Exposing health myths: How sneaky science misled the public in 2023
Science isn't flashy. It's notoriously boring, uncertain and unsexy. And there's a risk to health and life if we aren’t more questioning.
Science isn't flashy. It's notoriously boring, uncertain and unsexy. And there's a risk to health and life if we aren’t more questioning.
In 2018, we produced a factsheet tracking key health indicators in Nigeria over the course of a decade. What does the latest data tell us?
What could possibly be difficult about verifying simple claims about the economic impact of M-Pesa, a pioneering Kenyan innovation?
A national newspaper reported that 25 new cases had been confirmed in the north-central state. This is incorrect, health officials said.
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The awards ceremony was part of the Africa Facts Summit organised by Africa Check.
The ANC’s secretary general Fikile Mbalula has repeated an incorrect claim about access to electricity in 1994.
Several media publications have repeated an incorrect claim about the number of South Africans who get social grants.
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