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Search results for "Hospital at centre of child HIV outbreak caught reusing syringes in undercover filming"

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Mike Pence stated on February 29, 2020 in a press conference:
Speaking of an HIV outbreak in Indiana during his time as governor, says “we immediately deployed health resources.”
By Miriam Valverde• March 5, 2020
Edward Markey stated on October 26, 2017 in a statement:
Says HIV and AIDS rates have spiked "due to increased heroin and fentanyl use."
By Miriam Valverde• October 31, 2017
Instagram posts stated on April 15, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Mariah Carey faked getting her COVID-19 vaccine because the needle can’t be seen coming out of her arm.
By Samantha Putterman• April 27, 2021
Bryan Fischer stated on July 18, 2014 in his "Focal Point" radio show:
"We know how to stop AIDS: persuade men not to have sex with men."
By Katie Sanders• July 30, 2014
Viral image stated on February 27, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"Akira’ is a 1988 movie about an apocalyptic event taking place months before Tokyo 2020 Olympics, showing the (World Health Organization) advising Japan to postpone the Olympics because of a pandemic risk"
By Madison Czopek• March 13, 2020
Donald Trump stated on April 23, 2020 in comments made during a White House media briefing on the coronavirus:
“We’re also using a sterilization process ― some great equipment that will sterilize masks up to 20 times per mask. So that’s like ordering 20 times more masks.”
By Shefali Luthra• April 29, 2020
Viral image stated on April 27, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Four people “tested positive” after a Texas pool was “infected with AIDS.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 3, 2024
Joaquin Castro stated on August 10, 2016 in a tweet about Carol Everett of the Heidi Group:
Says the director of an anti-abortion group receiving a Texas grant to provide women’s health services "believes HIV can be spread through the sewer system."
By W. Gardner Selby• August 17, 2016
Facebook posts stated on February 14, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Dr. Robert Gallo, the man who helped discover the HIV virus, confessed he was "forced" to "create the HIV virus as a secret weapon to wipe out the African race."  
By Samantha Putterman• February 15, 2019
Ralph Northam stated on May 01, 2020 in a news conference.:
Technology coming to Virginia allows COVID-19 personal protection equipment to be “decontaminated and reused 20 times without degrading performance.”
By Warren Fiske, Shefali Luthra• May 12, 2020
Facebook posts stated on May 21, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Photos of monkeypox lesions prove the current virus outbreak is a hoax.
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 23, 2022
Bloggers stated on January 11, 2018 in a blog post:
"Twitter caught leaking Donald Trump’s private messages in undercover sting."
By Bill McCarthy• June 28, 2018
Bloggers stated on July 28, 2014 in a blog post:
Says George Soros and Bill Gates are funding a bioweapons lab in Sierra Leone that caused the Ebola outbreak.
By Katie Sanders• August 11, 2014
Viral image stated on November 17, 2015 in a viral meme on social media:
While Americans pray for Paris, the government has acted on mandatory national vaccinations.
By April Hunt• November 20, 2015
Corey Hebert stated on October 20, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "All in with Chris Hayes":
"We've had 27 (Ebola) outbreaks around the globe and they've never spread outside of the confines of the countries that were initially affected."
By Jon Greenberg• October 22, 2014
Instagram posts stated on March 09, 2021 in an Instagram post:
A video shows a nurse pretending to vaccinate actor Anthony Hopkins before squirting fluid in the syringe on the floor.
By Samantha Putterman• March 10, 2021
Viral image stated on December 03, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Says Boris Johnson faked getting his booster shot.
By Ciara O'Rourke• December 7, 2021
Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"Wrong" COVID-19 case count by Orlando Health "explains the 'outbreak' in Florida."
By Tom Kertscher• July 16, 2020
Instagram posts stated on January 12, 2023 in a post:
Magic Johnson tested positive for HIV "because Fauci’s gain of function study used a contaminated Hepatitis B vaccine."
By Gabrielle Settles• January 13, 2023
Instagram posts stated on January 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Twelve babies died from taking RSV drug in clinical trials.
By Jeff Cercone• January 30, 2024

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HIV/AIDS: A PolitiFact sheet

By Joseph Cariz• July 7, 2016

No evidence government-funded AIDS clinical trials caused foster children deaths in New York

By Samantha Putterman• December 21, 2021

As Russia invades Ukraine, misinformers exploit TikTok’s audio features to spread fake war footage

By Bill McCarthy• March 4, 2022

Are illegal immigrants bringing ‘tremendous’ disease across the border, as Trump says? Unlikely

By Louis Jacobson• July 23, 2015

White House plugs anti-CNN video from undercover group

By Joshua Gillin• June 29, 2017

Bird flu: What to know about latest outbreaks after U.S. reports first severely infected person

By Sara Swann• December 19, 2024

Four years after shelter-in-place, COVID-19 misinformation persists

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• March 15, 2024

There’s no evidence that the virus behind the monkeypox outbreak was leaked from a Wuhan lab

By Madison Czopek• July 28, 2022

What we know about how monkeypox is spreading — and what we still don’t know

By Madison Czopek• August 5, 2022

The Trial of the Chicago 7: What the movie gets right, and wrong

By Samantha Putterman• April 18, 2021

Why it’s hard to estimate the coronavirus death rate this early

By Bill McCarthy• March 6, 2020

Examining 'Don't Say Gay' bill sponsor's claims about AIDS, gay men, risks of sexual activity

By Zack McMillin• February 5, 2012

8 facts and 4 unknowns about the coronavirus vaccines

By Samantha Putterman• December 17, 2020

Contact tracing: How it's used to fight COVID-19

By Daniel Funke• April 17, 2020

Ask PolitiFact: Who can get the measles and is the vaccine safe?

By Caleb McCullough• February 28, 2025

2014 Lie of the Year: Exaggerations about Ebola

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Aaron Sharockman• December 15, 2014

CDC faces conundrum over recommending new COVID-19 booster for all

By Arthur Allen• September 12, 2023

What to know about the latest bird flu outbreaks

By Sara Swann• April 12, 2024

Fact-checking vaccines and measles

By Steve Contorno• February 13, 2015

Is life as hard in Georgia as Stacey Abrams said? We checked her stats

By Jon Greenberg• May 31, 2022