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False: Dr. Anthony Fauci “admits that mask mandates were a broad spectrum failure.” A tweet took a quote from Dr. Anthony Fauci out of context. Fauci did not say that mask mandates as part of the COVID-19 response were a failure. Mask mandates were not discussed in the article in which he was quoted.Fauci said masks have life-saving potential. (Source: PolitiFact)

Barely-True: “The abortion pill has been linked to the deaths of at least 28 women in the U.S. alone.” A U.S. Food and Drug Administration report showed 28 deaths out of 5.6 million women who have taken the drug since it was approved in 2000 through June 30, 2022. But the FDA did not attribute these deaths to mifepristone.Some of the deaths, such as ones caused by sepsis and ectopic rupture, could be plausibly related to mifepristone, experts said. But the cases listed also included patients who died by homicide, suicide and various drug overdoses. (Source: PolitiFact)

True: The biological mother of ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson left him $1 in her will. About this rating A South Carolina probate court affirmed the validity of a hand-written will from Lisa Lombardi, Tucker Carlson's estranged biological mother, that leaves Carlson and his brother "one dollar each." The document was discovered after a California court had already  (Source: Snopes)

False: A photo of a massive crowd gathered on the roads of Kochi during PM Modi’s visit in April 2023 A photo of a white car engulfed in a massive crowd is being shared on social media with a claim that it is a photo taken during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent Kochi visit. Let's verify the claim made in this photo.Claim: A photo of a massive crowd gathered on the roads of  (Source: Factly)

False: Recent video of Indian soldiers firing at terrorists in retaliation for the Poonch attack in Jammu and Kashmir in April 2023 A video is being shared on social media claiming it shows recent visuals of Indian soldiers firing at the terrorists in Kashmir. In the wake of 5 Indian soldiers losing their lives in a terrorist attack in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on 20 April 2023, the video is go (Source: Factly)

False: Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have disproved the Big Bang theory A video is being widely shared on social media claiming that the observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have disproved the existing widely accepted Big Bang theory. Let's verify the claim made in the post.Claim: Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope ha (Source: Factly)

False: Screenshot of ‘Aaj Tak’ breaking news bulletin reporting Suresh Chavhanke’s wife eloping with a Muslim man A screenshot of a breaking news bulletin purportedly telecast by the 'Aaj Tak' news channel is being shared on social media claiming that journalist Suresh Chavhanke's wife had eloped with a Muslim man. The post claims that Suresh Chavhanke, the Editor-in-Chief of the Sudarshan N (Source: Factly)

False: This video shows people stuck under snow in Amarnath yatra. A set of two videos showing an avalanche is going viral on social media. Another video shows several people being rescued from under a heavy blanket of snow.The claim: The claim states that the video shows people trapped under snow in Amarnath, Jammu & Kashmir, following an avala (Source: WebQoof - The Quint)

Mostly False: A neck topical mist can cure spinal and shoulder pain Quick TakeA video on social media claims that a medicated neck topical mist can cure cervical and lumbar spine pain and shoulder pain as well. We fact-checked and found that claim to be Mostly False.The ClaimA video on Facebook claims that a medicated neck topical mist named Sout (Source: Thip Media)