A new tuberculosis vaccine that self-destructs to enhance safety has shown promising results in macaque monkeys, providing ...

BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine for tuberculosis, pictured at the Pasteur Institute in Paris in 1931. Scientists in the UK have begun testing the BCG vaccine, developed in 1921, to see if ...

A nationwide shortage of BCG vaccines in the country leaves Kenyan newborns vulnerable to TB, a disease with a high ...

Intravenous BCG vaccine with a built-in kill-switch was found to be at least as effective as regular tuberculosis vaccine in protecting monkeys against infection.

WhatsApp messages claiming the BCG vaccine prevents coronavirus infection are inaccurate. The Bacille Calmette-Guérin jab has been given to children around the world to fight off tuberculosis ...

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 ...

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 ...

Though BCG can be given any time from birth to 15 days of life, in Kenya it is given along with the zero dose of oral polio vaccine at birth or before a mom is discharged from the hospital after ...

This lies against a backdrop of a nationwide shortage of BCG vaccines, as reports indicated that it has been out of stock for ...

Mumbai: After several months of delay, Mumbai is finally set to begin vaccinating the high-risk adult population with the BCG vaccine for tuberculosis (TB). There is much to catch up on ...