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Latest Fact-Checks In Public Health

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Hillary Clinton
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
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
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
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
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
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
February 18, 2016
Hillary Clinton
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
December 23, 2015
Bob Goodlatte
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
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
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
November 30, 2015
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on November 12, 2015 an interview
"Ron Johnson said specifically that he hopes the first steps occur to privatize the" Veterans Administration.  
Half-True
November 27, 2015
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 21, 2015 an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell”
After the Texas cutoff of aid to women’s health care services including Planned Parenthood clinics, "over 150,000… women lost the only health care they had. Our Medicaid birth rate shot up. It cost taxpayers over $130 million in one year alone in extra Medicaid birth costs."
Mostly False
By Andy East • November 24, 2015
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