An image shared on social media with claims it shows a list of patent numbers for viruses such as H1N1 flu, Zika virus and ...

This isn’t true. Plastics are polymers and unrelated to margarine. As the website Science-Based Medicine explains: “Margarine ...

A claim has recently circulated online falsely suggesting that humans cannot “catch” viruses because “they don’t exist”. The ...

A video of Albert Bourla speaking has been edited to make it sound as if Pfizer wants to depopulate the world.

Almost 2,000 people have shared a post suggesting there is a plot to lower the “population’s vitality” by hiding citric acid ...

We’ve seen some confusion online following Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s claim today that “spiking will be made a criminal offence”, with some commentators saying this is already the case or ...

This is not true. The picture was taken in Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel last year. A picture circulating on social media in recent days with claims it shows “Tel Aviv last night” was actually ...

Sadiq Khan said farmers protesting over inheritance taxes was “another example of racism, Islamophobia and anti Muslim on our streets” and that “the far-right needs to be stamped out”. We can’t find ...

This is not a genuine Amazon offer. This is not a genuine Amazon offer either. 1 of 2 claims Posts on Facebook claim that the retail giant Amazon is selling Lenovo laptops for £3, and that the company ...

There’s no evidence he has these tattoos. There’s no evidence Cristiano Ronaldo has a tattoo of the Palestinian flag on his back, despite social media users sharing an image suggesting he does. The ...

Since the government announced changes to the rules around inheritance tax on farms, we’ve seen apparently contradictory ...