There is no evidence that U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was killed in Ukraine on Jan. 3, 2024, as claimed in social media posts citing a website that regularly publishes false reports.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was in an intensive care unit for days but is now recovering and resumed full duties last night, according to new reports. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) ...

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized this week, ... D.C., would be dead within a half hour—when Odom called back. It was all a terrible mistake. Someone had goofed, ...

Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey criticized the recent lack of transparency over the hospitalization of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, saying, "There's no way it's acceptable." ...

During his first press conference since his hospitalization Thursday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin provided more detail on his prostate cancer diagnosis. He apologized for how he handled it.