SCIENCE

Experts reject claim that supplements can counter Covid-19 vaccines

Published on 30/04/2021 at 01:30

Articles shared on social media claim several dietary supplements can serve to “neutralize” effects of widely-used Covid-19 shots. This is false; doctors dismiss the claim, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the inoculations are safe and effective.

South Korean Facebook users share false Covid-19 prevention tips

Updated on 27/04/2021 at 16:09

'Positive' and 'negative' control swabs in Covid-19 test kits only used for quality control, experts say

Published on 22/04/2021 at 04:10

Black threads in face masks are harmless textile fibres, scientists say

Published on 13/04/2021 at 09:45

Bill Gates has not bought Telegram messaging app

Updated on 13/04/2021 at 08:05

This video shows a digital animation, not real drones playing volleyball

Published on 07/04/2021 at 07:00

Film portraying a pandemic’s devastation is not set in 2021

Published on 24/03/2021 at 19:23

Anti-lockdown group promotes misleading claims about face masks as 'fact check'

Published on 23/03/2021 at 16:44

Pelicans do not cool down by pushing spines out of mouths

Published on 18/03/2021 at 17:38

Old hoax circulates on Thai social media warning people to turn off mobile phones due to harmful cosmic rays passing Earth

Published on 12/03/2021 at 10:35

No, the video was originally uploaded as satire by a Greece-based Facebook user

Updated on 27/04/2021 at 16:54

False news reports claim Elon Musk is dead after Tesla factory explosion

Updated on 09/03/2021 at 11:52

David Icke interview resurfaces with multiple false claims about Covid-19

Published on 08/03/2021 at 14:23

Misleading video on risks from charging phone spreads worldwide

Published on 04/03/2021 at 19:22

This image taken on Mars shows one of the planet’s two moons and not Earth

Published on 04/03/2021 at 11:22