Remember the ending of “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” the first movie in the rebooted “Apes” series?  A character who has contracted a deadly contagion, which initially presents itself as a nasty cold, is revealed to be an airline pilot.  The route of his plane becomes a computer map showing other planes carrying … Continue reading Ebola outbreak highlights the dangers of contagion in an interconnected world

For the first time, ebola travels by plane and threatens densely populated cities in Africa. Cities across the world should be on guard.