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Latest Fact-Checks In Public Health

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Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on September 16, 2015 the second GOP debate
There are a "multitude" of vaccines that do not prevent deadly and crippling diseases.
False
By April Hunt • September 23, 2015
Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey
stated on June 30, 2015 a Twitter post
The California governor "says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum" in vaccines.
False
By April Hunt • July 17, 2015
Rebecca Quigley
Rebecca Quigley
stated on May 14, 2015 a comment on a "State of the State" TV program.
"Once a woman enters into the sex trade, her average life expectancy is seven years."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 31, 2015
Kathleen Sullivan
Kathleen Sullivan
stated on April 29, 2015 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee
"The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years."
False
By Mark Reynolds • May 17, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 21, 2015 posts on social media
Say Michelle Obama "mandates" weighing children in day care.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2015
NaturalNews.com
NaturalNews.com
stated on February 5, 2015 a story making the rounds on social media
The measles vaccine has killed 108 people in the last decade, while no one has died of measles.
False
By April Hunt • March 3, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 5, 2014 an interview with the Texas Tribune and Washington Post.
"When I came into office, our vaccination rate in Texas was 65 percent. When I left two weeks ago, it was 95 percent."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2015
John Stossel
John Stossel
stated on December 4, 2014 an interview on "Fox and Friends"
"There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people."
False
By Katie Sanders • December 11, 2014
Anne Nolan
Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 a Journal commentary
"In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 23, 2014
Don Young
Don Young
stated on October 22, 2014 a speech in Alaska
Suicide comes from federal government largesse "saying you are not worth anything but you are going to get something for nothing."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2014
Darrell Issa
Darrell Issa
stated on October 26, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Says Thomas Eric Duncan came into the United States "with an elevated temperature."
False
By Nai Issa, Lauren Carroll • October 26, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 19, 2014 an interview on CNN
"Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist (for surgeon general)."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 23, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on October 19, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
Some doctors say Ebola can be transmitted through the air by "a sneeze or some cough."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 19, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 12, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
"We were told there would never be a case of Ebola in the United States."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 12, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on September 29, 2014 a debate in Austin
Leticia Van de Putte "voted to give illegal immigrants in this country free health care--not emergency health care but total free health care."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 2, 2014
Brit Hume
Brit Hume
stated on September 21, 2014 a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday"
Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 23, 2014
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on August 15, 2014 an interview
Heroin and prescription opioids are "the number one cause of accidental or preventable death in Wisconsin."
False
August 27, 2014
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
stated on May 7, 2014 a radio interview
A majority of Americans "since Harry Truman days" support single-payer health insurance, or "full Medicare for all."  
False
May 14, 2014
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 13, 2014 a press conference
The United States has seen "a net loss of people with health insurance" because of Obamacare.
False
By Steve Contorno • March 18, 2014
Bob Kincaid
Bob Kincaid
stated on January 19, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry"
"Most of West Virginia is still owned, in excess of 90 percent, by out-of-state interests."
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 21, 2014
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