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Hawaii wildfires: ‘Directed energy weapon’ and other false claims go viral

Fact Check: Disney Requiring Guests To Wear Pronoun Pins?

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Fact Check: Were 2023 Maui Fires Caused by a ‘Direct Energy Weapon’?

This wasn't the first time conspiracy theorists posited that mysterious "beams of light" or "lasers" from space caused devastating wildfires on Earth.

Posts Exaggerate Significance of Swiss Study on Heart Risk and COVID-19 Vaccination

SciCheck Digest A Swiss study found that after a COVID-19 booster, less than 3% of people briefly had a slightly elevated blood…

Fact Check: ‘Powerful Visual’ Shows How Much Sugar Is in Heinz Ketchup?

A popular tweet viewed nearly 5 million times claimed to illustrate the amount of sugar in a bottle of Heinz' standard tomato…

RFK Jr.’s COVID-19 Deceptions

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s battle against vaccines — and against the institutions that promote them — goes back to at least the…