— Quotable quotes heard by MedPage Today‘s press reporters
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MedPage Today Staff
December 31, 2023
In location of our typical “What We Heard This Week” function, and as part of our year-end wrap-ups, we’ve picked a few of the very best estimates our press reporters heard in 2023.
“It is a terrible possibility that much more people might pass away since they will be required to stay pregnant versus their will.”– Jen Villavicencio, MD, of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, on how maternal death in the U.S. will likely be affected by the Supreme Court’s choice reversing Roe v. Wade
“The wicked hand is nature.”– Paul Offit, MD, of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, describing in January why Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine work is not gain-of-function research study.
“Everybody is a bit nervous, and they are enjoying this.”– William Schaffner, MD, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, on a research study released in February revealing mammal-to-mammal transmission of extremely pathogenic bird influenza on a mink farm in Spain.
“Why do you require this much cash? A 400% rate boost is outrageous.”– Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.) pushing Moderna’s CEO to lower the cost of its COVID-19 vaccine (Spikevax) throughout a March hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.
“It borders on malpractice.”– Adrian Hernandez, MD, of the Duke Clinical Research Institute in Durham, North Carolina, commenting in March on a MedPage Today investigative report that revealed Texas doctor Stella Immanuel, MD, was the country’s leading prescriber of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin over the previous 2 years.
“It’s overall charlatanism.”– Thomas Albini, MD, of the University of Miami in Florida, talking about eye injuries from unverified stem cell treatments declaring to deal with eye and neurological conditions in June.
“This has actually never ever been revealed before in a human.”– Jayme Locke, MD, MPH, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, in August, talking about a effective pig-to-human kidney xenotransplant that presumed typical working in a brain-dead decedent.
“We’ve got to do both, due to the fact that we can not deal with dead individuals.”– White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, on how policymakers require to focus both on opioid treatment and on stopping drug traffickers
“This case might spell the start of completion for personal equity’s unwanted invasion at the bedside.”– Robert McNamara, MD, of Temple University in Philadelphia, speaking in September on the Federal Trade Commission’s claim versus U.S. Anesthesia Partners and its personal equity backers.
“Melatonin is not comparable to a warm glass of milk.”– Pieter Cohen, MD, of Cambridge Health Alliance in Somerville, Massachusetts, talking about the high rate of mislabeled melatonin gummies
“They are the gatekeepers in client care.”– Linda Murphy, president of profits cycle services at AMN Healthcare, on the impact medical professionals have more than industrial health insurance provider declares
“You can’t yoga your escape of this.”– Lindsey Myers, MPH, of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, on a pilot program developed to eliminate burnout amongst the general public health labor force
“I can’t simply kick back and win a settlement.”– Ming Lin, MD, an emergency situation medication doctor who was fired early in the COVID pandemic for airing supposed security issues.
“The nose is the front door of the brain.”– Ray Dorsey, MD, of the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, explaining how breathed in toxicants might contribute in the advancement of Parkinson’s and other brain illness
“It’s a rip-off and it’s got to stop.”– Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), talking about Medicare Advantage marketing plans throughout a Senate Finance Committee conference in October.