Fact Check Posts – Page 6

Marcus Low
stated on March 19, 2016 an interview with a South African journalist

"Most funding for tuberculosis research (is) provided by the U.S. National Institutes for Health."

By Jon Greenberg • April 5, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 18, 2016 a post on Medium

Congress will begin its recess "without having allocated one penny" to fight Zika.

By Jon Greenberg • March 25, 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."

By Linda Qiu • March 7, 2016

ActionAid UK
stated on February 2, 2016 a tweet

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

By Jon Greenberg • February 26, 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."

February 18, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 15, 2016 a TV ad

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

By Alan Gathright • February 17, 2016

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

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

By Jon Greenberg • February 9, 2016

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."

By Sean Gorman • December 7, 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.

November 30, 2015

Centers for Disease Control
stated on October 22, 2015 map

Georgia has the highest flu activity in the country.

By Nancy Badertscher • October 26, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 1, 2015 an op-ed in the New Hampshire Union-Leader

"Twenty-three million Americans suffer from addiction, but only 1 in 10 get treatment."

By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on August 18, 2015 a speech

Says he "turned down a Medicaid expansion under Obamacare," but because of actions he took, for the first time in Wisconsin's history "everyone living in poverty is covered under Medicaid."

September 2, 2015

Kasim Reed
stated on August 11, 2015 a speech at the Commerce Club

"Peachtree and Pine is one of the leading sites for tuberculosis in the nation."

By Nancy Badertscher • August 19, 2015

Fulton County Health and Wellness
stated on June 16, 2015 a press release

Currently, almost 40 percent of people with HIV are not diagnosed until they already have developed AIDS. And that can be up to 10 years after they first are infected with HIV.

By Nancy Badertscher • June 19, 2015

Dino Baccari
stated on April 16, 2015 testimony before the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services.

A Penn State University study found that "electronic cigarettes . . . are far less addictive than cigarettes."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 3, 2015

Van Wanggaard
stated on April 21, 2015 a legislative floor debate

"There's no statistical evidence that" a waiting period for handgun purchases "reduces violence whatsoever."

April 27, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on March 25, 2015 a speech

The Affordable Care Act is "a major reason why we’ve seen 50,000 fewer preventable patient deaths in hospitals."

By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on March 13, 2015 a television interview

"Rhode Island has the second highest per enrollee (Medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 29, 2015

Johnny Isakson
stated on February 2, 2015 an Associated Press news story

"When you have 8,000 veterans a year committing suicide, then you have a serious problem."

By April Hunt • February 27, 2015

Nationwide
stated on February 1, 2015 an ad during the Super Bowl

"The No. 1 cause of childhood deaths is preventable accidents."

By Steve Contorno • February 2, 2015

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