There is a chance that we could have at least as many dying from communicable diseases as we've had dying from the tsunami.

This outbreak is moving ahead of efforts to control it.

The virus is moving quite substantially into new locations. My attention is pretty much equally divided between Europe, the southern Balkans and Black Sea area, Africa and south Asia.

The flu-casters would draw out the maps and keep people engaged at regular intervals ... beaming it from the WHO bunker.

If there is delay in getting culling teams out, delay in any part of the chain, even weeks, that could have great implications for the virus to spread.

What is important to me is there has been consensus and clarity, (and) much better coordination. We'll be much quicker to control avian influenza as a result.

There are some quite tricky challenges facing everybody working in Crimea and I shall be engaging with various government people.

Every country in the world now needs to have its veterinary services on high alert for H5N1 to be sure they are not caught unawares.

We are watching very closely to see how the disease associated with bird flu, when it hits humans, is evolving.

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today.

For the first time I realized I could be more than a crawling little pile of bones and flesh in a onesie.

It’s the first time I’ve ever kissed a boy, which should make some sort of impression I guess, but all I can register is how unnaturally hot his lips are from the fever.

Economic crises breed war.

Today is a special day that will go by very fast, so let’s take every second to make the most out of every moment.

Many people have the idea that game shows are easy to come up with. And nothing could be further from the truth

Nothing worth doing right is easy.

My family was all police and hard hats at the refineries; they didn't know what to think about me. So I became a closet writer.

I believe the biggest breakthroughs on cancer could come from brilliant researchers based in India.

People need to know what their jobs are.