COVID-19
Written by: Dan Evon
March 19, 2020
A few bright spots do indeed shine amid the doom and gloom of the new coronavirus.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
March 19, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump has faced criticism for his insistence in referring to COVID-19 as t ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 18, 2020
A number of hoaxes have circulated amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 18, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that he felt COVID-19 was a pandemic "long before it was cal ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
March 18, 2020
Snopes investigates rumors and misinformation surrounding the prevention and treatment of COVID-19.
Written by: Snopes Staff
March 18, 2020
Snopes tracks rumors, memes, and misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic's coverage in the me ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 18, 2020
This rumor about Oprah Winfrey was a sliver of a much larger conspiracy theory spreading dangero ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 17, 2020
An unclear headline and a paywalled article led to some confusion about Amazon's announcement.
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 17, 2020
Criticism over the failure to conduct immediate, widespread coronavirus testing in the U.S. focu ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 17, 2020
A viral video that claims breathing hot air from a hair dryer could cure COVID-19 demonstrates a ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 17, 2020
Even looming food shortages are apparently not enough to prompt some consumers to try soy- and t ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 17, 2020
Ethylene glycol, used in antifreeze, is indeed extremely poisonous to animals. But does hand san ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 17, 2020
Confusing and unsubstantiated reports said the United States offered large sums of money to secu ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 17, 2020
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night — nor a pandemic — has much chance of delaying ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
March 16, 2020
The novel coronavirus was first identified in Wuhan, China, and spread to other parts of China a ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 16, 2020
A viral social media post claimed Italian doctors were not treating older patients with coronavi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 16, 2020
You can't conjure up a giveaway out of thin air.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 16, 2020
This false rumor demonstrates how one subtle video edit can achieve a huge deception.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 16, 2020
Announcements of a "national lockdown" or "mandatory quarantine" would not be made via viral tex ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 16, 2020
French medical advice warned that "adverse effects" of drugs such as ibuprofen had been reported ...
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