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Jan 16, 2025 · AFP Fact Check is a department within Agence France-Presse (AFP), a multi-lingual, multicultural news agency whose mission is to provide accurate, balanced and impartial coverage of news wherever and whenever it happens in the world on a continuous basis.
False posts about HMPV cases leading to school closures in China ...
21 hours ago · Amid fears of another global pandemic, social media users are circulating claims that all schools in China have been closed due to a rise in “new” human metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases. However, this is false; while there was an increase in cases at the end of 2024, the country did not respond by closing schools. China said infections are seasonal at this time …
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False posts about HMPV and Covid 'cross-mutation' spark fear …
2 days ago · Reports of a flu-like virus called HMPV in China have sparked online misinformation, including posts with tens of thousands of shares that falsely claimed HMPV and Covid-19 had "cross-mutated" into a more severe disease. The viruses are from different families and are impossible to merge, multiple virologists told AFP. The World Health Organization said in …
Covid pictures resurface in false posts about 'China health crisis in ...
4 days ago · The World Health Organization said in January 2025 that China's reported levels of acute respiratory infections, including those caused by the flu-like virus HMPV, were "within the expected range" for winter. But misinformation continued to circulate online about a purported state of emergency in China over an outbreak of HMPV cases. In Indonesia, social media …
Misquoted Lancet report sparks misinformation on Covid vaccines, …
3 days ago · Rampant misinformation linking autism to vaccination has circulated for decades. The latest iteration spreading online falsely shared a scientific paper as evidence Covid-19 jabs cause the lifelong condition. However, the report published in The Lancet medical journal did not mention vaccines and instead explored the prevalence and health burden of autism.
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Vaccine critics misrepresent US appeals court ruling over Covid-19 ...
Jun 11, 2024 · Vaccine skeptics are claiming a US federal appeals court ruled in June 2024 that Covid-19 shots are not actual vaccines, undermining years of public health guidance. This is false; the panel decided a lawsuit over a school district's immunization requirements should not have been dismissed, but legal experts say it did not endorse or even evaluate the plaintiffs' …
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