Friends and relatives were worried: What would we do in a health emergency?

That much death from disease would prompt a public health emergency.

Investigating public health emergency response information system initiatives in China.

"This public health emergency," he said, is "just going to get out of control if we don't do something."

"This could turn into a real health emergency if it continues."

The role of risk communication during a public health emergency.

"We clearly don't think this is a health emergency," he said.

The health emergency remains in effect, but city officials say their efforts are paying off.

The organization sees breast cancer not as an individual issue but a "national public health emergency."

Such violence has gone from being a crime problem to a public health emergency, they say.