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Was unvaccinated Canadian man Garnet Harper denied kidney transplant before his death? What we know

Written by:
Joey Esposito
Aug. 16, 2026 Harper's widow claimed he was denied a transplant because he wasn't vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Committee Chairman Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) (R) delivers his opening statement as former NIH Director Anthony Fauci testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on July 29, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Did chef Joe Gera expose Rand Paul lied about not getting COVID-19 vaccine?

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Taija PerryCook
Aug. 4, 2026 Paul told us he never received a COVID-19 vaccine after contracting the virus in February 2020.
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Anthony Fauci, an older white man wearing a blue suit, stands and holds his right hand up to take an oath.

Can Fauci plead the Fifth after Biden pardon? Why it's a legal gray area

Written by:
Jack Izzo
Aug. 4, 2026 The question of Fauci's Fifth Amendment rights after the presidential pardon is far more complic ...
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8 misleading Fauci claims we've fact-checked

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Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 4, 2026 The scientist and longtime public servant became a household name during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A split-screen image shows former White House adviser Katie Miller and former White House COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci.

Katie Miller, who called for Fauci's imprisonment, got medical advice from him in 2020

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Laerke Christensen
Aug. 3, 2026 The ex-White House adviser, who is married to Stephen Miller, claimed Fauci was neither her frie ...
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A photo shows President Donald Trump pointing away from the camera.

Claim Trump told people to 'inject bleach' to cure COVID-19 recirculates online after Fauci's Senate hearing

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Nick Hardinges
Aug. 2, 2026 Here's what the president actually said back in 2020.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2026.

Fauci said in diary that Trump had 'no interest' in COVID-19 pandemic, was embarrassing US

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Taija PerryCook
July 30, 2026 "72,000,000 voted for him. Difficult to understand," Fauci wrote. "Craziness has overtaken part ...
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25 claims involving Fauci we've investigated

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Nur Ibrahim
July 30, 2026 The physician has long been targeted by Republicans for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at the Rayburn House Office Building on June 03, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Did Fauci suffer pulmonary infarction due to COVID-19 vaccine? What we know

Written by:
Laerke Christensen
July 28, 2026 Fauci received his first COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020, around six months before his doctors ...
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Did RFK Jr. say COVID-19 was targeted to 'spare' Jewish, Chinese people? We investigated

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Aleksandra Wrona
June 14, 2026 Kennedy said COVID-19 was "targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people," but denied claiming ...
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A cruise ship sails on a dark sea with needles meant to represent the Pfizer mRNA Covid-19 vaccine.

Pfizer didn't say hantavirus is side effect of its COVID-19 vaccine, contrary to online claims

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
May 8, 2026 Those eager to discredit Pfizer's mRNA vaccine, which is safe and effective, exploited the cruis ...
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This image shows an X post from 2013 reading "Corona virus....its coming" with an early microscopic scan of coronaviruses.

Why 2013 coronavirus warning on X likely wasn't the prophecy people claim it is

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Taija PerryCook
March 16, 2026 When the X user shared the post in June 2013, there was a fresh outbreak of MERS-coronavirus in ...
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Did 4chan time traveler predict 'orange man' and WWIII?

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Jordan Liles
March 6, 2026 An alleged screenshot of a 2006 4chan post displayed a user's warning about a dark future, predi ...
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Does this video show Alex Pretti receiving 'honor walk' at Minneapolis VA hospital he worked at?

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Laerke Christensen
Jan. 27, 2026 Some internet users said the video, which spread widely after Pretti's death, showed medical sta ...
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An Abbott COVID-19 self test is shown, with test results shown on top of the box. To the right, a white mask is shown.

Don't panic if you see 'new Covid health advisory' message spreading online

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Jan. 26, 2026 Much of the message's information was misleading about a real variant of the virus that causes C ...
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Did Turning Point USA co-founder Bill Montgomery die of COVID-19? Here's what we know

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Anna Rascouët-Paz
Jan. 3, 2026 The rumor spread online months after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, the other Turning Point ...
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X user posted about 'Corona virus' in 2013, but there's no reason to believe post was about COVID-19

Written by:
Taija PerryCook
Nov. 23, 2025 The first reports of coronavirus — a group of viruses that includes COVID-19 and other diseases ...
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No, doctors weren't warning about new 'COVID-25' strain with 'very different signs'

Written by:
Anna Rascouët-Paz
Nov. 11, 2025 Different strains of the COVID-19 virus sometimes come with symptoms that are specific to them.
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Escaped monkeys in Mississippi 'aren't infectious,' Tulane University says

Written by:
Laerke Christensen
Oct. 29, 2025 The driver of the crashed truck reportedly told local law enforcement the monkeys were dangerous ...
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Unpacking claim Nevada woman Tonja Marie Johnson's death was caused by COVID-19 vaccine

Written by:
Megan Loe
Oct. 22, 2025 The social media claims about Johnson's death appeared to stem from a GoFundMe campaign created ...
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