The Threat of Avian Flu ... Could History Repeat Itself? HISTORYCENTER

The Threat of Avian Flu ... Could History Repeat Itself? HISTORYCENTER

This Sunday, March 5th at 8:30am

NEW YORK, MARCH 2 /PRNewswire/ -- From the panic during the 1918 worldwide influenza to the threat of a similar outbreak of today's Avian Flu, is America prepared for another pandemic or will history repeat itself? HISTORYCENTER examines the likelihood of another outbreak and how the U.S. government can and should prepare for the possibility of a flu pandemic. Guests John Barry, author of The Great Influenza and Peter Daszak, Consortium for Conservative Medicine at Wildlife Trust, join host Steve Gillon in discussing these and many other questions facing the nation's top scientists and medical engineers. HISTORYCENTER, airs Sunday, March 5th at 8:30am on The History Channel.

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Each Sunday, Steve Gillon, Resident Historian for The History Channel, examines the history behind today's news-making headlines. Featuring leading experts and historians on everything from politics to pop culture, HISTORYCENTER provides the historical perspective needed to understand that the issues which impact us today actually started yesterday.

Executive Producer for The History Channel is Charlie Maday. Senior Producer, John Verhoff and Producer is Anthony Giacchino.

The History Channel(R) is one of the leading cable television networks featuring compelling original, non-fiction specials and series that bring history to life in a powerful and entertaining manner across multiple platforms. The network provides an inviting place where people experience history in new and exciting ways enabling them to connect their lives today to the great lives and events of the past that provide a blueprint for the future. The History Channel has earned six News and Documentary Emmy(R) Awards and received the prestigious Governor's Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for the network's Save Our History(R) campaign dedicated to historic preservation and history education. The History Channel reaches more than 89 million Nielsen subscribers. The website is located at www.History.com.

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