If a severe pandemic materializes, all of society could pay a heavy price for decades of failing to create a rational system of health care that work…

- Irwin Redlener

Disasters like Oklahoma City and 9/11 were time-limited. The children who were affected psychologically could go to a place of normalcy.

- Irwin Redlener

Having insurance doesn't guarantee good health outcomes, but it is a critical factor.

- Irwin Redlener

There has been a transition from a nuclear-annihilation scenario to an isolated-terrorist-nuclear-bomb scenario. But we're still locked into a mind-s…

- Irwin Redlener

Even the best community organizations and faith-based initiatives and the extraordinary charity of Americans across the country can't carry the brunt…

- Irwin Redlener

The reality is that it's harder to recruit pediatric subspecialists if you're not recruiting them for a children's hospital.

- Irwin Redlener

When children are hungry, sleepy from a night spent fighting untreated asthma, or hobbled by symptoms of undiagnosed illnesses, they are less likely …

- Irwin Redlener

There are several very good websites which describe the details of preparedness planning for citizens.

- Irwin Redlener

Fallout shelters are like bell-bottoms. They've gone in and out of favor.

- Irwin Redlener