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What if vaccines were designed to spread from one person to another — just like viruses themselves — rather than be injected into each individual to trigger an immune system response? If that were the case, it would mean perhaps only five per cent of the UK population — or three million people — would need to be ‘immunised’. The rest would then ‘catch’ the vaccine as it spread rapidly across the country in airborne droplets passed on via close contact with others, just as colds and flu already spread. … One of the most advanced projects, funded by the...

After doing over 350 interviews in my career, I rarely get shaken by a guest. That rare event occurred today when I interviewed Dr. Li-Meng Yan. She told me things from her various sources, many of which are in China with direct knowledge, that blew my mind. Is the CCP developing another bioweapon? The answer to that is almost certainly yes, but Dr. Yan went a step further. She explained that they are already unleashing one onto the world through the Olympic games in Beijing today. Before I get into the details, it’s important to understand that she and her...

ATLANTA, GA - The CDC and the New Jersey Department of Health have confirmed a death from Lassa fever which was diagnosed earlier today in a person returning to the United States from Liberia. The patient traveled from Liberia to Morocco to JFK International Airport on May 17th. The patient did not have a fever on departure from Liberia, did not report symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting, or bleeding during the flight, and his temperature was taken on arrival in the U.S. and he did not have a fever at that time. On May 18th, the patient went to a...

A Westport family is mourning their son after he fell victim to a rare illness aboard an international container ship. NewsCenter 5's Rhondella Richardson reported that Chris Haley, 36, was a merchant mariner aboard the container ship Overseas Marilyn. The ship left port in Western Africa in mid-August and Haley fell ill with a sore throat. He died Aug. 31. Officials believe Haley contracted Lassa fever, a rare but deadly illness usually found in Africa. "We don't have the body. We can't mourn. We don't know when he's coming home. We don't know if he suffered -- that's the thing...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey man who recently returned from a trip to Liberia has died of an illness that had not been detected in the United States since 1989 but is common in West Africa, state health officials said Thursday. The man died of Lassa fever, a virus spread through rat droppings or urine that can be passed to other people through bodily fluids but not through causal contact, officials said. The 38-year-old man from the Trenton area was not identified by authorities. It is unlikely that other passengers on the man's flight back from Africa or...