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Joe Pitts
stated on March 10, 2016 a Medium post:

"According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 120 Americans on average die from a drug overdose every day. Overall, drug overdose deaths now outnumber deaths from firearms."

True

By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2016

Club for Growth
stated on March 17, 2016 a political ad:

Says Donald Trump promised "to take care of everybody (through government-run healthcare and) the government's going to pay for it."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 21, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 6, 2016 the Democratic debate in Flint:

"We have a higher rate of tested lead in people in Cleveland than in Flint."

Mostly True

By Linda Qiu • March 7, 2016

Tom Daschle
stated on February 29, 2016 an op-ed:

U.S. global AIDS spending helped reduce "political instability and violence" by "40 percent" in recipient nations.

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • March 4, 2016

Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
stated on February 29, 2016 a page on the hospital's website:

The Chris Hani Baragwanath in South Africa is "the world’s third-biggest hospital."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • February 29, 2016

ActionAid UK
stated on February 2, 2016 a tweet:

"Malawi has just 300 doctors for 16 million people."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • February 26, 2016

Samir Chachoua
stated on January 29, 2016 comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher":

Says he cured Charlie Sheen and the island of Comoros of HIV with "milk from goats, which had arthritis."

Pants on Fire!

By Linda Qiu • February 23, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 a debate:

Says Dontre Hamilton, who was killed during a confrontation with a Milwaukee police officer, was "unarmed."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • February 18, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 15, 2016 a TV ad :

Says Hillary Clinton won "health care for 8 million children."

Mostly True

By Alan Gathright • February 17, 2016

Centre for Research on Globalization
stated on February 4, 2016 an article posted on the group's website:

"The most likely triggering cause of (microcephaly)" is the "DTaP shot, a vaccine that had been recently mandated by the Brazilian government to be injected into pregnant women."

False

By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2016

Jonathan Stickland
stated on February 10, 2016 a TV ad:

Scott Fisher "tried to expand Obamacare in Texas and even voted for an official resolution to force 1 million Texans into Obamacare."

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2016

Viral image
stated on January 27, 2016 comments on YouTube:

"Bioweapon! Zika virus is being spread by GMO mosquitos (sic)"

Pants on Fire!

By Linda Qiu • February 9, 2016

Bono
stated on January 24, 2016 an interview with the "Irish Times":

"People think AIDS is done -- it’s not done."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • February 9, 2016

Environmental Justice League of R.I
stated on January 12, 2016 a report:

"In reality, gas produced by fracking is worse for the climate than coal."

Half-True

By Mark Reynolds • January 24, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on January 4, 2016 a column posted on Medium:

"As governor of Florida, I used a combination of strategies to help reduce heroin use among youth in Florida by approximately 50 percent."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016

My City Bikes
stated on December 7, 2015 news release:

"Bicycle ownership drops by half while obesity in Rhode Island rises by 154 percent"

Pants on Fire!

By Mark Reynolds • January 3, 2016

Scott Walker
stated on December 3, 2015 an interview:

"Here in Wisconsin, we've put in previous budgets more money into mental health services than any governor has in the last 25 years."

True

By Tom Kertscher • December 23, 2015

Bob Goodlatte
stated on November 24, 2015 a radio interview.:

"There is a federal criminal law that says it's a crime to transport dentures across state lines."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • December 7, 2015

Fulton County Health and Wellness
stated on November 20, 2015 a press release:

The number of people in Atlanta dying from HIV and AIDS declined 59 percent between 2004 and 2012.

True

By April Hunt • December 2, 2015

Kasim Reed
stated on November 17, 2015 press release:

While the smoking rate nationally has fallen, more than 18 percent of Georgians still light up.

Mostly True

By PolitiFact Staff • November 30, 2015

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