Did US House Republicans End a Capitol Hill Smoking Ban?
Biden’s Numbers, January 2023 Update
Here's how the United States has fared since President Joe Biden took office two years ago.
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Were Lobotomies Performed with Ice Picks in the 1950s?
Is GOP Freedom Caucus Pushing for a 30% Sales Tax in US?
Posts Misinterpret NYC Health Tweet About Omicron Subvariant XBB.1.5
An unclear tweet from New York City health officials was meant to caution residents that the latest omicron subvariant, XBB.1.5, might be more likely than previous variants to infect vaccinated or previously infected people. Social media posts misinterpreted the tweet to mean that vaccinated people were at higher risk than unvaccinated people.
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Social Media Posts Twist Meaning of CDC, FDA Disclosure on Bivalent Booster
Government health agencies disclosed a potential safety concern for strokes in those 65 and older with one of the COVID-19 vaccines, but the agencies haven't found any causal relationship and the concern was flagged by just one of several monitoring systems. Anti-vaccine campaigners, however, have wrongly claimed the agencies have found a link between the boosters and strokes.
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Has the US government found 145,000 ‘lost’ migrant children? Fact-checking Kristi Noem
Social Media – Iran did not release a list of U.S. targets, despite social media claims
Jan 6er Pardoned by Trump Sentenced to Life for Child Sex Abuse — Tried to Bribe Victims
One of the January 6 rioters pardoned by President Donald Trump will still spend the rest of his life behind bars after he was convicted of sexually abusing two middle school children.
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