Health Jun 27 What is thimerosal? What the research says about the vaccine preservative under fire by RFK Jr. Thimerosal has been at the heart of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s antivaccine activism for 20 years. Here’s what to know about the vaccine preservative and its removal from flu vaccines.
Politics Jun 15 Fact-checking unsubstantiated claims linking Gov. Walz to Minnesota lawmakers' shootings In 2019, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz reappointed the suspect wanted in connection with the shooting of Minnesota state legislators to a workforce development board. Conservatives baselessly said that implicated Walz in the killing.
Health Apr 26 Fact-checking RFK Jr.'s claim that environmental toxins cause autism HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attributed increasing autism rates to environmental toxins. Autism researchers told PolitiFact that lacks evidence and omits other important factors such as growing awareness that help explain the increase.
Politics Nov 07 Fact check: Trump's 2024 win doesn't prove claims that the 2020 election was stolen Conservatives are leveraging President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 electoral victory to again allege the 2020 election was fraudulent. But from election to election, millions of voters potentially shifting support from one party to another isn’t unusual, experts say.