I'm a clown, which could be a public health role. I'm really interested in moving our society away from a society needing… — Patch Adams Copy Share Image
You can't have public health without a public health system. We just don't want to be part of a mindless competition for… — Paul Farmer Copy Share Image
But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should be central to medicine and utilized to… — Paul Farmer Copy Share Image
I had my masters in public health, and the goal was to be a doctor, and organic chemistry let me know that… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
Boston must take every opportunity to move toward transparent, accountable, equitable development for public health and shared prosperity. That starts with using… — Michelle Wu Copy Share Image
Half of all women who are sexually active, but do not want to get pregnant, need publicly funded services to help them… — Louise Slaughter Copy Share Image
Many years ago I was part of a public health movement that raised concerns about the mercury in vaccines and about the… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
“People should only work for four days a week to reduce their stress levels, allow them to take more exercise and see… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With climate change and health crises rightfully receiving international attention, the time has come to focus on hunger as a top priority.… — Josette Sheeran Copy Share Image
We are having a public health response to this epidemic of prescription opioids. We are looking at treatment options, there are drugs… — Perri Peltz Copy Share Image
The scientific community, public health officials, and others have raised serious doubt about the steps taken to ensure the safety and efficacy… — Eric Schneiderman Copy Share Image
If any country was a mine-shaft canary for the reintroduction of cholera, it was Haiti - and we knew it. And in… — Paul Farmer Copy Share Image
I support defunding the police - particularly the militarization of our police force and reallocating those resources toward public health. And not… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
The Environmental Protection Agency's first-ever limits on carbon pollution from power plants will create clean- energy jobs, improve public health, bring greater… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
Portland doesn't have a 'sit-lie' ordinance like Seattle or San Francisco. Our use of high pedestrian zones is significantly more limited and… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
School performance, public health, crime rates, clinical depression, tax compliance, philanthropy, race relations, community development, census returns, teen suicide, economic productivity, campaign… — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
“I decided early in graduate school that I needed to do something about my moods. It quickly came down to a choice… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“Article 19 1. Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference. 2. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of… — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Copy Share Image
“In the debate over the use of antibiotics in agriculture, a distinction is usually made between their clinical and nonclinical uses. Public… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
In Scandinavia probably the most worker-supportive part of the planet, they have the highest rate of chronic pain and worker-related disability. So… — Steven C. Hayes Copy Share Image
“One time I listened to Farmer give a talk on HIV to a class at the Harvard School of Public Health, and… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
We live in a world at constant risk of public health emergencies. In our increasingly interconnected world, public health emergencies can affect… — Tedros Adhanom Copy Share Image
AIDS is a plague - numerically, statistically and by any definition known to modern public health - though no one in authority… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. Call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically, that was… — Jonathan Gruber Copy Share Image
Extreme weather threatens our energy and electric grid, federal buildings, transportation infrastructure, access to natural resources, public health, our relationships across the… — Matt Cartwright Copy Share Image
By creating a generation of vulnerable people, especially children, with a poor, irregular diet, we are storing up a public health time… — Luciana Berger Copy Share Image
As cities get bigger, our best defence will be to prevent outbreaks in the first place by building better public health systems,… — Seth Berkley Copy Share Image
Mark Ruffalo, aka the Incredible Hulk, is the natural gas industry's worst nightmare: a serious, committed activist who is determined to use… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
In terms of medicine, I've generally been pretty interested in public health issues as they relate to sub-Saharan Africa on a broad… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Many people still believe that 'green' solutions are too expensive, but they are actually much cheaper when all of the costs to… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
Climate change is not just about carbon dioxide levels and melting polar ice caps. It is about our public health and protecting… — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
Climate change carries implications that stretch far beyond extreme weather, however. The effects on public health are far more alarming - and… — Tom Steyer Copy Share Image
“The New York City Department of Public Health.recently reported that a startling 41% of pregnancies in the City ended in abortion. The… — John Price Copy Share Image
If we stay focused on data and the real issues, we can tailor our inventions to enhance public health and safety while… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
Many of the received models of modern architecture and planning owe their ultimate origin to the building code and public health reform… — Kenneth Frampton Copy Share Image
I am very concerned that federal and state air quality programs do not consider public health in regulating certain classes of industrial… — Kate Brown Copy Share Image
As congressional Republicans and the Trump administration continue to attack the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), it came as no surprise that the… — Seth Moulton Copy Share Image
“Arguably the greatest technological triumph of the century has been the public-health system, which is sophisticated preventive and investigative medicine organized around… — Richard Rhodes Copy Share Image
Public health depends on winning over hearts and minds. It's not enough to just have a good policy, you have to convince… — Leana S. Wen Copy Share Image
The reality is: By the time swine flu got on the radar screen of global public health, it had already spread. It… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share Image
