Malaria’s toll: Close to one African child killed every 2 minutes
"In Africa, a child dies every minute because of (malaria)."
Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan says the war on drugs has failed
"Studies have consistently failed to establish the existence of a link between the harshness of a country’s drug laws and its levels of drug use."
Sanders oversimplifies U.S. share of NATO
"We spend about 75 percent of the entire cost of the military aspect of NATO."
Do tax dodgers really cost developing countries $200 billion? Maybe
"Tax dodging costs developing countries $200 billion every year."
Sanders: U.S. multinationals would owe $620 billion on overseas profits
"The largest U.S. companies would owe $620 billion in U.S. taxes on the cash they store in tax havens."
Does Clinton really have 2.5 million more votes than Sanders?
"I have 2 and a half million more votes than he (Sanders) does."
U.S. dominates global TB research spending (in one key way anyhow)
"Most funding for tuberculosis research (is) provided by the U.S. National Institutes for Health."
Website stirs Zika fears with false claim about ‘liquefied brains’
"Evidence shows Zika virus turns fetus brains to liquid."
Trump miscasts impact on trade of Chinese taxes
"There’s a tremendous tax that we pay when we (American businesses) go into China, whereas when China sells to us there’s no tax."
Grover Norquist says State Department employees sent thank-yous to donors of Clinton Foundation
Under Hillary Clinton, State Department "officials were sending official thank-yous to people who gave to the Clinton Foundation."
Clinton: U.S. Congress hasn’t ‘allocated one penny’ to fight Zika
Congress will begin its recess "without having allocated one penny" to fight Zika.
USAID head highlights worldwide income gains
(Since 1990) "every continent has seen substantial gains, with individual incomes growing by more than a third in every region of the developing world."