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TikTok has removed a video by beauty mogul Huda Kattan after she promoted conspiracy theories accusing Israel of orchestrating major world events, including the September 11 attacks and the wars of the 20th century, reports CNN. Kattan, founder of the billion-dollar cosmetics brand Huda Beauty, …
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A doctor has criticized health and wellness influencer Alexandria Noel’s claims about seed oils in a popular video shared on social media.Dr. Idrees Mughal (also known as Dr. Idz) has over 8 million followers on TikTok and 295,000 on Instagram. He has recently gained recognition for debunking …
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It’s hard to keep track of the funding cuts, layoffs, vaccine recommendation changes and other major shake-ups happening within the country’s federal public health organizations at the hands of the Trump administration and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary. One of the …
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Vice President JD Vance plans to spend his summer break discovering whether the truth really is out there.Vance appeared on the Ruthless podcast on Friday to yuk it up over topics as varied as Sydney Sweeney, the NFL, and his passion for little green men. “I’m obsessed with the whole UFO thing,” …
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary again promoted a conspiracy theory about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, accusing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Wednesday of funding the lab that created the virus.Makary, when asked by NewsNation’s Connell McShane about …
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For years, outlandish theories about the U.S. government using airplanes to spray harmful chemicals over U.S. homes or powerful elites controlling the weather were relegated to the fringes of society.Not anymore.As the internet has provided rocket fuel for such claims, Republican lawmakers across …
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The University of Queensland has defended its academics who have pushed conspiracy theories and misinformation around fire ant treatments and vaccines.It comes as Australia’s fire ant authorities slam comments by UQ researcher Conny Turni as “ignorant” and “misinformation”.Dr Turni said she …
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Once an electoral candidate is in the lead, the public views them as the winner. If the candidate then loses, fraud seems a likely explanation, and even the winner’s supporters might be inclined to be suspicious about the final result. This is because of the cumulative redundancy bias (CRB). …
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Conspiracy theories are funny things.The most enduring ones usually take hold for two reasons: first, because there’s some grain of truth to them, and second, because they speak to foundational historical divisions. The theories morph and change, distorting the grain of truth at their centre beyond …
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With the school year fast approaching and the United States grappling with its worst measles outbreak in more than three decades, Bay Area public health officials urged families on Thursday to make childhood vaccinations a top priority. Their warning comes amid a surge of vaccine misinformation …
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