The "blue waffle disease" stands out as a prime example of how quickly a hoax can gain traction in the world of internet myths and misinformation. Since 2010, the fictional condition has been ...

Soma Mandal, MD, is a board-certified internal medicine physician with a specialty in women’s health. Blue waffle disease is an internet hoax and not a real sexually transmitted infection (STI ...

In 2013, the blue waffle myth picked up steam when New Jersey council member Kathy MacBride was taken in by the ruse and proposed legislative actions to address the fictional health threat.