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Latest Fact-Checks In Public Health

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2016 a speech in Kenansville, N.C.:
"Our African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape they've ever been in before. Ever. Ever. Ever."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 22, 2016
Ertharin Cousin
Ertharin Cousin
stated on September 6, 2016 a speech transcript on Medium:
"One extra year of schooling for girls reduces infant mortality rates among their children by up to 10 percent."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 15, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on September 7, 2016 a statement by a spokeswoman:
Says "Patrick Murphy is the only candidate to have voted against every measure to fund Zika."
False
By Joshua Gillin • September 14, 2016
Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau
stated on August 25, 2016 a letter:
Young women, "account for a shocking 74% of all new HIV infections among adolescents in Africa."
Mostly True
By Joseph Cariz • September 7, 2016
No on 60 campaign against condom requirement in adult films
No on 60 campaign against condom requirement in adult films
stated on June 24, 2016 in a campaign video advertisement:
California’s Prop 60, which would require condom use in adult films, would put "workers in the adult film industry at risk for lawsuits and harassment."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • September 2, 2016
No on 56 campaign
No on 56 campaign
stated on August 16, 2016 radio and online advertisements:
"Prop 56 cheats schools out of at least $600 million."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • August 26, 2016
United for Care
United for Care
stated on August 11, 2016 a newspaper op-ed:
"Medical-grade marijuana alone will not get that patient ‘high,’ no matter what level of THC, CBD or any other compound is found in the plant."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 19, 2016
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on August 10, 2016 a tweet about Carol Everett of the Heidi Group:
Says the director of an anti-abortion group receiving a Texas grant to provide women’s health services "believes HIV can be spread through the sewer system."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016
Baker Harrell
Baker Harrell
stated on August 15, 2016 an interview with the Texas Tribune:
"Seventy percent of all Texans are overweight or obese."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016
Vote No On 2
Vote No On 2
stated on July 20, 2016 a pamphlet mailed to voters:
"Because there's no local option to allow communities to ban, limit or restrict the location of pot shops, if Amendment 2 passes you can expect the seedy elements of the pot industry to move in right next door to your neighborhood, your church, your business and even your child's school."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 16, 2016
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 a post on Medium:
Says Hillary Clinton tripled the number of people with AIDS whose "lives are being saved .. and it did not cost you any more money."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2016
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on July 26, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:
"Mike Pence voted against expanding the Children’s Health Insurance program, which Hillary helped to start."
Mostly True
By Taylor Leighton • August 8, 2016
Josh Earnest
Josh Earnest
stated on August 3, 2016 a White House press briefing:
"The mosquito population in South Florida is larger than it is in many other communities in the country."
True
By Joshua Gillin • August 5, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 3, 2016 an op-ed:
After initially agreeing with Republicans on an amount for Zika funding, "Democrats derailed it."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 4, 2016
Doctors Without Borders
Doctors Without Borders
stated on July 21, 2016 a press release:
Trade deals threaten "India’s role as the pharmacy of the developing world" for new HIV medicines.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2016
UN's UNICEF
UN's UNICEF
stated on July 6, 2016 an article on Medium:
In South Sudan, "more teenage girls die in childbirth than finish high school."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 25, 2016
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech:
"Doctors kill about 250,000 people a year in botched surgeries."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 29, 2016
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on June 23, 2016 an email statement:
The House Zika bill "limits access to birth control services needed to help curb the spread of the virus" in Puerto Rico.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 28, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on June 15, 2016 a senate hearing:
"For every extra year that a girl stays in secondary school, her chance of getting infected with HIV/AIDS decreases by half."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 24, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2016 remarks at a Planned Parenthood event:
As a result of Roe vs. Wade, "America’s maternal mortality rate dropped dramatically."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • June 24, 2016
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