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True: A triple mutation variant of COVID-19 has emerged in India.
Health-General Health-Covid

True: A triple mutation variant of COVID-19 has emerged in India.

Partly_True: Double masking provides extra protection against COVID-19.
Health-General Health-Covid

Partly_True: Double masking provides extra protection against COVID-19.

False: The practice of wearing facemasks can cause hypoxia, compromising safety from COVID-19.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: The practice of wearing facemasks can cause hypoxia, compromising safety from COVID-19.

False: Cancer patients can fully recover from the disease by regularly drinking hot coconut water.
Health-General Tech-Social-Media

False: Cancer patients can fully recover from the disease by regularly drinking hot coconut water.

False: The former Secretary of Health for Pennsylvania, Dr. Rachel Levine, said that children should be able to undergo gender reassignment surgery without parental consent.
Health-General Human Rights-General Politics-General

False: The former Secretary of Health for Pennsylvania, Dr. Rachel Levine, said that children should be able to undergo gender reassignment surgery without parental consent.

Misleading: Healthcare in West Bengal's government hospitals is free.
Health-General Politics-Policy

Misleading: Healthcare in West Bengal's government hospitals is free.

Misleading: The TMC government deprived the people of West Bengal of health benefits by not implementing Ayushman Bharath.
Health-General Politics-Policy

Misleading: The TMC government deprived the people of West Bengal of health benefits by not implementing Ayushman Bharath.

True: EpiPens cost at least 10 times more in the US than in other countries.
Economics-General Health-General

True: EpiPens cost at least 10 times more in the US than in other countries.

True: A 9-year-old boy has died in Trinidad and Tobago after participating in the "blackout" challenge.
Health-General Tech-Social-Media

True: A 9-year-old boy has died in Trinidad and Tobago after participating in the "blackout" challenge.

Misleading: Dr. Anthony Fauci contradicted himself on his advice for mask-wearing practices.
Health-General Health-Covid

Misleading: Dr. Anthony Fauci contradicted himself on his advice for mask-wearing practices.

False: In the U.S., nearly 200 people die every day due to a lack of access to basic health insurance.
Health-General Human Rights-General

False: In the U.S., nearly 200 people die every day due to a lack of access to basic health insurance.

False: The Weeknd had cosmetic surgery.
Health-General Media-Celebrities

False: The Weeknd had cosmetic surgery.

Partly_True: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 500,000 Americans a year used to go bankrupt due to hefty medical bills.
Economics-General Health-General

Partly_True: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 500,000 Americans a year used to go bankrupt due to hefty medical bills.

False: Biden's executive order allows the US to fund abortions abroad.
Health-General Politics-Policy

False: Biden's executive order allows the US to fund abortions abroad.

Unverifiable: Planned Parenthood has abortion quotas.
Health-General Human Rights-General

Unverifiable: Planned Parenthood has abortion quotas.

True: Bill Gates: The next pandemic will be 10 times worse.
Health-General Events-Humanitarian Health-Covid

True: Bill Gates: The next pandemic will be 10 times worse.

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