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Articles in the Sun said that about a third of 11,000 malnutrition cases in England involved children. The actual share is about 3%. Read
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A Florida Republican group has agreed to send a letter to state officials asking for Covid vaccines to be banned, but this does not appear to have any legal power to enact a ban in the state. Read
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A video that has been widely shared on social media falsely claims that borax, a cleaning chemical, isn’t toxic when consumed, and can help with various ailments. Read
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A social media post claims Covid-19 is a fake virus. This isn’t the case. Millions of people have died from the disease and it continues to infect people worldwide. Read
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There’s been widespread confusion in the media about the demands made by striking senior doctors. Their union has confirmed that they are campaigning for an above inflation uplift, but not necessarily Read
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False social media claims link Amish lifestyles to the absence of diseases. Amish people do use vaccines and GMOs, and they do also have conditions like autism and SIDS. Read
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The staff bank NHS Professionals became a company in 2010, but it is still wholly owned by the Department of Health and Social Care. Read
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New claims about junior doctor pay in England, including from a Labour MP, are potentially misleading. Read
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We looked into viral claims and figures cited by the Prime Minister about how many doctors move to Australia and how many stay in the NHS. Read
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Research covered by the Sun was exploratory and established no definite associations between people’s jobs and their risk of ovarian cancer. Read
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