6, 2022 · Posted on January 6, 2022. The Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was the culmination of months of false claims about election fraud, including a litany recited by then-President Donald ...
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WebMay 24, 2022 · A: The oil is sold to eligible companies that make the highest offers. Some of the companies are U.S. subsidiaries of foreign companies, and some that purchased oil have then exported a portion to ...
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WebNov 16, 2022 · The Whoppers of 2022. December 15, 2022. The midterm elections are finally over, but it won’t be long before the 2024 campaign cycle — which will really start in 2023 — gets going. Before ...
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WebAug 13, 2021 · In reviewing our work on masking, we have found that false and misleading claims about face masks tend to fall into four categories of misinformation: distortions of science, misrepresentation of ...
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Story Twists Facts on Diagnosing Breakthrough COVID-19 Cases
WebMay 28, 2021 · There, the CDC says: “For cases with a known RT-PCR cycle threshold (Ct) value, submit only specimens with Ct value ≤28 to CDC for sequencing. (Sequencing is not feasible with higher Ct values ...
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WebAug 25, 2023 · July 26, 2023. Influenza cases decreased during the first years of the pandemic, likely because of measures adopted to stop the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. In this video, FactCheck ...