Coronavirus vaccine

CDC committee’s vote did not make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for schoolchildren

Tucker Carlson misrepresented the reach of the CDC’s immunization schedule. It is not a mandate.

October 24, 2022

Articles about health problems unrelated to COVID-19 vaccines

One article predates the COVID-19 vaccine’s availability in the United States.

August 23, 2022

Factually: Fact-checkers have the answers to Joe Rogan’s vaccine hesitancy

The podcast host’s comments illustrate the questions fact-checkers have been answering throughout the pandemic.

April 29, 2021

Harrison Mantas

WhatsApp and the IFCN offer a financial shot in the arm to fact-checkers fighting vaccine misinformation

The Vaccine Grant Program will distribute a combined $500,000 to help launch or support seven separate projects

April 26, 2021

The International Fact-Checking Network

Factually: Falsehoods about COVID-19 suicides are nothing new for fact-checkers

The oft-repeated notion has been fact-checked at least 42 times by members of the CoronaVirusFacts Alliance

April 22, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Factually: US Fact-checkers pause to explain J&J

It comes less than a month after similar efforts by their European counterparts — This is the Apr. 15, 2021 edition of Factually.

April 15, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Fears about vaccines accounted for half of fact checks submitted to the Alliance database in March

455 new fact checks were added in March, with false claims about adverse reactions and deaths being the most prominent

April 9, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Journalists reporting on COVID-19 vaccines should ‘tell the story in its totality’

Most Americans will soon be eligible for the vaccine, but some are hesitant to get the shot. Here’s what journalists can do.

March 31, 2021

Newsgathering-From-Home: What we’ve lost and learned in one year of remote journalism

[vc_column_inner width="1/6"][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_inner width="1/6"]In this 45-minute On Poynt session, you will learn about what newsrooms…

March 31, 2021

European fact-checkers try to explain the confusing move to stop using the AstraZeneca vaccine

The lack of scientific evidence justifying the move is giving oxygen to conspiracy theories and putting fact-checkers in an awkward position

March 17, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Vaccine gaslighting, mask falsehoods and fake cures dominate recent claims added to the CoronaVirusFacts Alliance Database

False claims about vaccines made up a third of fact checks submitted to the database since the start of 2021.

March 2, 2021

Harrison Mantas

When can you get vaccinated? Here’s the story behind The New York Times’ project that tells you.

If you’re healthy, you’re probably at the tail end of the line.

December 18, 2020

Amaris Castillo