Marisha Goldhamer
Deputy Head of Digital Verification, North America at Agence France-Presse (AFP)
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Marisha Goldhamer
As law enforcement in the US state of Minnesota conducted a massive manhunt for 57-year-old Vance Boelter following the shooting of two lawmakers and their spouses, a photo of a man wearing a shirt with a handgun above the word "resist" spread rapidly across social media in posts claiming it showed the suspect. This is false; the picture, which was taken at a rally more than 1,000 miles away, depicts a couple active in Democratic politics in the state of Texas.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Marisha Goldhamer
Within hours of the shooting of two lawmakers and their spouses in the US state of Minnesota, social media posts began claiming, without evidence, that Governor Tim Walz ordered a "political hit" on his rivals, with some pointing to the suspect's appointment to a state board as proof they were connected. But other board members told AFP the governor does not personally vet or regularly interact with the group and authorities say they have confidence Vance Luther Boelter acted alone.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Marisha Goldhamer
Combination vaccines are recommended by health authorities worldwide to reduce the number of jabs given to children while still offering protection from preventable diseases. A video spreading across social media calls into question Vaxelis, a 6-in-1 shot, but experts say it has safely been administered in the United States since its 2018 approval.
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4 weeks ago |
malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Marisha Goldhamer
At least four of the studies cited in a flagship White House report on children's health do not exist, authors and publishers listed in the document told AFP, casting doubt on the paper outlining US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda. The highly anticipated "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) report was released on May 22 by the presidential commission tasked with assessing drivers of childhood chronic disease.
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4 weeks ago |
es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Marisha Goldhamer
Marisha GOLDHAMER30 de mayo de 2025, 4:21 a.m.·4 min de lecturaEl gobierno estadounidense restó importancia este jueves a los cuestionamientos a su informe insignia sobre la salud infantil, pero lo terminó editando después de que los autores mencionados en el documento original confirmaran que se citaron estudios inexistentes. El secretario de Salud, Robert F.
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Combination vaccines are recommended by health authorities worldwide to reduce the number of jabs given to children while still offering protection from preventable diseases. https://t.co/EiblZ9V9fZ https://t.co/xD1wzOqJAs
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🇨🇦🗳️Canada’s federal election is April 28, but misinformation about the snap vote is spreading across social media. Here are some of the claims we have debunked 🧵👇 https://t.co/F7aS5DoYu1
🇨🇦 This meme was used to spread false Canadian foreign aid figures when I fact checked it back in 2018. Readers told us it was circulating again this month, so we wrote an updated story to let folks know it’s still wrong https://t.co/G6TigdSRAy
