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AFP Fact Check is a department within Agence France-Presse (AFP), a multi-lingual, multicultural news agency whose mission is to provide accurate, balanced and impartial coverage of news wherever and whenever it happens in the world on a continuous basis.. As guaranteed by its founding statute, AFP speaks with an independent voice free from political, commercial or ideological influence.
US doctor makes unsupported claims on RSV vaccines
1 天前 · US health officials have approved vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), an infection that can be deadly for some patients, after concluding they were effective in preventing severe illness with few serious adverse effects. However, a doctor who was suspended for spreading medical misinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic is making unsubstantiated claims about the safety of the ...
Vaccine critics misrepresent US appeals court ruling over Covid-19 ...
2024年6月11日 · Vaccine skeptics are claiming a US federal appeals court ruled in June 2024 that Covid-19 shots are not actual vaccines, undermining years of public health guidance. This is false; the panel decided a lawsuit over a school district's immunization requirements should not have been dismissed, but legal experts say it did not endorse or even evaluate the plaintiffs' allegations about the ...
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2024年11月15日 · Claims Taylor Swift cut 'red states' from tour stem from satire
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AFP’s fact-checkers seek to investigate dubious claims circulating online which are viral, impactful and potentially harmful to the public. The claims we verify surface in a variety of ways, including on social media platforms, blogs and websites, messaging apps and other forums in the public ...
Misinformation circulates on failed US immigration reform …
2024年2月8日 · A bipartisan package that included stringent domestic border security measures failed in the US Senate in early February. Republican representatives in the House pushed claims it would have allowed 5,000 migrants to enter the country illegally every day, but the sponsoring lawmakers and an expert said that distorted the proposal -- which aimed to expand the executive branch's deportation ...
False claims recirculate on harmful DNA in Covid-19 vaccines
2023年10月3日 · Scientists have repeatedly refuted the claim that Covid-19 vaccines can alter a person's genome, but social media posts suggest DNA contamination in the injections could lead to harmful effects such as cancer. This is false; there is no evidence of significant amounts of genetic material in the shots -- and even if there were, experts say they could not alter cells.
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2020年3月31日 · - Fit people are not immune to COVID-19 - No evidence flu vaccines make children more vulnerable to coronavirus infections - Canadian children are not separated from parents if they have to quarantine due to COVID-19 - Face masks use does not lead to Legionnaires’ disease - Misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccine spread by 'Plandemic' video. // New 'Plandemic' film promotes coronavirus ...