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Pants-Fire: "¡Rusia levanta la bandera blanca y se rinde a Ucrania!" Un video en Facebook anuncia que Rusia se ha rendido ante Ucrania.Esto no es cierto, la guerra entre los dos países sigue activa. (Source: PolitiFact)

Barely-True: "NYC mayor plans to track and limit meat and dairy." New York Mayor Eric Adams has long advocated a plant-based diet for personal and environmental health.A city report relied on a national, voluntary survey to model New York carbon emissions from food.Adams has introduced policies that limit the amount of red meat served each week at city institutions, such as hospitals, schools and jails. There are no limits on what citizens can consume. (Source: PolitiFact)

Miscaptioned: In May 2023, an electric car battery caught fire and caused a large fire at a U.S. warehouse full of electric cars. About this rating The viral video did not show a fire at a U.S. warehouse. Instead, it showed a fire at a Pickles auction yard in Perth, Australia, that occurred on April 28, 2023. At the time of publication, there was no evidence electric vehicles were involved in the fire. On M (Source: Snopes)

False: CDC reports jump in 'AIDS-associated diseases and cancers' since rollout of COVID-19 vaccines False claim CDC reported spike in HIV-related diseases after COVID-19 vaccines | Fact checkShow Caption Hide Caption Elton John testifies before Senate on ending HIV/AIDS worldwide Singer Elton John said he is hopeful the end of AIDS is near during his testimony on on PEPFAR before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "BREAKING: AIDS-associated diseases and cancers have increased by 338x since the rollout of the (COVID-19 vaccine), according to the CDC and foreign government bodies," reads the tweet. CDC hasn't linked COVID-19 vaccines to HIV or cancerThe claim appears to have originated on a website called "The Expose," which has previously published vaccine-related misinformation. The agency's website says there is no association between the COVID-19 vaccines and risk of HIV, the disease that can lead to AIDS. It also states that the COVID-19 vaccines are safe for people who have HIV, and it points out that people with HIV were included in vaccine clinical trials. (Source: USA Today)