Vietnamese elders lose thousands of dollars to overpriced and useless supplements sold on social media. Documented looked at the methods online sellers use to lure them in.
Category: Healthcare
Explainer: What Will Trump Implement from Project 2025?
Project 2025 is a comprehensive plan by the Heritage Foundation to fundamentally reshape the federal government and eliminate checks and balances, allowing the President to freely implement far-right policies. Project leaders have called it the “blueprint” for President Donald Trump’s second term.
Explainer: Comparing the Policy Proposals of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
As we arrive on Election Day of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Race, you or your loved ones may still be undecided about who to vote for. We have compiled a side-by-side, nonpartisan comparison of the top two presidential campaigns—Vice President Kamala Harris and Former President Donald Trump—in three major areas: economy, health, and immigration.
Do Republicans want to eliminate Medicare and Social Security?
Claim: Some Republicans want to phase out Medicare and Social Security, two popular and expensive social programs run by the federal government to aid seniors.
Rating: This claim is MOSTLY TRUE.
Do Joe Biden and the Democrats support late-term abortion?
Claim: Republicans have said that President Joe Biden and the Democrats support late-term abortion, including up until the moment of birth.
Rating: This is MOSTLY FALSE. Biden supports Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court ruling that made abortion legal in the United States, and allowed abortions up until about 24 weeks (six months) of pregnancy. After that point, abortion is only allowed in situations where the woman’s life is threatened or if the fetus has birth defects that would not let it live outside of the womb. Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, making abortion illegal in 13 states.
Does monkeypox only affect gay men?
Claim: Many Americans believe that monkeypox only affects gay men and anyone who is not gay does not need to worry about the disease.
Rating: This claim is HALF TRUE. The World Health Organization says that a majority of the worldwide cases of monkeypox are caused by sexual contact between gay men. However, since monkeypox is spread through direct contact with infected lesions, non-sexual contact can spread the disease. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, anyone “who has been in close, personal contact with someone who has monkeypox is at risk.”