README.md

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title: Biomedical Fact Checker
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Check out the configuration reference at https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-config-reference


# Biomedical News Fact-Checker & Research Evidence Finder

This app helps you understand if the scientific claims in health or biomedical news articles are supported by real research.

## What does this app do?

- **Extracts key scientific claims** from a news article.
- **Finds the most relevant PubMed biomedical research papers** for each claim.
- **Checks which sentences in those papers support, contradict, or are neutral** to each claim (color-coded: green=support, red=contradict, gray=neutral).
- **Gives you a simple, plain-English summary** of the overall evidence for each claim.

## How do I use it?

1. **Paste the link to any health or biomedical news article** (for example, from Medical News Today or similar sites).
2. **Click the submit/run button.**
3. **Wait for the results** (this may take a minute, especially the first time you use the app).
4. For each main claim in the article, you’ll see:
   - A short summary verdict in plain language.
   - A list of color-coded evidence sentences from research papers.
   - The titles of the most relevant PubMed articles.

## Who is this for?

- Curious readers, students, journalists, researchers, or anyone who wants to check if a news story’s science is backed up by real research.

## What is special about this app?

- **No account, no sign-up, no private info required.**
- **No paid or cloud AI services:** Everything runs here using open-source AI.
- **Designed for health/biomedical news, but can work on most science articles.**

## Try it out!

**Sample article you can use:**  
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/omicron-what-do-we-know-about-the-stealth-variant

Paste this link in the app to see how it works!

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Questions or feedback? You can find the code on Hugging Face Spaces.