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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic led to increased purchases of animal-grade ivermectin formulations, driving exposures and poison control calls.

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Jan 14, 2026
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Economy under trump vs biden

The U.S. economy under Donald Trump and Joe Biden shows both continuity and contrast: growth and historically tight labor markets defined parts of both presidencies, while the timing of COVID-19, big ...

Jan 7, 2026
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Have there been instances of postponed or cancelled federal elections in US history?

No U.S. president has ever canceled or postponed a presidential election, and federal law and constitutional structure make unilateral deferral by the executive effectively impossible; even during the...

Jan 12, 2026
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Did President Trump's doctor quit and was it because he didn't want to sign off on Trump's health report

The available reporting does not show a clear, documented instance in which "President Trump's doctor quit because he refused to sign off on Trump's health report." Coverage identifies multiple physic...

Jan 16, 2026

How often have ERs treated patients for horse ivermectin exposure in the last decade?

Emergency departments treated multiple documented cases of human ivermectin exposure tied to veterinary ("horse") formulations during the COVID-19 era, with poison centers and hospitals reporting an u...

Jan 13, 2026

Were mortality rates already low before vaccines became available

Mortality for some infectious diseases did fall before vaccines became available largely because of better nutrition, sanitation, and clinical care, but that trend was uneven across diseases, places, ...

Jan 16, 2026

How have Ilhan Omar and her legal team responded to claims about a $250 million fraud?

Ilhan Omar has consistently rejected any suggestion that she personally participated in or benefited from the Minnesota pandemic-era fraud tied to Feeding Our Future, while defending the public purpos...

Jan 15, 2026

Did president Biden make people take the covid shot or else they would lose their jobs?

President Biden and his administration issued and supported several vaccine requirements during the COVID‑19 pandemic that made vaccination—or in some cases regular testing and other accommodations—th...

Jan 12, 2026

shedding vaccine

The supplied reporting documents a major federal overhaul of the U.S. childhood immunization schedule in early January 2026 that reduces the number of routinely recommended childhood vaccines and recl...

Jan 12, 2026

How did ICE detention numbers change year-by-year from 2019 through 2025, and what factors explain those trends?

ICE detention levels fell sharply during the COVID-19 period and then climbed unevenly from 2019 through 2025: a 2019 peak near 50,500 was followed by pandemic-era reductions, a gradual rise through F...

Jan 16, 2026

Which Trump statements have received 'Pants on Fire' or equivalent ratings from major fact‑checkers since 2024?

Since 2024, multiple statements by Donald Trump have been rated the fact-checkers’ most severe verdicts — PolitiFact’s “Pants on Fire” and equivalent labels from other organizations — for claims rangi...

Jan 17, 2026

Are there documented cases of human poisoning from veterinary ivermectin — symptoms and outcomes?

Documented human poisonings from veterinary ivermectin exist and were reported in multiple clinical series and poison-control summaries during the COVID-19 pandemic; cases commonly involved older men ...

Jan 14, 2026

How did U.S. immigration enforcement policies under Trump affect illegal immigration numbers?

Trump-era immigration enforcement was sweeping and sustained—hundreds of administrative actions reshaped asylum, removals, and legal admissions—but the effect on illegal immigration numbers is mixed: ...

Jan 17, 2026

Were masks mandated under Trump?

The materials provided contain no reporting that the Trump administration imposed a nationwide federal mask mandate; among the supplied sources, "mask" appears only in isolated anecdotes or cultural r...

Jan 19, 2026

Minnesota donations supporting protesters

In the immediate aftermath of George Floyd’s killing, Minnesota-focused relief and bail organizations—most visibly the Minnesota Freedom Fund—received a tidal wave of small and large donations driven ...

Jan 18, 2026

How have poison control call volumes and hospitalization rates changed during periods of ivermectin misuse?

Poison control centers and emergency departments reported marked increases in ivermectin exposure calls and associated emergency visits during waves of misuse in 2021, with multiple public-health advi...

Jan 17, 2026

did trump winn the 2020 presidential election?

Donald J. Trump did not win the 2020 U.S. presidential election; Joseph R. Biden Jr. was the certified winner, receiving 306 Electoral College votes to Trump’s 232 and winning the national popular vot...

Jan 16, 2026

What are the differences in toxicity between veterinary and human formulations of ivermectin?

The clinical literature and poison‑center reporting show a consistent pattern: veterinary ivermectin exposures more often involve large, untested doses and formulations (pastes, solutions) that produc...

Jan 13, 2026

Which U.S. states showed the biggest year‑to‑year male life expectancy declines in 2020 (state‑by‑state CDC data)?

The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics produced state-level life tables for 2020 and an interactive map of life expectancy by state and sex, and those sources are the authoritative place to e...

Jan 18, 2026

What portions of the CARES Act and American Rescue Plan were direct payments versus state/local aid and loan programs?

The CARES Act (March 2020) and the American Rescue Plan (ARP, March 2021) each combined large direct household payments with substantial assistance to state and local governments and major loan progra...

Jan 18, 2026

What are the documented adverse events and poison‑control trends linked to human use of veterinary ivermectin since 2020?

Human use of veterinary ivermectin since 2020 has been linked to a clear rise in poison‑center reports and clinically significant toxic effects, including hospitalizations, neurologic complications, a...