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HIV drug Truvada linked to kidney damage and bone density loss, but risks are low and usually outweighed by the drug’s benefits
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You took Truvada to help protect against HIV, not increase your risk of kidney or bone problems.
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Source: A Case for Women, Anonymous, 2019-07-23 -
InaccuratePopular Facebook meme misleadingly suggests that the measles vaccine caused 2019 Samoa measles outbreak
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Measles vaccine caused Samoa measles outbreak
Source: Stop Mandatory Vaccination, Anonymous, 2019-12-07 -
UnsupportedThe flu shot is safe and does not cause cancer, contrary to popular claim by chiropractor
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The flu shot is made with cancer-causing ingredients
Source: Anonymous Notables, John Bergman, 2018-04-28 -
InaccurateMike Adams falsely claims cancer genes and “entire genetic code” are found in vaccines, based on unverified report
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Vaccines [have been] found laced with entire genetic code for abnormal human loaded with cancer genes
Source: Corvelva, Natural News, Mike Adams, 2019-10-05 -
+1HighNew York Times accurately reports vaccine-derived polio outbreaks caused by low vaccine coverage
“The content of the article is correct: attenuated polio strain type 2 contained in the oral vaccine can – in very rare cases – mutate and cause disease in under-immunized persons. However it might be good to specify that if the vaccine coverage is good, this will not happen (so the vaccine coverage has to be maintained, since it has prevented 13 million cases since 2000, according to the WHO).”
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UnsupportedStudies worldwide demonstrate HPV vaccine safety and no association with serious autoimmune and neurological diseases or problems during pregnancy
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the autoimmune diseases and menstrual cycle problems and fertility problems [...] and all of the other things that we’ve now seen are associated with the [HPV] vaccine
Source: Children's Health Defense, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2019-05-15 -
-0.5LowDaily Mail article misleads with clickbait headline claiming cowpox-derived virus will “kill every type of cancer”
“This article substantially overhypes early pre-clinical work with a viral therapy that has not yet been tested in even the earliest stages of human clinical trials. The headline is particularly misleading as I can find only three published papers suggesting the therapy has efficacy in lung, breast and colorectal cancers in cell lines and mouse models only.”
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UnsupportedBone spurs occasionally form at the base of human skulls, but their growth has not been linked to the use of handheld devices
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‘Horns’ are growing on young people’s skulls. Phone use is to blame, research suggests.
Source: The Washington Post, Isaac Stanley-Becker, 2019-06-25 -
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UnsupportedVitamin D has not been shown to be more effective than the flu vaccine at preventing flu
Claim:
Vitamin D is more effective than [the] flu vaccine
Source: Health Impact News, Joseph Mercola, 2017-03-01