Leading Cause of Death in Children Since 2020 After a May 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, a popular tweet claimed that guns had become the leading cause of death in children and teens in the United States as of 2020.
Florida Judge Kathryn Mizelle Overturns CDC’s Public Transportation Mask Mandate On April 18 2022, Florida judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle "struck down" a CDC mask mandate (previously extended through May 3 2022), but it was unclear whether the decision would stick.
Giant Food ‘Super Spread’ Ad As public health officials advised against large Thankgiving gatherings, a purported Giant Food "super spread" advertisement circulated on social media.
CDC Removes ‘Airborne’ COVID-19 Content In September 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added -- and then removed -- information about aerosolized spread of SARS-CoV-2.
Were 94 Percent of COVID-19 Deaths Caused by ‘Underlying Conditions’? A spate of false posts and stories pushed a claim downplaying the deadliness of the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
The ‘Asymptomatic Carriers’ of COVID-19 Controversy, Explained When it seemed that the World Health Organization had declared that asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 was a "rare" issue, the claim predictably spread like wildfire -- but, as usual, the clarification didn't.
Did Colorado Revise its COVID-19 Death Count from 1150 to 878 — and ‘Admit’ They Were Counting Deaths from Other Causes? Ongoing rumors that death rates were being inflated during a pandemic crested when Colorado revised state data, but it's not as sinister as circulating claims suggest.
Did the CDC Order All Deaths Be Recorded as a Result of COVID-19 — Even Heart Attacks and Accidents? A spiraling conspiracy theory about exaggerated coronavirus mortality holds that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered every death in the United States be attributed to COVID-19 -- even getting "hit by a bus."
Is This a Photograph of Someone’s Kitchen After Microwaving Coronavirus Masks? Facebook marked the image as a "true" fact check, but the uncited claim used an unrelated image that dated back to at least 2015 -- years before COVID-19 came into existence.
Did the CDC Stop Disclosing How Many People Were Tested for Coronavirus in the United States? Key statistics appear to have been either moved or removed from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's page tracking COVID-19.
