Contagion

A mural in Monrovia illustrating health instructions for treating the Ebola virus.

Liberians worry that next week’s elections might spread Ebola

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Public concern about the spread of Ebola in Liberia seems to be waning, even though about 10 new cases continue to be reported in the capital Monrovia every day. Now the possibility of Senate elections there next week has health officials especially worried.

Kate Winslet portrays CDC investigator Dr. Erin Mears in the 2011 film, "Contagion."

If you want to know what CDC scientists are going through, check out Hollywood’s ‘Contagion’

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‘Contagion’: How real life could imitate art

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Viruses At The Movies

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New Book Warns of a Real-Life ‘Contagion’

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Matt Damon in Contagion

Arts, Culture & Media

Matt Damon seems to have done it all – He’s starring in Steven Soderbergh’s new thriller Contagion about a new viral pandemic, playing a man whose wife is stricken with the disease.

Could ‘Contagion’ Happen in Real Life?

This weekend, the virus disaster film “Contagion” was the top-grossing new movie in box offices across America. The film stars a heavy-hitting cast of well-known actors, including Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, and Gwyneth Paltrow. It’s unsettling to watch for many people, because it’s about a global pandemic of a deadly virus, which threatens […]

New Movies: ‘Contagion’ and ‘Warrior’

The biggest release this weekend is the thriller “Contagion,” which has a formidable cast of big names in Hollywood: Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburn, and Jude Law. “Warrior,” a mixed martial arts movie starring Nick Nolte, is also opening this weekend.   Rafer Guzman  and  Kristen Meinzer, hosts of  The Takeaway’s Movie Date podcast, give their […]

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Nicholas Christakis

Harvard medical sociologist Nicholas Christakis talks to Faith about his study about how conditions such as depression and obesity is contagious.

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Nicholas Christakis

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Harvard medical sociologist Nicholas Christakis talks to Faith about his study about how conditions such as depression and obesity is contagious.