Margarine is not “one molecule away” from plastic and it doesn’t share 27 ingredients with paint. This false claim has been ...

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

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 ...

Health misinformation can ruin lives and damage health services. Our health team fact checks claims about health including funding and delivery, and dangerous medical claims, and makes recommendations ...

The Treasury and Department for Work and Pensions minister Emma Reynolds said on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions? on Friday: “The situation that we inherited which is seven and a half million people ...

There’s no evidence for this. We’ve seen no announcement or any credible media reports that India has been removed from any BRICS “core committee” or the broader group itself. There’s no evidence ...

This is not true. A spokesperson for FC Barcelona confirmed the club has not made any such statement. A screenshot of a TikTok video, claiming that “FC Barcelona has cut all ties with Israel”, has ...

This is likely a hoax post. Lincolnshire Police said it has no reports of this happening. A post shared over 100 times on Facebook claims a young boy was found wandering in Skegness, Lincolnshire and ...

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 ...