Avian flu should not be considered a human health issue, but a human- and animal-health issue.

If it were to become rooted in the African countryside, the consequences for a continent already devastated by hunger and poverty could be truly catastrophic.

Countries in Africa deserve special attention.

For this reason, the movements of animals, products and people from endemic areas to other regions should be strictly monitored.

The choices we make can enhance or diminish our mental health.

Everyone in need must have access to high-quality, effective and affordable mental health services, ... Too often, our mental health problems are left to play themselves out in the nation's streets, homeless centers ... and prisons.