Fact-check: Do chronic illnesses account for 90% of US health care spending?

A federal government campaign that encourages Americans to avoid processed foods claims that "90% of U.S. healthcare spending ...
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Fact Check: CDC vaccine chief Demetre Daskalakis resigned. Read his letter denouncing RFK Jr.'s leadership

In August 2025, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) immunization chief, Dr. Demetre C. Daskalakis, posted a resignation letter denouncing Health and Human Services (HHS) ...
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Fact Check: NBC affiliate did not publish headline on CDC culling cats due to bird flu

A supposed headline about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) killing cats in response to the bird flu outbreak is fabricated. There is no evidence that the CDC has plans to cull cats ...
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FACT CHECK: Trump’s New CDC Director Not Responsible For Messages Before January 2025

A post shared on X claims to show Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Susan Monarez tweeting about childhood vaccines. Social media users are claiming to show Monarez tweeting ...
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Fact Check: Acting CDC Director Jim O'Neill did once say: 'There are plenty of healthy, spare kidneys walking around unused'

O'Neill made the quote in a 2009 speech in which he argued that people should be compensated for organ donation to incentivize the practice. In other words, O'Neill was arguing that health care would ...
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Fact check: RFK Jr.'s flawed justifications for ‘clean sweep' of CDC vaccine advisory panel

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ousted all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel, claiming it “has been plagued with ...