Did Sarah Palin Say People with Lyme Disease Should Stop Eating Limes?
Proposed changes to health care laws revived an old meme attributing a phony quote about Lyme disease to Sarah Palin.
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Your Christmas Tree Is (Probably) Not Full of Lyme Disease Bearing Ticks
Viral warnings about disease-carrying ticks in Christmas trees ignore much of the scientific literature on how ticks and Lyme disease actually operate.
Do Opossums Kill Ticks, Inhibit the Spread of Lyme Disease?
A popular meme asserted opossums kill most deer ticks they encounter and thus inhibit the spread of Lyme disease to humans.
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No, Vanessa Bryant Did Not Kill Herself After Kobe’s Death
Rumors that spread in February 2020 about the death of Kobe Bryant's widow were junk news.
Is This ‘God Bows Down to Trump’ Sign Real?
Political humor can sometimes be so arch that viewers fail to discern it as such.
Was Charles Lieber Arrested for Connections to Coronavirus, Wuhan Lab?
The arrest of a Harvard professor fueled conspiracy theories about the new coronavirus outbreak in 2020.
Did ‘Fox and Friends’ Call Fred Rogers an ‘Evil, Evil Man’?
The segment prompted numerous rebuttals condemning the "maliciousness of the attack" on the legacy of the children's TV host.
Did a Woman Give Birth to 17 Children at Once?
“The babies kept coming and coming and coming and coming ..."