“In industrialised countries, despite strong evidence, public health messages do not emphasise the risks of not breastfeeding.” — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
We are not for disarming people. When you have an epidemic it's a public health issue, a safety issue. — Sarah Brady Copy Share Image
I think that if everyone did at least embrace a more plant-centered diet, it would improve public health. — Bryant Terry Copy Share Image
Public health is hard. Nobody goes into it for the money or the acclaim. People work many long hours. — Leana S. Wen Copy Share Image
That makes climate change a bigger public health problem than AIDS, than malaria, than pandemic flu. — Lois Capps Copy Share Image
And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and a healthy… — Julie Bishop Copy Share Image
“There were no public health laws in Ankh-Morpork. It would be like installing smoke detectors in Hell.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The unhoused crisis in our country is a public health emergency, and a moral and policy failure at every level of our… — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy for Australians is one of the highest… — Julie Bishop Copy Share Image
Increasingly the evidence suggests that people benefit so much from contact with nature that land conservation can now be viewed as a… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
Connecticut's doctors, nurses, and other public health workers have worked tirelessly through unthinkably long hours while putting their own safety at risk. — Ned Lamont Copy Share Image
"Solid wastes" are the discarded leftovers of our advanced consumer society. This growing mountain of garbage and trash represents not only an… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
We cannot allow the People's Republic of China and Chinese-linked companies to continue their exploitation of African nations as they subject their… — Colin Allred Copy Share Image
Toxic remnants of war represent a profound challenge for the protection of public health and the restoration of the environment in countries… — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
Surgeon generals are appointed by presidents, but our work isn't about politics. Our highest duty to to the public. Our true guide… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
The biggest public health challenge is rebuilding health systems. In other words, if you look at cholera or maternal mortality or tuberculosis… — Paul Farmer Copy Share Image
If you ask the American people to choose, between public health and the economy, then it's no contest. No American is going… — Andrew Cuomo Copy Share Image
Many countries which are no longer able to afford their public health systems, which have made certain promises within their countries to… — Nirmala Sitharaman Copy Share Image
“A Harris/Harvard School of Public Health poll of 1989 showed that most Americans (61 percent) favored a Canadian-type health system, in which… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“In the twentieth-century medicine benefited the masses because the twentieth century was the age of the masses. Twentieth-century armies needed millions of… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The root cause of the looming energy problem - and the key to easing environmental, economic and religious tensions while improving public… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
I've pretty much always used my positions as a bully pulpit. What that means is strongly advocating for the things I feel… — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
[I]t's up to Republicans to expose the bureaucracies and criticize the orthodoxies - to ask why visas for travel to the United… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
“Adult obesity and overweight statistics have increased by about 50 percent since the Dietary Goals were announced. [by the federal government, in… — Larry McCleary MD Copy Share Image
“I’ll use this book as an example. Because I am writing a book that attacks the nonsensical commentaries of our current moral… — Xavier Lastra Copy Share Image
“The progress of medicine and public health has been an incredible boon—people get to live longer, healthier, more productive lives than ever… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
“When President Obama addressed the country on January 5, 2016, about his latest push for gun control, Bloomberg-funded research provided the “facts”… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“The rest of the question-and-answer period was pretty standard stuff, with a few hardballs thrown in just to keep things interesting. Where… — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
We need a comprehensive renewal of the nursing care system in Germany, and quickly. The two-tier medical system must be abolished. Patients… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
“For some reason there is a tendency to assume that one wild animal is a suitable model for another related species, whereas… — Gary Wobeser Copy Share Image
“Tap water is another example of a legally condoned public health hazard. As early as the Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) in… — Daniel Reid Copy Share Image
“The ownership and operation of municipal light plants stands upon a different basis from that of the ownership of water works, with… — Susan P. Crawford Copy Share Image
It's critically important that people trust you during a public health crisis. — Richard E. Besser Copy Share Image
City governments ought to be abolished, if only as a public health measure. — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
Governors normally have jurisdiction over public health emergencies, but a widespread biological attack would cross state boundaries. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
The infrastructure for linking environmental health and public health is not working as well as it should. — Samuel Wilson Copy Share Image
Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing. — Diane Abbott Copy Share Image
Public health relies on public trust. Admitting mistakes and explaining prompt corrective actions engender that trust. — Leana S. Wen Copy Share Image
Health care is vital to all of us some of the time, but public health is vital to all of us all… — C. Everett Koop Copy Share Image
During a public health crisis, families, seniors, and veterans need to have reliable access to their doctors and caregivers. — Abigail Spanberger Copy Share Image