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Raw milk doesn’t make it easier to digest lactose
It may also contain harmful pathogens, so people with weaker immune systems are advised not to consume it. Read
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The NHS Covid-19 app didn’t cost £37 billion
An old myth that the NHS Covid app cost £37 billion has resurfaced. In fact, that’s the budget for the first two years of the entire Test and Trace programme. Read
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Health committee posts incorrect stat about doctors’ union membership
About 60% of NHS consultants in England are BMA members, not the 40% that the committee’s post on X claimed. Read
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Rishi Sunak wrong to say 18-week waits have fallen since pledge
The Prime Minister may have meant to say in a Telegraph article that waits of 18 months have fallen, which they have. Read
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Measles is a potentially dangerous disease
Between 10% and 20% of cases result in complications, even in the developed world. Read
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A German court did not rule that the measles virus doesn’t exist
A famous case in the 2010s concerned whether proof had been provided in ‘a single publication’, not whether measles itself existed. Read
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Covid-19 vaccines don’t alter your DNA
Many Facebook posts have falsely described the vaccines as ‘DNA altering technology’. Read
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Labour claim of 4,000 drop in GP numbers is not reliable
A claimed cut of 4,000 GPs in a Labour party briefing document seems to rely on a comparison between two different datasets, which the NHS itself says should not be compared. Read
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Bim Afolami overstates NHS in England as a share of ‘everything the government spends’
It seems that the Treasury minister made a common mistake by expressing NHS England as a percentage of all budgeted spending, not public spending as a whole. Read
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BBC corrects article claiming 5% measles vaccination rate
No local authority in the West Midlands has a measles vaccine uptake lower than about 75% on any measure—although this remains well below the target. Read
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