The Sanders campaign later issued a statement that it was "assessing" its campaign in the weeks ahead. HOW TO PREVENT THE SPREADThe headline -- "Bernie Sanders to suspend presidential campaign" -- was quickly shared on social media. Members of the Sanders campaign quickly responded to the reporting, saying it was "absolutely false." What sparked even more confusion was a report from Axios on Wednesday morning that the Sanders campaign had halted its Facebook ads, using the headline "Bernie Sanders suspends his 2020 campaign Facebook ads." The headline was also changed to "Bernie Sanders deactivates 2020 campaign Facebook ads."

Source: Fox News March 18, 2020 21:33 UTC