A quietly instituted “pause” on the federal procurement of fetal tissue for biomedical research has halted, at least temporarily, a research project seeking a cure for HIV.
A dubious story is based on a baseless, unverified, and anonymous Facebook post.
A new variant of a years-old rumor about a worker adding HIV-infected blood to foods or beverages takes aim at a popular brand of butter.
Rumors that a worker at Cadbury plant was arrested for contaminating the company's products with HIV-infected blood are a variant of an old and false rumor.
The controversial move followed the highly publicized resignation of six members in August 2017 and has been described as unusual.
A fabricated health scare that originated in Africa got a new lease on life in November 2017.
Web sites misstate what would happen under a bill that was signed into law on 6 October 2017.
Rumors that a worker at a Pepsi or Frooti plant contaminated those beverage products by injecting HIV-infected blood into them are old and false.
A bizarre, entirely false story originated on a web site notorious for bizarre, entirely false stories.
Rumors that the porn star is HIV-positive originated on a fake news web site.
Discolored bananas that have fallen prey to a fungus may be visually unappealing, but they do not harbor HIV and pose no threat to human health.
Age-old rumors about viral contamination of food evolved into a claim that HIV is present in canned food from Thailand.
The arrest of a Harvard professor fueled conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 coronavirus disease outbreak in 2020.
This claim has been around for years and makes no scientific sense whatsoever.
Someone you don’t know sends you a check, then asks you to deposit it and send some of the money to another party. But the check is counterfeit.
Critics have questioned the wisdom of exporting to China medical supplies that would soon be vitally needed in the U.S.
If only people recognized "predictions" before the calamitous events they supposedly anticipate.