Get the facts on health
Fact checks about medical conditions, the NHS, social care and government funding of national health services
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Health misinformation can ruin lives and damage health services. Our health team fact checks claims about health including funding and delivery, and dangerous medical claims, and makes recommendations to improve the quality of public information about health. We are grateful to the Health Foundation and the European Media and Information Fund for their support of this work.
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Latest health fact checks
Is milk from cows fed Bovaer safe?
The methane-reducing cow feed additive is considered safe by food safety authorities in the approved doses. And contrary to some claims online, Bill Gates was not involved in its development.
Margarine isn’t ‘one molecule away’ from plastic
Margarine doesn’t share 27 ingredients with paint and isn’t one molecule away from plastic.
Viral list of ‘patents on viruses’ fact checked
An image shared on social media with claims it shows a list of patent numbers for viruses such as H1N1 flu, Zika virus and SARS is not quite what it …
