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Teen deaths up since last year, but no evidence vaccines responsible
2020 saw lower than average teen deaths due to various factors, and so isn’t a “normal” year to compare 2021 against. Read
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Daniella de Block Golding
Health Fellow (former)
Daniella joined Full Fact in February 2021 and was our Health Fellow. She is a medical doctor and prior to joining Full Fact was working in hospital and GP settings. She was a 2018/19 Churchill Fellow and has undertaken research in lived experiences of HIV, and Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) roll out. She has a particular interest in community medicine, sexual health and communication in healthcare.
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Nebulised hydrogen peroxide shouldn’t be used to treat all respiratory illnesses
The MHRA told Full Fact that it has ‘significant concerns that this practice is not safe’. Read
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The role of antiperspirant in causing breast cancer is not proven
Cancer Research UK says there’s no convincing evidence behind this. Read
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CDC has not said SARS-CoV-2 has never been isolated
This is a misunderstanding of a passage of a CDC document. Read
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Casting call for ‘hospital patients’ was for NHS recruitment advert
Some have claimed a search for extras shows something fishy is going on. Read
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Pre-eclampsia doesn’t only occur 26 to 32 weeks into pregnancy
This timing refers to the recruitment criteria for a particular study looking at pre-eclampsia. Read
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Children should still follow Covid-19 rules after vaccination
An ‘easy read’ version of a Covid-19 vaccine consent form for children and young people was wrong to say you could ignore the rules when vaccinated. Read
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Pfizer’s new trial drug is not ivermectin in disguise
They are very different compounds. Read
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Quote about love does not appear to come from Frida Kahlo
A social media post shares a quote about love which is attributed to Frida Kahlo. Full Fact can’t find any evidence that she said this. Read
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There are ways to identify the Delta variant
It is done through further analysis of positive PCR results. Read
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