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**FILE** As part of a USAID-supported polio initiative, a vaccinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) administers the oral polio vaccine in the Commune of Ndjili, Kinshasa on March 23, 2007. On that day, Minister of Health, Victor Makwenge Kaput officially launched a vaccination campaign against the wild polio virus in the capital city. (USAID/A. Mukeba via Wikimedia Commons)
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Polio Elimination Due to Vaccination, Not End of Pesticide Use

by Jessica McDonald, FactCheck.org January 26, 2023January 26, 2023

Polio, a paralytic disease caused by a virus, has been eliminated in the U.S. — and nearly wiped out globally — thanks to vaccines. But social media posts are reviving old, false claims that polio is instead caused by pesticides and outbreaks of the disease ended when people stopped using DDT.

**FILE** A school-aged young man receives a COVID-19 vaccination. (WI photo)
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Posts Misinterpret NYC Health Tweet About Omicron Subvariant XBB.1.5

by Jessica McDonald, FactCheck.org January 20, 2023January 24, 2023
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Social Media Posts Twist Meaning of CDC, FDA Disclosure on Bivalent Booster

by Saranac Hale Spencer, FactCheck.org January 20, 2023January 24, 2023
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Magic Johnson Did Not Contract HIV from a Vaccine, Contrary to Online Claim

by Sean Christensen, FactCheck.org and Jessica McDonald, FactCheck.org January 20, 2023January 24, 2023
a person with blue gloves getting the vaccine vial
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COVID-19 Vaccines Tested in Clinical Trials, Despite Bogus Social Media Claims

by Jessica McDonald, FactCheck.org January 18, 2023January 18, 2023
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is removed from Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati in an ambulance on Jan. 2 as his teammates kneel at the bottom left of the image. (Schetm via Wikimedia Commons)
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NFL Player Damar Hamlin’s Cardiac Arrest Triggers Unfounded Social Media Claims

by Jessica McDonald, FactCheck.org January 3, 2023January 4, 2023
This image depicts a qualified nurse in a clinical setting, who was in the process of administering a dosage of FluMist live attenuated intranasal vaccine LAIV) into the left nostril, and into this patient's nasal cavity. (Courtesy of CDC via Wikimedia Commons)
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No Evidence Flu Vaccine Increases Strep A Infections, Contrary to Online Claims

by Catalina Jaramillo, FactCheck.org December 23, 2022January 4, 2023
person wearing latex gloves vaccinating a man in gray shirt
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Autopsy Study Doesn’t Show COVID-19 Vaccines Are Unsafe

by Catalina Jaramillo, FactCheck.org December 21, 2022January 4, 2023
**FILE** Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Gage Skidmore)
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DeSantis’ Dubious COVID-19 Vaccine Claims

by Jessica McDonald, FactCheck.org and Catalina Jaramillo, FactCheck.org December 21, 2022January 4, 2023
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Grant Wahl Died from Aortic Aneurysm, No Link to COVID-19 Vaccine

by Saranac Hale Spencer, FactCheck.org December 16, 2022January 4, 2023

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