Alex Azar

The looming threat of a global influenza pandemic demands global, regional and national attention, and preparation and response to a read more

The looming threat of a global influenza pandemic demands global, regional and national attention, and preparation and response to a pandemic is a shared responsibility.

It will not be a cause for panic. It will not be a cause for people to stop hunting. It read more

It will not be a cause for panic. It will not be a cause for people to stop hunting. It will not be a cause for people to stop eating poultry.

We are overdue for the next pandemic. None of us, nobody, would have immunity.

We are overdue for the next pandemic. None of us, nobody, would have immunity.

We've got to be prepared on the local level.

We've got to be prepared on the local level.

Any community that fails to prepare -- with the expectation that the federal government can or will offer a lifeline read more

Any community that fails to prepare -- with the expectation that the federal government can or will offer a lifeline -- will be tragically wrong.