The 1918-1919 Spanish Flu was a global disaster killing between 20 – 40 million people and sickening over 1 billion people, half the worlds’ population. Is the next flu pandemic upon us?

Dr. Julie Gerberding, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, when speaking of the emergence of Avian Influenza recently stated, “most people who are looking at this recognize it is a very ominous situation for the globe in terms of statistical probability.” Also, Dr. Shigeru Omi from the World Health Organization has stated “The world is now in the gravest possible danger of a pandemic. We need to consider urgent and decisive action in radical new ways.”

The premier edition of the Emerging Diseases show will play this Saturday evening at 7 p.m. and run during the month of April. The program airs on Channel 7 on the Comcast system and Channel 19 on the Charter system.

The show airs five days per week.

Air times are:
Monday 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday 8 a.m.
Thursday 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and
Saturday 7 p.m.

You can also visit the program's web site by going to www.stanislaushealth.com