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Pennsylvania reports 693 measles cases and four deaths, two of them confirmed

Verdicts: 1 True, 1 Mostly True, 1 Unproven

Pennsylvania’s 693 cases match the state’s own release exactly. The fourth death is reported but not confirmed: the state confirms two, a pathologist disputes one, the CDC counts none.

Measles, Migration, and the Missing Evidence

Verdicts: 1 True, 2 False

Donalds blamed Biden-era immigration for the 2026 measles surge. CDC data: 16 of 2,903 cases involved international visitors. The cause is declining vaccination.

Peru, not the US, had the world’s highest confirmed COVID-19 death rate

Verdicts: 1 True, 1 False

RFK Jr.’s claim that the U.S. had the highest COVID death rate globally is false. Peru’s confirmed rate was nearly double the American figure. Among peer nations, the U.S. story is worse.

Fauci’s Diary and Masks: What the Viral Claim Gets Backward

Verdicts: 1 False

Viral posts claim Fauci’s released diary proves ‘everything he was pushing about Covid was a lie’ on masks. The specific diary entry cited — March 31, 2020 — says the opposite…

Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism: What 40 Years of Research Shows, and What RFK Jr. Changed at the CDC

Verdicts: 1 Mostly True, 2 False

More than 40 large-scale studies covering 5.6 million children found no vaccine-autism link. The claim’s only scientific source was fabricated for money and retracted in 2010. Under RFK Jr., the CDC…

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Bayer, the EPA, and the Fight Over Roundup Cancer Warnings

The Trump EPA backed Bayer’s Supreme Court bid to kill 100,000+ Roundup cancer lawsuits — after Zeldin’s office met with Bayer’s CEO to discuss litigation strategy, then denied it under oath.

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