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Pennsylvania reports 693 measles cases and four deaths, two of them confirmed

Pennsylvania’s 693 cases match the state’s own release exactly. The fourth death is reported but not confirmed: the state confirms two, a pathologist disputes one, the CDC counts none.

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Measles, Migration, and the Missing Evidence

Donalds blamed Biden-era immigration for the 2026 measles surge. CDC data: 16 of 2,903 cases involved international visitors. The cause is declining vaccination.

1 Mixed2 Misleading

Fact-Check: “Federal Data Reveals U.S. Foodborne Illness Cases Are Up Nearly 400%”

400% understates a real ~600% surge in outbreak-linked cases. The metric is wrong: total food poisoning (48M/yr) didn’t move. Policy cuts plausibly slowed response; they didn’t cause it.

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Did Fauci’s Texts Prove He Knew Vaccines Caused Miscarriages?

Texts show Fauci flagged a theoretical miscarriage mechanism in 2021. The viral claim he knew and hid it is False; a transparency question remains Contested.

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Fauci’s Diary and Masks: What the Viral Claim Gets Backward

Viral posts claim Fauci’s released diary proves ‘everything he was pushing about Covid was a lie’ on masks. The specific diary entry cited — March 31, 2020 — says the opposite…

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Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism: What 40 Years of Research Shows, and What RFK Jr. Changed at the CDC

More than 40 large-scale studies covering 5.6 million children found no vaccine-autism link. The claim’s only scientific source was fabricated for money and retracted in 2010. Under RFK Jr., the CDC…

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