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The Gates Foundation did not paralyse 300,000 children in India
There is no evidence to support this at all. Read
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Iceland has not banned Covid-19 vaccines
Covid-19 vaccines are still available in Iceland Read
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Most junior doctors have not had a 10% pay rise
Although the basic pay of first-year doctors in England did rise by that much last year, most junior doctors had a pay uplift of less than 10%. Read
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Israel doesn’t have highest skin cancer rate outside Australasia
Many other countries have higher rates than Israel, according to WHO figures. Read
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You do not inhale a credit card’s worth of microplastic every week
This misunderstanding traces back to a scientific paper that said no such thing. Read
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NHS England was wrong to claim its data showed 3.4 million children are ‘unprotected’ against measles
It seems the health service actually calculated that 3.4 million children might have missed at least one vaccine dose. Read
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More confusion over how many people are waiting for NHS treatment
Claims that 7.6 million people are waiting for treatment have resurfaced, but that's the number of courses of treatment people in England are waiting for, with some people waiting for more than one. Read
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Junior doctors do not earn £140 in ten hours
This was about the hourly rate of basic pay only, for first-year doctors only, last year. Read
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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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