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Author Archives: Jessica McDonald, FactCheck.org

**FILE** Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons)
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FactChecking Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

by Jessica McDonald, FactCheck.org August 9, 2023August 10, 2023
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No ‘Bombshell’ On COVID-19 Origins, U.S. Intelligence Rebuts Claims About ‘Sick’ Lab Workers

by Jessica McDonald, FactCheck.org June 30, 2023June 30, 2023
close up shot of a health worker injecting a vaccine on a patient
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What VAERS Can and Can’t Do, and How Anti-Vaccination Groups Habitually Misuse Its Data

by Jessica McDonald, FactCheck.org June 6, 2023June 19, 2023
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Posts Exaggerate Lab Findings About COVID-19’s Impact on Immune System

by Jessica McDonald, FactCheck.org April 7, 2023April 10, 2023
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What the Cochrane Review Says About Masks For COVID-19 — and What It Doesn’t

by Jessica McDonald, FactCheck.org March 16, 2023March 21, 2023
Courtesy of pfizer.com
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No Evidence Pfizer is Conducting Any Inappropriate Coronavirus Experiments

by Jessica McDonald, FactCheck.org February 23, 2023February 27, 2023
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COVID-19 Vaccines Can Slightly Alter Menstrual Cycle Temporarily, But Don’t Harm Fertility

by Jessica McDonald, FactCheck.org February 7, 2023February 7, 2023
**FILE** As part of a USAID-supported polio initiative, a vaccinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) administers the oral polio vaccine in the Commune of Ndjili, Kinshasa on March 23, 2007. On that day, Minister of Health, Victor Makwenge Kaput officially launched a vaccination campaign against the wild polio virus in the capital city. (USAID/A. Mukeba via Wikimedia Commons)
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Polio Elimination Due to Vaccination, Not End of Pesticide Use

by Jessica McDonald, FactCheck.org January 26, 2023January 26, 2023
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Magic Johnson Did Not Contract HIV from a Vaccine, Contrary to Online Claim

by Sean Christensen, FactCheck.org and Jessica McDonald, FactCheck.org January 20, 2023January 24, 2023
**FILE** A school-aged young man receives a COVID-19 vaccination. (WI photo)
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Posts Misinterpret NYC Health Tweet About Omicron Subvariant XBB.1.5

by Jessica McDonald, FactCheck.org January 20, 2023January 24, 2023

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