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Fact Check: How do you pronounce "Omicron"?

11/30/2021 12:05 AM

Fact Check: Accuracy of rapid antigen tests

Fact Check: Paper shortage impacting schools

Fact Check: Coupons and sales tax

Fact Check: Naloxone shortage?

Fact Check: Record crime in Rochester

FILE - In this March 31, 2021,photo, traffic flows along Interstate 90 highway as a Metra suburban commuter train moves along an elevated track in Chicago. Congress has created a new requirement for automakers: find a high-tech way to keep drunken people from driving cars. It's one of the mandates along with a burst of new spending aimed at improving auto safety amid escalating road fatalities in the $1 trillion infrastructure package that President Joe Biden is expected to sign soon. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar, File)

Congress mandates new car technology to stop drunken driving

Under the legislation, monitoring systems to stop intoxicated drivers would roll out in all new vehicles as early as 2026, after the Transportation Department assesses the best form of technology to install in millions of vehicles and automakers are given time to comply.

Fact Check: IRS wants to track money sent via payment apps

Fact Check: Tech that saves you gas

Fact Check: Blood tests that detect cancer

Fact Check: Recycled glass goes to the landfill

Fact Check: No refunds for single-game Buffalo Bills tickets

One local family is pretty upset they won't be going to a Buffalo Bills game this year all because of the COVID-19 policy.

Fact Check: Breakthrough COVID cases

Fact Check: School bus driver pay rates

Fact Check: Invasive plant spreading around town

Fact Check: Low local supply of J&J vaccine?

Fact Check: Excelsior vaccination pass expiration date

We're hearing that from more and more of you as proof of vaccination is once again being required at more and more places, but has it really expired?

Fact Check: COVID cures or remedies

Every day hundreds of people are testing positive for COVID here in Monroe County. Many people are turning to alternative treatments, but do any of them work?

Fact Check: Speed cameras in work zones

New York State wants to crack down on speeders, but did you hear the state plans to catch you with speed cameras? Is that true? Nikki Rudd checks the facts.

Fact Check: Masks at school debate

The masks at school debate has been going on for months. Some parents claim masks are not effective in stopping the spread of COVID-19. So why force kids to wear them? Others say they're proven to reduce the transmission of airborne viruses.

Fact Check: Pfizer vaccine fully approved

"Get your facts straight!" That's an email we got in the newsroom after reporting the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine received full FDA approval. Some people claim that's not true. News10NBC's Nikki Rudd has a fact check.

Fact Check: Paycheck deduction for unvaccinated workers?

There have been all sorts of incentives for people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but could you soon be penalized at work for not getting the shot?

Fact Check: Dirty masks don't work well

If you've been following our coverage, you know local school board meetings have been pretty heated the past few weeks. A lot of claims are being made by board members, parents, and students.

Fact Check: Governor Andrew Cuomo can run for office again?

With Governor Andrew Cuomo leaving office in just days, we know many of you have questions about his future. Social media has a lot of misinformation out there so News10NBC's Nikki Rudd has a fact check to clear things up.

WEB EXTRA: Alcohol monitoring technology in cars

To get a better understanding, News10NBC spoke with Ken Snyder. He lost his daughter, Katie, to a drunk driver.

Fact Check: Breathalyzers in new cars?

News10NBC's Nikki Rudd has a Fact Check.

Fact Check: Mileage tax included in infrastructure bill

News10NBC started getting emails about this before the bill even passed the Senate. It's a small section of the huge bill that's raising some eyebrows.

Fact Check: Rochester is one of the most dangerous cities in the country?

The violence in the City of Rochester continues to make headlines. You may have heard Rochester is more dangerous than Chicago, or that we're one of the most dangerous cities in the country. Is any of that true? News10NBC's Nikki Rudd has a fact check.

Fact Check: Olympic medals = 100% recycled

If it's true, you'd need millions of cell phones to make all the Olympic medals for the summer games.

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Fact Check: Accuracy of rapid antigen tests

Fact Check: Paper shortage impacting schools

Fact Check: Coupons and sales tax

Fact Check: Naloxone shortage?

Fact Check: Record crime in Rochester