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.
Critics of a series of voter ID restrictions have provided ample evidence that the laws would disproportionately affect Native Americans.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell became a topic of speculation after photographs seemingly showed his hands looking bruised and discolored.
News reports identified the hard drive's source as a computer repair shop owner in Delaware.
"A perfect metaphor for the Trump presidency," critics claimed. What really happened?
Conspiracies are often in the eye of the beholder.