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Health Feedback is a worldwide network of scientists sorting fact from fiction in health and medical media coverage. Our goal is to help readers know which news to trust.

Latest Article Reviews

New York Times accurately reports vaccine-derived polio outbreaks caused by low vaccine coverage

"The content of the article is correct: attenuated polio strain type 2 contained in the oral vaccine can – in very rare cases – mutate and cause disease in under-immunized pers..

Daily Mail article misleads with clickbait headline claiming cowpox-derived virus will “kill every type of cancer”

"This article substantially overhypes early pre-clinical work with a viral therapy that has not yet been tested in even the earliest stages of human clinical trials. The headline i..

Washington Post article provides accurate and insightful report on recent spate of vaping-related illnesses

Washington Post

"At the moment, it is not possible to know if these pulmonary diseases are related to propylene glycol, glycerol, nicotine, flavorings, or more likely, synthetic/natural drugs some..

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Latest Claim Reviews

No conclusive evidence links consumption of bats with the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak

"Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak linked to eating bats"

Emma Parker, Gemma Mullin, Paul Joseph Watson, Daily Star, The Sun, InfoWars

- 26 Jan 2020

Manuka honey possesses potent antibacterial activity, even against some antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but only via topical application, not consumption

"Raw manuka honey kills every bacteria scientists throw at it, including antibiotic-resistant superbugs"

Sara Burrows, Return to Now

- 18 Jan 2020

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Insights

Do radio waves from mobile devices cause cancer? A look at the evidence

Mobile phones have become an integral part of our lives, and most people would not consider even leaving the house without one. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) has est...

How we know vaccines don’t cause autism – and why this belief persists

The claim that “vaccines cause autism” first received its scientific backing by Andrew Wakefield’s now-retracted study in The Lancet, published in 1998. The study...