Fact Check

Whilst not generally considered a sexually transmitted disease, monkeypox may be spreading in a sexual form. Analysis from Newsweek's Fact Check team.

Dr Oz, the GOP Senatorial candidate for Pennsylvania, suggested during a Newsmax interview that weed was associated with higher rates of unemployment.

Elon Musk, the world's richest man and Tesla CEO, was accused of sexual harassing an employee of his SpaceX company as the billionaire prepares to buy Twitter.

Posts on social media suggest the Microsoft founder had prior understanding or even knowledge that a smallpox-like outbreak would happen.

Photos shared on Twitter drew parallels between the ideology of Buffalo shooter suspect Payton Gendron to Ukrainian army, with some implying a deeper link.

A video that went viral on Twitter shows a mother complaining to her school district leaders about her daughter being given a "pornographic" reading assignment.

The country's national seed gene bank had a collection of more than 150,000 specimens belonging to hundreds of plant and crop species as of 2021.

Images and footage on social media showed plumes of white smoke falling over the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine.

Was it a ghost? Was it a time-traveler? Social media users are scratching their heads over a man appearing "out of thin air" in front of a Wanda cosplayer.

$40 billion worth of aid for Ukraine was has been blocked by Senator Rand Paul in Congress, but the bill is still likely to pass.

Photo appears to show the pop star in a warm embrace with the now-deceased terrorist.

A study on the unfortunate medical phenomenon known as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) has garnered significant attention.

A member of Queen Elizabeth II's royal palace guards appears to fire their weapon in a video posted on Twitter.

The former president's position on the landmark abortion ruling has been scrutinized in light of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court leak.

The programme's guest claimed that Ukraine President Zelensky posted a photo on Russia's Victory Day of a Ukrainian soldier wearing a Nazi symbol.

A video posted on YouTube implies that the actor's children took the stand in the defamation trial filed by Depp and defended their father.

In the wake of the Roe v Wade leak, abortion law comparisons between the U.S. and other parts of the world have spread.

A viral video clip posted on Twitter blurs the line between real life footage and computer generated effects.

Social media is awash with clips showing a blood-red sky seen over the Chinese coastal city of Zhoushan this week.

The former president has claimed his influence and support extends to the head of one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world.

As Depp trial against Heard continues, some fans following the court proceedings have suggested that his former in-laws had backed him over their daughter.

Social media users claim Ancestry.com customer DNA is now owned by investment firm Blackstone after a multi-billion dollar deal.

A rumor spread on social media that Heard quoted lines from the movie while delivering her testimony.

Multiple social media posts were critical of the president after he made the comment during a White House event.

False claims which misinterpret an FDA report linking more than 1,200 deaths to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine have been shared on social media.

The controversial leak detailing Supreme Court plans to overturn Roe v. Wade has set tempers alight over abortion.

Ray J has accused Kim Kardashian and her mother, Kris Jenner, of orchestrating the tape's original release.

A recently leaked draft majority opinion from the Supreme Court suggested it would overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion in the U.S.

An incredibly popular Twitter post has ignited users' interest in microbiology with a vividly colorful illustration of a cell—but is it what it seems?

Multiple tweets have claimed that two of Moderna and Pfizer's senior executives have both resigned within 72 hours of one another.