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

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

Hospitals across the country are now facing a shortage of the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, which protects newborns ...

Childhood vaccination is a success story. But concerns around vaccines endure. Especially, it seems, among the individuals Donald Trump has picked as his choices to lead US health agencies from ...

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.

BCG vaccination, which is easy to deliver and ... serious adverse events when given to immunocompromised HIV-infected children. There is less information for adults, probably because BCG is ...

Scientists have developed a breakthrough mechanism that makes the intravenous Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) tuberculosis ...

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

A self-destructing vaccine administered intravenously provides additional safety and protection against tuberculosis (TB) in macaque monkeys, suggests new University of Pittsburgh research published ...

Kenya has completely run out of essential medical supplies—including HIV medicines, testing kits, and vaccines—putting ...

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine – named for its developers ... it provides only partial protection against TB in young children and no protection in adults. To develop a more universally ...

Health experts in Kenya have raised an alarm over the severe shortage of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), the life-saving childhood vaccine that has been out of stock in government stores and hospitals ...