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Latest Fact-Checks In Public Health

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2019 a speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee:
"The noise (from windmills) causes cancer."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 8, 2019
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
stated on March 22, 2019 an interview:
"America’s life expectancy has declined for the last three years in a row, the first time in a hundred years, because of surges in suicides and drug overdoses."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • April 3, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on March 18, 2019 an interview on MSNBC:
"Farmer suicide rates are as high as they have been since the Great Depression."
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on March 10, 2019 a town hall:
"We pay far more for health care than any other country in the world, yet we have far worse outcomes than any other country in the world."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 18, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on February 7, 2019 a tweet:
"A black woman in New York City is 12 times more likely to die in childbirth than a white woman."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 2, 2019
Mary Elizabeth Coleman
Mary Elizabeth Coleman
stated on January 23, 2019 a speech at a General Laws Committee hearing:
A girl’s "life expectancy is seven years after entering into prostitution."
False
By Madison Conte • February 27, 2019
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on January 22, 2019 a tweet:
"Thanks to successful federal, state, and local efforts, preliminary statistics show opioid overdose deaths are down 8.5% in West Virginia."
Half-True
By Mylana Chico, Rebecca Jerome • February 22, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on February 12, 2019 a State of the State Address:
"More than a million Californians" do not have "clean water to bathe in or drink."
True
By Chris Nichols • February 14, 2019
Darren Jackson
Darren Jackson
stated on January 30, 2019 a tweet:
"Expanding Medicaid would bring 40,000 jobs to North Carolina."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • February 13, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 29, 2017 a story:
Courts have "quietly confirmed" that the MMR vaccine causes autism.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • February 11, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 21, 2019 a blog post:
"New research says drinking wine is more important than exercise for living past 90."
False
By Miriam Valverde • February 1, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 9, 2019 a Facebook post:
Pepsi admitted an employee contaminated its products with AIDS.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 23, 2019
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on December 5, 2018 a news release:
"Democrats flip flop on pre-existing conditions."
False
By Tom Kertscher • December 18, 2018
PuppetStringNews.com
PuppetStringNews.com
stated on November 29, 2018 in a blog post:
Says "2,267 caravan invaders have tuberculosis, HIV, chickenpox and other health issues"
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • December 4, 2018
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on November 7, 2018 a radio interview:
Wisconsin has "the number one health care system in the country. Everyone in poverty now has health care"  
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • November 30, 2018
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on November 8, 2018 a TV interview:
"We have lost over $1 billion in not taking the Medicaid expansion money, only to insure fewer people."
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • November 20, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on October 3, 2018 a tweet:
West Virginia "has the highest overdose rate per capita of any state in our nation."
True
By Davis Versprille • November 1, 2018
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on October 19, 2018 a debate:
Says Tammy Baldwin’s "Medicare for All" plan means senior citizens would "no longer have" Medicare.  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 26, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 11, 2018:
If you get a flu shot, you're "poisoning yourself."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 25, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 12, 2018 a rally in Lebanon, Ohio:
Says a recent opioid bill that reached his desk had "very little Democrat support."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2018
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