Modern 'public health' initiatives have moved well beyond what could reasonably be classified as public goods. Today, government undertakes all sorts of… — Radley Balko Copy Share Image
Wanda Sykes and I have had similar career trajectories. We're both from the D.C. area. She spent five years working as a… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
Every single dollar spent lobbying a legislator on behalf of oil and gas is a toxic dollar that undermines public health and… — Josh Fox Copy Share Image
Across the world, the lack of accountability for the harm to the environment and public health caused by conflict and military activities… — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
As our city and country begin the long, rocky road of recovery from COVID, we still must avoid the pitfalls of another… — Eric Adams Copy Share Image
Taxes are how we pool our money for public health and safety, infrastructure, research, and services-from the development of vaccines and the… — Holly Sklar Copy Share Image
Mercury emissions will continue to harm the environment and to endanger the health of children and pregnant women, until this Administration puts… — Mark Dayton Copy Share Image
What needs to happen in a public health crisis? The federal government must establish a national roadmap with clear goals and evidence-based… — Leana S. Wen Copy Share Image
There's an increase in serious weight disorders from cellphone use. And people who don't sleep have serious other consequences for their health… — Devra Davis Copy Share Image
“The field of public health refers to the conditions that are not medical but that can produce or undermine health as the… — Elizabeth H. Bradley Copy Share Image
“The place where Guled had come seeking sanctuary was, according to Oxfam, a ‘public health emergency’, and had been for several years.… — Ben Rawlence Copy Share Image
The idea that there is one kind of African is, of course, ridiculous. Sometimes African entrepreneurs want to kill you because you… — Bono Copy Share Image
The problem Philip Morris had with electronic cigarettes since the beginning of development was the satisfaction of the smoker. Because the taste… — Andre Calantzopoulos Copy Share Image
I was a teenager, we were pretty much fully indoctrinated, thanks to sexual scare tactics. I remember so many public-health commercials with… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
Personally, I do not see in Canada it would be a feasible thing if any Ministry organized taking over both the Health… — William Osler Copy Share Image
“for exemptions for their outbreak investigations rather than quibble over whether such investigations are research or public health practice. There is nothing… — Ezekiel J. Emanuel Copy Share Image
“We should be alert to oppose the potential significance of the fact that some government officials and public policy advocates are describing… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
“I think more people would stay active in church, if they didn't get so offended by the actions of members. Sometimes, you… — Shannon L. Alder 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
“Thabo Mbeki, then the president of South Africa, seized on the idea that AIDS was caused not by a virus but by… — Thomas M. Nichols 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
Clearly, Mayor Bloomberg did some things right. I think he did a very good job on public health. He did a very… — Bill de Blasio Copy Share Image
“A study in the American Journal of Public Health estimated that every $1 increase in the price of gasoline is associated with… — Charles Wheelan Copy Share Image
“The conclusions support WHO Director-General Margaret Chan’s assertion (see Profile) that “universal coverage is the single most powerful concept that public health… — The Lancet Copy Share Image
We will continue to do all we can to protect the public health against these dietary supplements that have been found to… — Andrew von Eschenbach Copy Share Image
With respect to Title 42, that is not an immigration policy. That is a public health policy, and its authority rests in… — Alejandro Mayorkas Copy Share Image
I teach in the medical school, the School of Public Health, the Kennedy School of Government, and the Business School. And it's… — Michael Porter Copy Share Image
I want to thank the efforts of the American Public Health Association and its 200-plus partners who have organized events around the… — Lois Capps Copy Share Image
I don't know what anybody else in the world would want to thank America for, but man, it [jazz] works. What I… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
As a culture, we've become upset by the tobacco companies advertising to children, but we sit idly by while the food companies… — Michael Moss Copy Share Image
“When the agents of public health lament the fact that poor black women breastfeed too little and conceive too much, they forget… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
Most Americans think that public health is services for poor people, and since most Americans hate poor people and want all poor… — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
If we succeed in learning more about how to expand program innovations from pilot projects so that they have broader program impact,… — Ruth Simmons Copy Share Image
Happiness, it turns out, is a skill-one that you can train, just like you train your body in the gym. This is… — Dan Harris Copy Share Image
The longer I've looked at these questions, of the American diet and the public health crisis that we face because of that… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“In recent years, academics, policy-makers, and experts have raised the question of the applicability of peacetime environmental law in times of armed… — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
It's the biggest public health problem in America, the rising rates of obesity among our young people and very heavy statistics among… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I used to work in public health, and the issues were sustainability, how the funds were being delineated, and if the funds… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
After years of struggle, the U.S. Supreme Court today has made same-sex marriage a reality in California ... I have directed the… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
People rarely die from heroin alone, it's the combination that's deadly. Maybe we should blast that out as a public health education… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
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