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CDC Redacted Study on Myocarditis After COVID-19 Vaccination?

Written by:
Anna Rascouët-Paz
April 8, 2024 The redacted document, released as part of a FOIA request, was not a study.
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Did the CDC Release Redacted Study on Myocarditis After COVID-19 Vaccination?

Written by:
Anna Rascouët-Paz
March 22, 2024 For starters, the redacted document was not a study.
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CDC Says Vaccinated Americans Have Higher Risk of Infection than Unvaccinated?

Written by:
Aleksandra Wrona
Sept. 5, 2023 The U.S. health agency published a risk-assessment summary in response to reported cases of a ne ...
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No, the CDC Hasn't Endorsed the Use of Powerful Drugs by 'Men Who Want to Breastfeed'

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
July 20, 2023 Both cisgender and transgender women have used domperidone, a drug not approved in the U.S., to ...
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Did a Boston School Distribute 'Explicit Survey' About Oral Sex to Middle Schoolers?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
March 23, 2023 The controversy surrounds the CDC's long-running Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
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Did CDC Raise 'Lethal Exposure' Level of Vinyl Chloride Days Before Ohio Train Derailment?

Written by:
David Emery
Feb. 23, 2023 "I'm not a conspiracy theorist," said one tweet, "but why did the CDC update their profile for v ...
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The CDC website updated a flu guidance page to say pregnant people instead of pregnant women.

Did CDC Change 'Pregnant Women' to 'Pregnant People' in Flu Guidance?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Nov. 3, 2022 A November 2022 search of the CDC's website returned hundreds of instances of both phrases.
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Trump Administration Bans CDC Officials From Using Certain Words?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Dec. 15, 2017 Policy analysts will be instructed to avoid using seven words in budget policy documents, includ ...
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COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna is a sponsor of the 2022 U.S. Open tennis tournament.

Is Moderna a Sponsor of the 2022 US Open?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Aug. 30, 2022 Readers asked if the COVID-19 vaccine maker truly was a partnering sponsor with the tennis tourn ...
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A rumor says that the CDC disregarded health and science and that a letter from the Delta Air Lines CEO was the reason the agency reduced COVID-19 breakthrough isolation and quarantine from 10 days to 5 days.

Did Delta's CEO Influence the CDC on 5-Day COVID Isolation?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Dec. 28, 2021 The rumor trended on Twitter.
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Was the Body of a CDC Doctor Who 'Exposed' the Flu Shot Found Floating in a River?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
April 9, 2018 A missing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doctor was found dead, but he was not a "wh ...
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Was Lettuce Linked to an E. Coli Outbreak?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jan. 5, 2018 Health officials in Canada linked an E. coli outbreak to romaine lettuce in late 2017.
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Fresh Express Salad Recalled After Dead Bat Reportedly Found in Package

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
April 10, 2017 The recall affects certain Fresh Express brand spring mix salads with an April 14 'use-by' date.
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Did the FBI Raid the CDC for Data on Vaccines and Autism?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Jan. 24, 2017 A known hoax purveyor spread false claims that the FBI "raided" the CDC in the middle of the nig ...
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CDC Announces Plan to Detain Americans for Forced Vaccinations?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Sept. 1, 2016 An alarmist rumor misleadingly claimed the CDC was planning to apprehend and detain Americans to ...
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Zika Microcephaly Outbreak Caused by Monsanto Pesticide?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Feb. 16, 2016 An unsubstantiated theory suggesting a Monsanto pesticide caused an uptick in microcephaly birth ...
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Did the CDC 'Admit' 98 Million Americans Were Given a 'Cancer Virus' via the Polio Shot?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Oct. 23, 2015 Much ado about nothing: The CDC didn't 'admit' anyone contracted cancer from polio vaccinations, ...
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Spin-Fluenza

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Oct. 19, 2015 No, the CDC did not issue a warning advising folks to avoid this year's flu shot.
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CDC Reminds Everyone Not to Pee in the Pool

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
June 19, 2015
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