From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
A misleading article says a Covid-19 vaccine designed for children includes a solution used to stabilise heart attack patients. Read
The FDA in America has compiled a list of hand gels that contain dangerous ingredients, substandard ingredients, misleading labelling or unsafe packaging. Read
A picture of a goosefish isn’t a tasselled wobbegong, as one Twitter user claimed. Read
This story is a fabrication. Myriam Bourla is alive and well. Read
Several online articles have claimed that the founder of the World Economic Forum was arrested by Swiss Police. Read
A video from Dr Dolores Cahill and Dr Anne McCloskey includes a lot of false claims. Read
A video shared by former UKIP politician Godfrey Bloom makes a number of misleading claims about Covid-19 cases and vaccines. Read
Health
The entire budget for the first year of Test and Trace was £22 billion, and the £13.5 billion spent went to a number of public and private organisations. Read
New gates have been installed in a Holborn Sainsbury’s store as part of a checkout-free shopping trial. Read
Health
An ONS report said the risk of death involving Covid-19 was 32 times greater in unvaccinated people than in fully vaccinated people from January to September 2021. Read
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