Latest Articles Ask KHN-Politifact: Is my cloth mask good enough? The 2022 edition By Victoria Knight • January 12, 2022 NyQuil isn’t a cure-all for omicron variant By Gabrielle Settles • January 7, 2022 WATCH: Betty White did not get a COVID-19 booster right before her death By Josie Hollingsworth • January 7, 2022 'Flurona' is just a new buzzword, not new strain of COVID-19 or new phenomenon By Monique Curet • January 6, 2022 Who is Robert Malone? Joe Rogan’s guest was a vaccine scientist, became an anti-vaccine darling By Bill McCarthy • January 6, 2022 PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2021 By Amy Sherman • December 21, 2021 Events within and beyond Joe Biden’s control stymied progress on COVID-19 in his first year By Victoria Knight • December 20, 2021 Fact-checking Glenn Beck’s claim that the U.S. government ‘co-owns’ the COVID-19 vaccine By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 10, 2021 When it comes to COVID-19, is it time to change the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’? By Victoria Knight • December 6, 2021 Ask PolitiFact: Does the CDC lack data on reinfection of people with natural immunity to COVID-19? By Gabrielle Settles • December 2, 2021 Winsome Sears makes head-scratching COVID claims during CNN interview By Warren Fiske • November 30, 2021 Omicron and other coronavirus variants: What you need to know By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2021 Mailbag: PolitiFact, ‘this is incorrectly rated’ but ‘keep them honest’ By Amy Sherman • November 29, 2021 PolitiFact’s guide to commonly misunderstood vaccine terms, and how to talk about them By Samantha Putterman • November 23, 2021 People are using coded language to avoid social media moderation. Is it working? By Kayla Steinberg • November 4, 2021 In Context: ‘Never going to learn how safe this vaccine is unless we start giving it’ By Tom Kertscher • November 1, 2021 What do we really know about COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness? By Julie Appleby • October 29, 2021 Seven spooky things that people say are in the COVID-19 vaccines but definitely aren’t By Samantha Putterman • October 28, 2021 Ask PolitiFact: What's going on with EcoHealth Alliance, the NIH and coronavirus research? By Noah Y. Kim • October 28, 2021 Ask PolitiFact: Children are far less likely to die from COVID-19. Why do they need vaccination? By Amy Sherman • October 27, 2021
Ask KHN-Politifact: Is my cloth mask good enough? The 2022 edition By Victoria Knight • January 12, 2022 NyQuil isn’t a cure-all for omicron variant By Gabrielle Settles • January 7, 2022 WATCH: Betty White did not get a COVID-19 booster right before her death By Josie Hollingsworth • January 7, 2022 'Flurona' is just a new buzzword, not new strain of COVID-19 or new phenomenon By Monique Curet • January 6, 2022 Who is Robert Malone? Joe Rogan’s guest was a vaccine scientist, became an anti-vaccine darling By Bill McCarthy • January 6, 2022 PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2021 By Amy Sherman • December 21, 2021 Events within and beyond Joe Biden’s control stymied progress on COVID-19 in his first year By Victoria Knight • December 20, 2021 Fact-checking Glenn Beck’s claim that the U.S. government ‘co-owns’ the COVID-19 vaccine By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 10, 2021 When it comes to COVID-19, is it time to change the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’? By Victoria Knight • December 6, 2021 Ask PolitiFact: Does the CDC lack data on reinfection of people with natural immunity to COVID-19? By Gabrielle Settles • December 2, 2021 Winsome Sears makes head-scratching COVID claims during CNN interview By Warren Fiske • November 30, 2021 Omicron and other coronavirus variants: What you need to know By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2021 Mailbag: PolitiFact, ‘this is incorrectly rated’ but ‘keep them honest’ By Amy Sherman • November 29, 2021 PolitiFact’s guide to commonly misunderstood vaccine terms, and how to talk about them By Samantha Putterman • November 23, 2021 People are using coded language to avoid social media moderation. Is it working? By Kayla Steinberg • November 4, 2021 In Context: ‘Never going to learn how safe this vaccine is unless we start giving it’ By Tom Kertscher • November 1, 2021 What do we really know about COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness? By Julie Appleby • October 29, 2021 Seven spooky things that people say are in the COVID-19 vaccines but definitely aren’t By Samantha Putterman • October 28, 2021 Ask PolitiFact: What's going on with EcoHealth Alliance, the NIH and coronavirus research? By Noah Y. Kim • October 28, 2021 Ask PolitiFact: Children are far less likely to die from COVID-19. Why do they need vaccination? By Amy Sherman • October 27, 2021