A recent study confirms that the 100-year-old BCG vaccine does not protect against COVID-19, challenging early assumptions ...

Taking a step further to achieve total eradication of tuberculosis, the Rajasthan government on Tuesday launched the Adult BCG vaccination campaign.

The bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine, initially developed to provide protection against TB, also protects against leprosy; and the magnitude of this effect varies. Previous meta-analyses ...

A live-attenuated tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate in development at Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed) elicits a much more balanced and effective immune response compared to the ...

Michigan has the only persisting bovine tuberculosis outbreak in wild deer anywhere in the U.S. — and it occasionally spills ...

Following the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin shortage, the first patient with bladder cancer has been dosed with recombinant ...

The only licensed vaccine on the market—the Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine—was invented more than 100 years ago and ...

AHMEDABAD: On National Vaccination Day, Gujarat shines with a 95.95% score in the SDG 3 Index, surpassing the national ...

A dividend from immunisation is a future free from the diseases that rob communities of health and well-being, a future free ...

Currently, the only approved vaccine for TB is the century-old Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, which is widely used despite its effectiveness in adults being inconsistent. The study found ...

Academic researchers in Massachusetts believe the standard BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guérin) vaccine could have a remarkable second use: a treatment to reverse advanced type 1 diabetes. The cause of ...