...we hope to stop the transmission in six to nine months

For a pandemic of moderate severity, this is one of our greatest challenges: helping people to understand when they do not need to worry, and when they do need to seek urgent care.

Maternal mortality health is a very sensitive indicator. All you need to look at is a country's maternal mortality rate. That is a surrogate for whether the country's health system is functioning. If it works for women, I'm sure it will work for men.

After all it really is all of humanity that is under threat during a pandemic.

[we have]taming of an ancient disease [malaria] that over the centuries has killed untold millions of people.

Tobacco is the only industry that produces products to make huge profits and at the same time damage the health and kill their consumers.

The unique nature about the influenza virus is its great potential for changes, for mutation.