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False: No, this herbal recipe won't 'cleanse' the uterus – consult doctors instead IN SHORT: A Facebook post claims its recommended recipe will "cleanse" the uterus. But experts say there is no evidence of this. "This recipe helps cleanse your uterus as well as your accumulated bad blocked tubes responsible for some infertility," reads a post on Facebook . The  (Source: Africa Check)

False: No, infusion of eggplant leaves can't 'wash' kidneys – see a doctor instead IN SHORT: A Facebook post circulating in Nigeria claims that the leaves of the garden egg plant, or aubergine, can be used to "wash" the kidneys. Experts say this isn't true. In a video posted on Facebook in Nigeria, a person is seen speaking in a mixture of Yoruba and English, e (Source: Africa Check)

False: The European Parliament has declared that COVID-19 is a fraud at a recent conference. The claim that the European Parliament has declared COVID-19 a fraud is false. A video from a conference held in a parliamentary building is used to support the claim. The event was hosted by a group of MEPs and featured speakers with a history of spreading COVID misinformation. A European Parliament representative told AAP FactCheck it was not an official event and the European Union’s legislative body does not support its views. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)

Following pandemic s...: Following pandemic school closures 100,000 children have disappeared off school rolls. To come on to the next scandal, our schools were shut. That is a disaster that has stalled educational improvement, and 100,000 kids—ghost kids—have disappeared off the rolls. Bob Seely MP, 19 June 2023 . During a debate in Parliament on 19 June regarding the Privileges Committee (Source: Full Fact)

Miscaptioned: WNBA Championship parade video miscaptioned as 2023 NBA Championship parade A video showing aerial views of the WNBA Championship victory parade in Chicago in 2021 has been mislabeled in online posts mocking sparse turnout for the 2023 NBA Championship victory parade for the Denver Nuggets. “Nobody showed up to the Denver Nuggets championship parade,” re (Source: Reuters)

All German Fact Checks

Unbelegt: Arne Burkhardt zeige in einer Präsentation, dass bei gegen Covid-19 geimpften Männern die Spermien fast vollständig durch das Spike-Protein ersetzt worden seien. Seit Beginn der Corona-Pandemie hält sich dasunbelegteGerücht, die Covid-19-Impfung mache unfruchtbar, hartnäckig. Behauptungen bezogen sich dabei oft auf vermeintliche Folgen für Frauen, aber nicht nur. „Sperma weg, nur noch Spike-Proteine da!“, heißt es aktuell online./n/nBezog (Source: Correctiv)