WNCU 90.7 FM announced today a special broadcast to discuss the H1N1 virus and its impact on the Triangle and North Carolina.  Human cases of H1N1 influenza have been identified in North Carolina, the United States and several other countries. Researchers are working to develop effective treatment and a vaccine that will curb the spread of the flu.

On July 28, at 5:00 p.m. WNCU 90.7 FM will broadcast a one-hour special on the H1N1Virus to give listeners an opportunity to hear from local professionals for an update on the disease. Among the invited guests will be state health director Dr. Jeffery Engel; Dr. Letitia Hazel medical director of student health and counseling services at North Carolina Central University; Beatrice Jackson, Durham County Emergency Preparedness Coordinator; and Dr. James Thomas, associate professor of Epidemiology and director of the Public Health Ethics program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The discussion about H1N1 will be listener driven.  If you have a question about the disease that you would like the guests to answer, please call the WNCU studios and leave a message after 5:00 p.m. weekdays at 919-530-7445. Or you may email your questions to WNCU at http://www.wncu.org/contact-us/.  If you are a friend of WNCU on Facebook, you may submit your questions on our page.    

For additional information, call the WNCU 90.7 FM newsroom at 919 530-7833.