Health and Medicine

“39% say drinking in moderation is bad for one’s health, up 11 points since 2018” - Gallup

“We had an interesting conversation about his article which surveyed the history of Christian attitudes towards medicine and its practice….What should we think about medicine from a Christian point of view?” - P&D

“Rather than bow to the pressure… medical school dean Marschall Runge defended the choice of Collier and the school’s commitment to freedom of expression. “Our values speak about honoring the critical importance of diversity of personal thought and ideas,” - Breakpoint

“The Novavax vaccine is made of copies of the spike protein that coats the coronavirus, packaged into nanoparticles that to the immune system resemble a virus….Like the other vaccines used in the U.S., the Novavax shots have proved highly effective at preventing COVID-19’s most severe outcomes” - C.Index

“On average, American men tend to die about five years before American women do and eight years before men in other wealthy nations like Japan, Australia, Iceland and Norway.” - Relevant

“Writing in Vox news, Luke Winkie describes a new and growing trend for health-conscious Americans: ‘microdosing.’ It consists of introducing small amounts of marijuana, magic mushrooms, ketamine, or other formerly illicit substances into a daily routine.” - Breakpoint

“The number of patients hospitalized with the coronavirus has fallen more than 90% in more than two months, and some hospitals are going days without a single COVID-19 patient in the ICU for the first time since early 2020.” - C.Index

“28% say it has had an equal mix of positive and negative effects and just 7% say it has had a mostly negative effect” - Pew

“Anyone who goes through this kind of trial has to accept that, whatever God has in mind for you, it’s not the unbroken path to the American dream.” - RNS

“To counteract vaccine hesitancy, we must strike a delicate balance. As a hospital physician, I see firsthand the vastly increased risk of severe COVID illness, ICU admission, and death among the unvaccinated.