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Vaccines do not cause autism, despite reported rises
A social media post seems to imply that increasing vaccine doses have caused increases in autism cases, but that’s not true. Read
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Fact checks addressing conspiracy theories and unreliable health advice relating to vaccines
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Amish people do vaccinate - and autism exists in Amish communities
Social media claims that autism is less prevalent among Amish people because they don’t get vaccinated aren’t supported by the evidence. Read
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Daily Mail corrects article about Covid vaccines and cancer
The article wrongly said a study claimed to have found proof the vaccines raised the risk of getting several types of cancer. Read
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Chickenpox vaccine claims: fact checked
After it was announced that young children will be offered the vaccine by the NHS in 2026, we’ve seen false and misleading claims circulating on social media. Read
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Covid vaccine claims at the Reform UK conference: fact checked
A cardiologist called Dr Aseem Malhotra, who we have fact checked before, made unevidenced and misleading claims at the event in Birmingham. Read
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Covid vaccines did not cause a 300% rise in cancer and miscarriage rates
Claims of sudden disease spikes in US military personnel in 2021 were based on an error in a government database. Read
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Robert F Kennedy Jr wrong about mRNA vaccines’ effectiveness
The US health secretary has cancelled research into mRNA vaccines, but his reasons seem to be based on bad information about their effectiveness. Read
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Vaccines have not caused a rise in autism in Vietnam
Claims that there was no autism in Vietnam before this century seem to have no basis—and vaccines are proven not to cause autism. Read
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Can vitamin A ‘prevent and treat’ measles?
We look at a misleading claim in an Instagram video about vitamin A and measles. Read
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No, the US Supreme Court has not ruled that Covid vaccines are ‘not vaccines’
Familiar misinformation about Covid vaccines being gene therapy is circulating again. Read
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