AIDS
Written by: Rae Deng
May 8, 2026
Patients who have been "functionally cured" of HIV underwent incredibly risky procedures. For mo ...
Written by: Rae Deng
May 3, 2026
The Trump administration previously cut off funding to global HIV/AIDS programs, including in Za ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 30, 2025
A legally contested executive order on foreign aid did, at least initially, halt the distributio ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Oct. 14, 2024
Social media users said the photo was taken when the stigma around HIV was high.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Nov. 29, 2023
The trait was said to have been passed down to subsequent generations.
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
June 13, 2023
Twenty years later, we decided to revisit and update our fact-check about the claim based on the ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 2, 2022
An old quote resurfaced after the musician withdrew his work from Spotify over COVID-19 misinfor ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
March 10, 2021
Joseph Chaplik was met with bemusement after remarks he made while advocating for a bill to exem ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 6, 2018
A dubious story is based on a baseless, unverified, and anonymous Facebook post.
Written by: David Emery
March 1, 2018
A new variant of a years-old rumor about a worker adding HIV-infected blood to foods or beverage ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 25, 2018
Rumors that a worker at Cadbury plant was arrested for contaminating the company's products with ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Nov. 27, 2017
A fabricated health scare that originated in Africa got a new lease on life in November 2017.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 12, 2017
A bizarre, entirely false story originated on a web site notorious for bizarre, entirely false s ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 19, 2016
Preliminary research has shown that a single compound found in bee venom can destroy HIV, but it ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 18, 2014
An image supposedly shows HIV-positive former NBA star Magic Johnson donating blood for leukemia ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 25, 2007
Southwest Airlines provides free air travel to those who have AIDS or herpes?
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 11, 2002
Are babies being raped in South Africa by AIDS sufferers who believe their having sex with virgi ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 27, 2000
A long-circulating urban legend, "AIDS Mary," holds that a woman seduces men with the intent of ...
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