war with saddam a second time, a war that s a glaring stain on an otherwise remarkable career. powell s path from from the bronx to combat duty in vietnam, to national security adviser to president ronald reagan, to serve vinagre as the youngest and the first black chairman of the joint chiefs to two american presidents and then to foggy bottom as the first black secretary of state. president biden george w. bush this morning in a statement calling powell, quote, a family man and a friend. that statement framing the four-star general s legacy this way. he was such a favorite of presidents that he earned the presidential medal of freedom twice. with us to share his insights on this somber day is bill smallin who served as chief of staff to the former secretary of state at pentagon and was his principal adviser, a retired military general with 30 years of active service. colonel smallin, it s a sad day as i m grateful for your insight and sorry for your loss. first, just tell u
Multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that can significantly weaken the body s immune system. here with us with more is doctor hotez from baylor college of medicine. fully vaccinated, understands he has this cancer and is being very careful and yet this can happen. walk us through it. yeah. that s a sad day for me as well, john, because in the decade i was microbiology chair at gw, secretary powell, general powell was a pretty frequent visitor to george washington university. the president then used to invite him quite a bit and i got to know him somewhat so this is tough for a number of us. you know, with multiple myeloma, it s it s a blood cancer, it s a cancer of a type of white blood cells called the plasma cell that s involved in producing antibodies so people don t produce the antibodies that they don t need to in order to fight infection because
Hong Kong: Mainland-HK COVID-19 meeting held
Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung today led expert advisers and government officials to attend a meeting in Shenzhen to exchange views with Mainland experts and officials on the COVID-19 epidemic situation.
Hong Kong experts joining the meeting included University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine Dean Prof Gabriel Leung, the same faculty’s Department of Microbiology Chair of Infectious Diseases Prof Yuen Kwok-yung and Chinese University of Hong Kong Stanley Ho Professor of Respiratory Medicine Prof David Hui.
Experts from both sides exchanged views on various prevention and control measures such as preventing case importation, virus testing, health code usage and management.