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False: Genetically modified fruits and vegetables are not as healthy as genetically unmodified fruits and vegetables.
Health-General

False: Genetically modified fruits and vegetables are not as healthy as genetically unmodified fruits and vegetables.

False: Hydrogels can gather information on your menstrual cycle, emotions, and nutrient levels.
Health-General

False: Hydrogels can gather information on your menstrual cycle, emotions, and nutrient levels.

Misleading: Tuberculosis kills millions but has not received the same public health measures or warnings as COVID-19.
Health-General Health-Covid

Misleading: Tuberculosis kills millions but has not received the same public health measures or warnings as COVID-19.

Misleading: There are reports that some people who took a COVID-19 vaccine got HIV.
Health-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: There are reports that some people who took a COVID-19 vaccine got HIV.

Misleading: CCIM's 2020 amendment allows Ayurveda postgraduate students to perform surgeries.
Health-General Politics-Policy

Misleading: CCIM's 2020 amendment allows Ayurveda postgraduate students to perform surgeries.

Partly_True: Starting schools at 10 a.m instead of 8:30 a.m. showed significant benefits in student's health and performance.
Health-General

Partly_True: Starting schools at 10 a.m instead of 8:30 a.m. showed significant benefits in student's health and performance.

Partly_True: Diana was one of the first public figures to have physical contact with a HIV/AIDS patient, during a hospital visit in New York.
Health-General Media-Celebrities

Partly_True: Diana was one of the first public figures to have physical contact with a HIV/AIDS patient, during a hospital visit in New York.

True: The data presented to justify a second national lockdown in England was incorrect.
Health-General Health-Covid

True: The data presented to justify a second national lockdown in England was incorrect.

True: The NHS coronavirus tracing program, run by Baroness Dido Harding, has run into problems.
Health-General Health-Covid Politics-Policy

True: The NHS coronavirus tracing program, run by Baroness Dido Harding, has run into problems.

True: Brain surgery is sometimes performed when the patient is awake.
Health-General

True: Brain surgery is sometimes performed when the patient is awake.

True: Sweden has admitted its coronavirus immunity predictions were wrong.
Health-General Health-Covid

True: Sweden has admitted its coronavirus immunity predictions were wrong.

True: The new legislation reinforces the use of force and restraint in mental health units in the UK.
Health-General Politics-Policy

True: The new legislation reinforces the use of force and restraint in mental health units in the UK.

True: The White House has been meddling in the CDC's management of the COVID-19 crisis.
Health-General Health-Covid

True: The White House has been meddling in the CDC's management of the COVID-19 crisis.

Misleading: The Biden Cancer Initiative amassed $4,809,619 in contributions, but spent $3,070,301 on salaries.
Health-General Events-Humanitarian Politics-Elections Politics-People

Misleading: The Biden Cancer Initiative amassed $4,809,619 in contributions, but spent $3,070,301 on salaries.

True: The UK is the first country in Europe to pass 50,000 deaths due to COVID-19.
Health-General Health-Covid

True: The UK is the first country in Europe to pass 50,000 deaths due to COVID-19.

False: Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in adults under age 65.
Health-General

False: Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in adults under age 65.

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