Watch Black Dawn: The Next Pandemic

Researchers have warned that avian flu could become transmissible from human to human. The docudrama Black Dawn: The Next Pandemic takes a look at what life might be like during a bird flu pandemic. Featuring leading doctors, epidemiologists, and emergency planners, the film is based on research, predictions, and assumptions that are used to prepare pandemic plans by the World Health Organization and government health agencies located in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. It is the personal chronicle of potential bird flu pandemic as seen through the eyes of a fictional nurse working in a Toronto hospital when the crisis strikes. Using scientific facts and inspired by research and pandemic preparedness efforts, The Next Pandemic explores the possibility of human-to-human transmission of avian flu.