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Marcus Low
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."  
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By Jon Greenberg • April 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 18, 2016 a post on Medium:
Congress will begin its recess "without having allocated one penny" to fight Zika.
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By Jon Greenberg • March 25, 2016
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."
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By Linda Qiu • March 7, 2016
ActionAid UK
ActionAid UK
stated on February 2, 2016 a tweet:
"Malawi has just 300 doctors for 16 million people."    
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By Jon Greenberg • February 26, 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."
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By Tom Kertscher • 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."
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By Alan Gathright • February 17, 2016
Bono
Bono
stated on January 24, 2016 an interview with the "Irish Times":
"People think AIDS is done -- it’s not done."  
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By Jon Greenberg • February 9, 2016
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."
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By Sean Gorman • December 7, 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.  
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By PolitiFact Staff • November 30, 2015
Centers for Disease Control
Centers for Disease Control
stated on October 22, 2015 map:
Georgia has the highest flu activity in the country.
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By Nancy Badertscher • October 26, 2015
Hillary Clinton
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."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2015
Scott Walker
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."
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By Tom Kertscher • September 2, 2015
Kasim Reed
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."
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By Nancy Badertscher • August 19, 2015
Fulton County Health and Wellness
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.
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By Nancy Badertscher • June 19, 2015
Dino Baccari
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."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 3, 2015
Van Wanggaard
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."  
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By Tom Kertscher • April 27, 2015
Barack Obama
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."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2015
Gina Raimondo
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."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 29, 2015
Johnny Isakson
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."
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By April Hunt • February 27, 2015
Nationwide
Nationwide
stated on February 1, 2015 an ad during the Super Bowl:
"The No. 1 cause of childhood deaths is preventable accidents."
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By Steve Contorno • February 2, 2015
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