A post shared on Facebook claims National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Monica Bertagnolli was purportedly hanged by the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps at Guantanamo Bay. Verdict: False The claim is false and originally stems from an Oct. 1 article published on the satire site “Real Raw News.” Spokespersons for both the NIH and Navy JAG denied the claim’s validity in respective emails to Check Your Fact. Fact Check: Bertagnolli became the 17th director of the NIH in November 2023, according to a press release from the institute. Bertagnolli is “only the second woman to le…
