#public health

Newborn screening is a public health intervention that involves a simple blood test used to identify many life-threatening genetic illnesses before any symptoms begin. ↗

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

#before #begin #blood #genetic #health

Meat consumption is just as dangerous to public health as tobacco use... It's time we looked into holding the meat producers and fast-food outlets legally accountable. ↗

— Neal Barnard

#consumption #dangerous #fast-food #health #holding

And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and a healthy diet. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#believe #best #buy #combination #diet

Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy for Australians is one of the highest in the world. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#australians #expectancy #health #highest #life

We will continue to do all we can to protect the public health against these dietary supplements that have been found to cause serious illness and injury. ↗

— Andrew von Eschenbach

#been #cause #continue #dietary #found

If any country was a mine-shaft canary for the reintroduction of cholera, it was Haiti - and we knew it. And in retrospect, more should have been done to prepare for cholera... which can spread like wildfire in Haiti... This was a big rebuke to all of us working in public health and health care in Haiti. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#been #big #canary #care #cholera

You can't have public health without a public health system. We just don't want to be part of a mindless competition for resources. We want to build back capacity in the system. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#build #capacity #competition #health #just

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#delay #health #his #matter #public

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#american women #greatest #health #live #many