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False: X-Ray shows cockroach in the lung of Kenyan patient Recent social media posts claimed that a patient in a Kenyan hospital was told that he had a cockroach in his lungs after the insect showed up on an X-ray. According to this claim, the patient supposedly travelled all the way to Singapore for treatment only to find out that the Kenyan hospital had been mistaken, and that the cockroach had been on the X-ray machine, not in his lungs. But the claim is false; the photo was digitally altered and is a new version of an old hoax from 2012. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)

False: World Health Organization recommended kids have first sexual experience between ages 9 and 12 False claim World Health Organization encourages 9-year-olds have sex | Fact checkShow Caption Hide Caption World Health Organization talks COVID pandemic Members of the World Health Organization spent time with the USA TODAY Editorial Board to talk about the pandemic and rebuilding trust. “The World Health Organization is continuing to push their agenda – take a look at this,” she says at the start of the video. “World Health Organization is recommending children between the ages of 9 and 12 to have (sic) their first sexual intercourse experience. The claim stems from the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe's 2010 publication on "sexuality education standards." Epstein referenced studies touting the benefits of sex education for children. (Source: USA Today)