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Fact-Checking 'Contagion' — In Wake Of Coronavirus, The 2011 Movie Is Trending

4:01pm February 16, 2020

by Fran Kritz

We asked epidemiologists and doctors to assess the science in the 2011 movie, in which the character played by Gwyneth Paltrow starts a global pandemic. Spoiler alert: It does a pretty good job.

Undergraduate Shira Rubin gamely demonstrates the Gesundheit machine, which collects samples of virus from the breath that sick students exhale. Rubin helps Dr. Somayeh Youssefi (left) set up the machine before patients use it.

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When The Flu Hits Campus, The Gesundheit Machine Will Be Ready

4:29pm February 02, 2018

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

It's a particularly harsh flu season. In the close quarters of dorm rooms and cafeterias and study groups, the flu will come to college campuses. And when it does, one scientist will be ready.

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Germ History: From Measles To Syphilis, How We Created The Golden Age Of Germs

10:07am February 09, 2017

Ten thousand years ago, many of our deadly human diseases didn't exist. What happened?