The Heartland Institute video falsely claimed that it is unclear if Antarctica is losing ice on balance, when in fact, Antarctica has been losing ice mass since the 1990s and is projected to continue to do so, contributing to global sea level rise.

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AstraZeneca has announced it is withdrawing its COVID-19 vaccine from the market worldwide due to a decline in demand, despite the company having identified a rare risk of dangerous blood clots associated with the vaccine in 2021.

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The recent video promoting independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. contains several debunked or unsupported narratives about vaccines, including claims about mercury in vaccines, vaccine manufacturer liability, and COVID-19 restrictions.

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The FDA has detected genetic material from the H5N1 bird flu virus in the commercial milk supply, which indicates that the virus is likely more prevalent in cows than cow testing data indicate, and has caused concerns among infectious disease experts that the virus has the potential to cause a pandemic.

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A review article misrepresents a study on mRNA cancer vaccines in mice, falsely claiming that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could aid cancer development, while the vaccines actually enhance immunity by teaching the immune system how to identify and fight the coronavirus.

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Updated COVID-19 vaccines and a newly authorized monoclonal antibody can provide increased protection for people at elevated risk of severe disease from COVID-19, but people who are immunocompromised should still get an updated vaccine and additional doses.

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O.J. Simpson, a football star acquitted in the murder of his ex-wife and her friend, died of cancer at age 76, and conspiracy theorists and vaccine opponents quickly spun his death into anti-vaccination fodder, claiming that his death was related to his COVID-19 vaccination.

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Aluminum adjuvants have been used for many decades to strengthen the immune response to vaccines, and exposure to small amounts of aluminum poses an extremely low risk to infants, despite social media claims of harm from substances present in tiny amounts.

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Women are having fewer children globally, but experts say that's due to a combination of factors, including more access to education, contraception, and declining rates of child mortality, rather than a crisis in reproductive health.

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President Joe Biden's reference to mRNA cancer vaccines in his State of the Union address was misinterpreted by social media users, with some claiming that the COVID-19 vaccines are being used to cure cancer, when in fact Biden was referring to the mRNA technology used to make the COVID-19 vaccines and being studied by researchers to treat cancer.

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