Opinion | 'We're Close to Beer Time Here': What We Heard This Week

— Quotable quotes heard by MedPage Today's reporters

June 7, 2026

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"I realize we're close to beer time here -- promise to at least give you something very scintillating." -- Paul Richardson, MD, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, before presenting trial results for a novel oral drug for multiple myeloma during a late-day session at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting.

"With so many faculty retiring, who's going to teach the next generation of nurses?" -- Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, MBA, RN, president of the American Nurses Association, warning that capping federal student loan amounts will exacerbate nursing faculty shortages.