Marco Rubio said no one has died due to U.S. aid cuts. This mom disagrees

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Mariam Mohammed, a widow, stands outside her home in Bama, Nigeria. She

Mariam Mohammed says her younger son died when she could not get treatment for him at a U.S.-funded clinic that had temporarily closed. Researchers say that are many thousands of cases like his.

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