conv.health

“Alberta has the lowest Covid vaccine rates in Canada, with only 8% of Albertans getting a booster last year. The $100 fee clearly keeps people away.”— jeffsamsonow@mstdn.ca · full quotes →

“Older adults need opportunities to talk about more than dying. They also need someone willing to listen to them talk about living, along with the changes they…”— 79-year-old acquaintance, Perspective cited in research · The Conversation US · full quotes →

“Doctors in St. Louis have successfully separated Ethiopian two-year-old twin girls who were born joined at the head after a months-long series of complex…”— Reuters · YouTube · full quotes →

“A vast amount of research has looked into whether vaccines cause autism. And the answer is absolutely clear. They don't.”— Dr Judith Brown · full quotes →

“we can be cautiously optimistic about what is happening, but I think we need to be realistic about the road that's ahead of us. Looking at trends takes time.”— Maria Van Kerkhove · full quotes →

“Not all ultra-processed foods are unhealthy, though.”— Claudia Dimuro, Journalist · full quotes →

“RFK told me he was not going to change the [Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices]. So, if you're gonna tell me somebody didn't tell me the truth and I…”— Bill Cassidy · full quotes →

“What concerns me most is the speed of the epidemic and the number of people who may be living with HIV without knowing it.”— Renata Ram · full quotes →

“Unquestionably, the MMR vaccine is the single most effective public health tool that we have against measles. It's 97% effective after two doses to preventing…”— Chris Klomp · full quotes →

“Considering the importance of a rigorous health research agenda for women, we are interested in a GAO report related to menopause, with a focus on the federal…”— Letter to the GAO · full quotes →

“This is significantly more contagious than even COVID, which is one of the most contagious things we’ve talked about in recent history”— Dr. Jennifer Bales · full quotes →

“the MMR vaccine is our greatest tool for combating measles”— Dr. Nicole Saphier, Surgeon general nominee · full quotes →

“One of the biggest challenges in cancer immunotherapy is that the immune system may be capable of attacking a tumor, but the tumor environment can stop those…”— Chunxia Zhao · full quotes →

“We have derived a combined 'hybrid' normalization metric that uses PMMoV, laboratory efficiency, and flow, allowing us to more precisely compare pathogen…”— Biobot Analytics · full quotes →

“June 2024 spending alone included - $35k at Fendi - $57k at LV - $13k at Hermès - $64k private je…”— Bernard@friends.ravergram.club (reposting @WallStreetApes) · full quotes →

“The overcharges were "far in excess of what was needed to run the exchange," and absorbed by users in the form of higher premiums”— White House · full quotes →

“Tierra Walker is proof that there is no exception. If she did not qualify, if even her doctors were too scared to act, then the medical emergency exception is…”— Molly Duane · full quotes →

“This 👇 💥 BOOM! 💥 Mic drop🎤”— DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social · full quotes →

“Nadie se cree ya los datos de la Comunidad de Madrid.”— jesan.bsky.social, Bluesky commenter · Bluesky · full quotes →

“I'm not one who ever thought I'd have an operation that isn't necessary. But I knew I was done having children, and I already had to have this operation anyway.”— Christine Maple · full quotes →

“Efforts to curb Ebola were beginning to show results but stressed that the epidemic remained 'massive' and would take months to bring under control.”— U.N. officials · full quotes →

“He was, to his core, a paratrooper. Long after he took off the uniform, the values forged there remained the organizing principles of his life: duty, loyalty…”— Lee's obituary · full quotes →

“so rare that there are fewer than 100 known cases in the world”— Christelle Randall · full quotes →

“That's a great thing because that means when a woman comes to the emergency room, presenting with heart attack symptoms, clinicians can consider less common…”— Natalie Raffoul · full quotes →

“These findings bring to attention the critical importance of recognising environmental exposures as modifiable risk factors within suicide prevention efforts”— Study authors, Queen's University Belfast researchers · The Guardian · full quotes →

“Because of a data lag, the current reality of access may be even worse.”— Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR Health reporter · full quotes →

“even with a cure, the US wouldn't be able to treat everyone with cancer”— Ted Okon · full quotes →

“This remains a deadly and massive epidemic. There is progress in some areas, but in others we continue to see cases increase.”— Julien Harneis, Senior Ebola Coordinator · AllAfrica/OCHA · full quotes →

“reported weekly confirmed cases have remained somewhat stable on the continent, with about 200 cases per week in recent weeks”— WHO, International health authority · full quotes →

“Many people bucket violence. They think in terms of community violence, family violence, domestic violence and sexual violence — not understanding that these…”— Anita Raj · full quotes →

“We didn't get the best news today at a doctors visit. Surgery #3 coming for my Babydoll(wifey).”— David Pollack · full quotes →

“MSC-derived EVs (MSC-EVs) are nanoparticles that mediate intercellular communication and have been demonstrated to potentially deliver bioactive molecules with…”— Andrea Papait, lead author · full quotes →

“This is such a serious issue. The average age of exposure to pornography is 13 years old — and as young as eight — in Australia.”— Vanessa Hamilton, Sexual health educator · full quotes →

“You take a smartphone away from your kids and that study suggests you'll make them less happy and they'll have less friends.”— Peter Gray · full quotes →