Contagion

Your Republican Friends Are Going to Love Lockout

Jason Bailey | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: The Crazies, Top Gun, Taken, Red Dawn, Contagion, Barack Obama, Lockout, Movie Review, Lockout Review, Luc Besson, President Obama, Taken Movie, Lockout Movie, Entertainment News

What's striking, when watching Lockout (aside from what a terrible, lunk-headed movie it is), is how frequently and explicitly it flaunts its anti-Democrat -- and anti-Obama -- point of view.

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Flu Season and Fiction: What Downton Abbey and Contagion Tell Us About Facing Reality

Leslie Gerwin | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Downton Abbey, Contagious Diseases, Flu Epidemic, Public Health, Flu, Contagion, Flu Season, Influenza, Culture News

Life at Downton was only nominally disrupted; the wedding was reluctantly postponed perhaps in part because there might be a shortage of healthy servants to attend to their guests. Alas, the wedding became a moot issue when the prospective bride suddenly succumbed to the disease.

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Contagion And The Conflict Between Religious Beliefs And Immunization

Bill Moyers | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Bill Moyers and Company, Religious Beliefs and Immunization, Immunization, Contagion, Bill Moyers, Religion News

Now seven states are considering legislation to make it even easier for mothers and fathers to spare their children from vaccinations, especially on religious grounds.

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Bioterror Death Germs Thrive In Labs, Nature, As U.S. Funding Withers

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Ebola, Bioterrorism, Terrorism, Biosecurity, h5n1, Bird Flu, The Infection Loop, Anthrax, Outbreak, Biological Weapons, Sars, Infectious Diseases, Counterterrorism, Contagion, H1n1, Influenza, Green News

Part of a series investigating the complex links between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. In early October 2001, just da...

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5 Health-Themed Movies Of 2011

Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Hysteria, Video, Health Movies 2011, Health Movies, Melancholia, Contagion, A Dangerous Method, 50/50, Healthy Living News

Some of the biggest, most-raved about films that came out this year have been about, or were shaped by, a health issue or theme. Some have dealt wi...

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Exotic Dangers: Could The Global Pet Trade Import The Next Pandemic?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Avian Flu, Infectious Diseases, Contagion Movie, Africa, Wildlife Trade, The Infection Loop, Monkeypox, Outbreak, Exotic Pets, Contagion, Rabies, Green News

Part of a series investigating the complex links between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. Dr. Anthony Pilny had just fin...

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Dangerously Unaware: Americans Lack Knowledge About Source Of Global Pandemics

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Avian Flu, Infectious Diseases, International Development, Swine Flu, Pandemic, The Infection Loop, Hand-Washing, Contagion, Deforestation, Disease Outbreak, Wildlife, Green News

Two out of every three Americans worry about the potential for a global disease outbreak. (Thank you, "Contagion.") Yet, alongside this result fr...

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Are Haiti's Cholera Victims Warren Buffett's "Girls in the Convertible?"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 01.31.2012

Are Fonkoze and Mercy Corps unwittingly helping major stockholders in the reinsurance firm Swiss Re turn Haitian women into Buffett's "girl(s) in the convertible?"

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Germany, France Push For Power To Reject Eurozone Budgets

Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Interest Rates, Bond Market, Video, Germany, France, European Financial Stability Facility, Stability Union, President Nicolas Sarkozy, Euro Zone, Eu, Contagion, European Central Bank, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, Oecd, Business News

Germany and France stepped up a drive on Monday for intrusive powers to reject national budgets in the euro zone that breach EU rules, as a market...

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U.S. Works To Safeguard Itself From European Debt Crisis

Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: European Debt Crisis, JPMorgan Chase, Sovereign Debt, Video, U.S. Financial Institutions, Wall Street, MF Global, U.S. Treasury, Financial Crisis, Euro Zone Creditors, Regulators, Contingency Plans, Contagion, Financial Stability Oversight Council, Business News

(David Lawder and Glenn Somerville) - The United States is ramping up attempts to safeguard its financial system from a worsening of Europe's debt...

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Cell Phones: A Biological Part of You

Matthew Edlund, M.D. | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Hands, Feculent Bacteria, Human Ecosystem, Hand Washing, Pathogens, Infections, Colds, Cell Phones, Bacteria, Contagion, Preventing-Colds, Centers for Disease Control, Healthy Living Body, Personal Health, Cell Phone Germs, Healthy Living News

Cell phones change economies, communication, education, human brains and inner-human ecology. Treat them with respect -- as biologically part of your hand. Keep them clean.

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Matt Damon, John Krasinski Making The Biggest Move Of Their Careers

Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Matt Damon Writing, John Krasinski, Video, Matt Damon Directing, The Office, Matt Damon John Krasinski Movie, Matt Damon John Krasinski Co-Writing, Matt Damon, Contagion, Movies, Celebrities, Entertainment News

Matt Damon made his first true splash in Hollywood by winning an Oscar for co-writing "Good Will Hunting," with Ben Affleck, a coming-of-age tale in w...

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Contagion Grips 'Flublogia'

Peter Christian Hall | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Scott McPherson, H5N1 Blog, Scott McPherson's Web Presence, Flu Trackers, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Flu Wiki, Effect Measure, Contagion, Cdc, Natural News Network, H5N1 Flu, Flu Boards, Mike Coston, Avian Flu, Crowdsourced Disease Surveillance, Flu News Network, Laurie Garrett, Flu Bloggers, Avian Flu Diary, American Fever: A Tale of Romance & Pestilence, Revere, Crawford Killian, Alan Krumwiede, Flublogia, Cottontop, New York News

What, I've been wondering, do the real flu bloggers -- who don't even accept advertising on their sites, lest an ad for Tamiflu sap pop up next to a story on antivirals -- think of Contagion's greedy Alan Krumwiede?

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Contagions: Reality More Chilling Than Film Fiction

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Measles, H1N1 Influenza, Virus, Pandemic, Flu Pandemic, Flu, Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Cedars Sinai, Contagion, Tuberculosis, Vaccines, Los Angeles News

You don't need to look far to find real examples of pandemics and their huge tolls. But some of the deadliest diseases wouldn't be considered the least bit exotic by Hollywood screenwriters or even average Angelenos.

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'Contagion' Connections: How Links Among Humans, Animals And The Environment May Be Spawning A New Class Of Infectious Diseases

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Factory Farming, Environmental Health, Infectious Diseases, West Nile Virus, Swine Flu, Contagion Movie, Bird Flu, The Infection Loop, Contagion, Deforestation, Infectious Disease, Green News

The first in a series investigating the complex linkages between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. Bronx Zoo pathologist ...

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Congress Should Puncture This Cartel

Martha Burk | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Congress, Group Purchasing Organization, Gpo, Contagion, Needlestick, Deficit Commission, Puncture, Deficit Supercommittee, Hypodermic Needle, Politics News

Congress exempted Group Purchasing Organizations from anti-kickback statutes in the 1980s, in what critics say was a direct violation of anti-trust law. In the past three decades there has been no serious effort to correct this gross fleecing of patients and taxpayers.

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The Facts and Fiction of On-Screen Medicine

Priya Malhotra | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Medical School, Grey's Anatomy, Contagion, Scrubs, House, Movie Reviews, Contagion Review, Medical Dramas, Medical TV Shows, Medical Accuracy, Chicago News

Although Contagion generated feelings of hypochondria, I found the movie's medical validity very satisfying. And when I say "satisfying," I mean I squealed with delight every time I heard a Microbiology 1650 buzzword.

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PHOTOS: Disney's 'Lion King' Goes 3D, Defeats Hollywood's Biggest Stars

Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Lion King, I Don't Know How She Does It, Drive, Contagion, Disney, The Lion King 3D, Movies, Entertainment News

Back in 1994, Simba made the unlikely journey to claim his crown as ruler of the jungle and king of the box office. Seventeen years later, "The Lion K...

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Contagion -- the Stuff of Thrillers?

Kolleen Bouchane | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Pepfar, U.S. Congress, Budget, Disease, Global Fund, #Contagion, Malaria, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Tb, Tuberculosis, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Contagion, Impact News

It all starts with a cough. A woman covers her mouth and then shakes hands with a man next to her on a plane. He infects 10 others. Everyone gets horr...

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Steven Soderbergh Enlists Legendary Street Artist For 'Contagion' Poster

Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Alan Krumwiede, Steven Soderbergh, Jude Law, Robbie Conal Artwork, Artwork, Robbie Conal, Robie Conal Poster, Contagion Movie, Robbie Conal Postering, Director Steven Soderbergh, Contagion, Robbie Conal Jude Law, Arts News

Steven Soderbergh's latest film, 'Contagion,' is the story of a world thrown into pandemonium as the result of a fast-moving, deadly disease. As the i...

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'Contagion' Is Real?! Scientists Say It Could Happen

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Deadly Viruses, Could Contagion Happen, Contagion Real Life, Steven Soderbergh, Contagion Disease, Contagion Real, Contagion Film, Is Contagion Real, Film, Contagion, Culture News

ATLANTA — Yes, it could happen. But it's a stretch. "Contagion," a Hollywood thriller that opened last weekend, rocketed to No. 1 at the box of...

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Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Contagion

Dan Persons | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Steven Soderbergh, Atlanta, Chicago, Activism, Contagion, Bryan Cranston, Acting Legend, Contagion Movie, Steven-Soderbergh-Contagion, Entertainment News

Break out the Purell, Steven Soderbergh is in mainstream thriller mode and he's decided to get under your skin -- almost literally -- with a tale about a virus that doesn't know when to quit.

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Could 'Contagion' Happen In Real Life?

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Contagion Real Life, Could Contagion Happen, Contagion Movie Real Life, Contagion Cdc, Contagion Movie, Contagion Movie Happen, Is Contagion Real, Contagion Frieden, Contagion, Video, Healthy Living News

Whether you've seen the film, seen its 82% score on Rotten Tomatoes or had the misfortune of witnessing its living bacteria bilboard, chances are you'...

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Weekend Box Office: Contagion Easily Tops While Warrior Tragically Fumbles and Creature Hilariously Tanks

Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: Creature, Weekend Box Office, Warrior, Contagion, Movies, Entertainment News

It was good news/bad news at the box office this weekend. Two critically-acclaimed adult entries squared off and only only came out shining.

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Living Bacteria Billboard Promotes Film

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Contagion Film, Marketing, Viral Marketing, Bacteria, Contagion, Advertising, Contagion Movie, Video, Entertainment News

If you've got a weak stomach, you might want to skip this video. Maybe the movie too, since it's reportedly just a tad bit too real. As a cleve...

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