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Search results for "Oregon teen dies of sepsis after doctors fail to clean wound before stitching"

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Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence stated on June 17, 2014 in a gun-control rally claim:
An average of nine children a day in the U.S. die of gunshot wounds.
By Ian K. Kullgren• June 27, 2014
Viral image stated on July 21, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Says former President Donald Trump said, “It took my entire ear off. The whole ear.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 22, 2024
Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Pope Francis died as of Feb. 23, 2025.
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 25, 2025
Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.”
By Tom Kertscher• November 17, 2021
Facebook posts stated on July 06, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Deaths of four alternative medicine doctors show they are being targeted for their ideas.
By Jeff Cercone• July 11, 2023
Peter McCollough stated on December 06, 2021 in a podcast:
Teens are “more likely to be hospitalized with myocarditis” from the COVID-19 vaccines than to be “hospitalized with COVID.”
By Jeff Cercone• December 23, 2021
Cascade Policy Institute stated on July 05, 2012 in a website:
Unemployment among Oregon high school graduates aged 18 to 20 increased more than 200 percent from 2008 to 2011, while the U.S. average increased only 30 percent.
By Janie Har• July 19, 2012
Brigitte Gabriel stated on July 02, 2024 in an Instagram post:
"For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.”
By Jeff Cercone• July 5, 2024
TikTok posts stated on April 23, 2023 in a post:
People are participating in “National Rape Day’” on April 24.
By Gabrielle Settles• April 24, 2023
Ginny Burdick stated on December 12, 2012 in an email:
"Even hunters are restricted from using large capacity magazines: there is a five cartridge limit for large game hunting, and three for bird hunting."
By Janie Har• December 28, 2012
Instagram posts stated on April 12, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“The abortion pill has been linked to the deaths of at least 28 women in the U.S. alone.”
By Samantha Putterman• April 26, 2023
CNSNews stated on August 10, 2012 in a news article.:
Says "under Oregon law, girls from 15 years of age and up are given complete control over whether to be sterilized or not."
By Ian K. Kullgren• September 7, 2012
Joseph Levy stated on February 25, 2013 in a legislative hearing :
Says indoor workers get "less UV than outdoor workers, but they get more melanomas."
By Janie Har• March 16, 2013
X posts stated on March 13, 2022 in tweets:
A Ukrainian combat medic who died in February was seen in a video Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky posted of his visit to see wounded soldiers.
By Bill McCarthy• March 14, 2022
Chain email stated on January 30, 2012 in a chain e-mail and blog and Facebook posts:
In July 1996, Mitt Romney helped locate the missing teenage daughter of a partner at Bain Capital.
By Louis Jacobson• January 30, 2012
Viral image stated on January 21, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says the mother of Covington student Nick Sandmann said "I only wish the pioneers had brought more blankets with smallpox."
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 24, 2019
Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Same little boy died of COVID-19 in three different countries. Still don’t believe the media is #fakenews?”
By Tom Kertscher• April 13, 2020
Mike Huckabee stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN Republican debate:
The government "made accommodation to the Fort Hood shooter to let him grow a beard" for religious reasons.  
By Jon Greenberg• September 17, 2015
John Cortes stated on January 13, 2016 in a House Health Innovation Subcommittee meeting:
"Anyone can die of a toothache."
By Joshua Gillin• January 26, 2016
Infowars stated on February 05, 2022 in an InfoWars video:
"Study proves children’s hearts destroyed by COVID vaccine."
By Vivian Lam• February 15, 2022

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By Tom Kertscher• November 17, 2021

Were migrant children who died very sick before taken into U.S. custody, as Trump claimed?

By Miriam Valverde• January 3, 2019

Fact-checking the new pro-Mitt Romney ad

By Willoughby Mariano• February 29, 2012

Whooping cough cases are rising. Know the symptoms and how to avoid infection.

By Grace Abels• November 25, 2025

RFK Jr. wants to delay the hepatitis B vaccine. Here’s what parents need to know.

By Jackie Fortiér• December 2, 2025

What’s behind the dubious claim that psychiatric drugs fuel mass shootings?

By John Kruzel• August 16, 2019

What’s known about claim that white supremacists shot at Ferguson, Mo., marchers

By Tom Kertscher• November 19, 2021

All abortion bans include exceptions for a mother’s life. But are they working?

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa, Samantha Putterman• June 23, 2023

Immigrant children detained in ‘unsafe and unsanitary’ sites as Trump team seeks to end protections

By Sandy West• July 31, 2025

Fact checks on Rebecca Dallet and Michael Screnock in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race

By Tom Kertscher• March 29, 2018

Did Ferguson police officer fail to call in shooting?

By Steve Contorno• August 17, 2014

End of COVID-19 emergency will usher in health system changes

By Rachana Pradhan• March 23, 2023

Reports of the 'born alive' abortion scenario are rare

By Paul Specht• May 30, 2019

How many school shooting incidents has the U.S. had since Sandy Hook? PolitiFact Oregon

By Dana Tims• June 11, 2014

Doubts raised over preprint study regarding myocarditis risk in teenage boys

By Samantha Putterman• September 20, 2021

Were the Clintons 'dead broke' when they left the White House? PolitiFact Oregon Roundup

By Dana Tims• June 17, 2014

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By Joshua Gillin, Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders• October 4, 2015

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By Joshua Gillin, Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders• October 4, 2015

Donald Trump's misleading comments on Obama's calls to fallen soldiers' families

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