A healthy 30-year-old woman in Ireland was mistakenly injected with a BCG vaccine instead of an MMR shot, causing a severe TB ...

A WOMAN developed a severe case of the world’s most deadly infection after accidentally being given the wrong vaccine. The ...

Better outcomes were instead reported for the BCG-alone arm. Another Phase III ... Patients in the vaccine arm of the trial were shown to have worse outcomes than those in the control arm.

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 ...

A safe vaccine called BCG, consisting of a weakened strain of the closely related Mycobacterium bovis, has been available for over a century but has limited efficacy. "BCG protects children from ...

The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, developed over a century ago to combat tuberculosis, has been explored for its potential protective effects against various infections beyond its ...

Prof. Ruth Nduati, a Paediatrician and Researcher, emphasises the critical role of BCG vaccine in protecting newborns. BCG, she explains acts as an antigen, teaching the body’s immune system to ...

Jane Akinyi (right) holding her baby while a medic adminster a Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccine(BCG) vaccine at Forest Dispensary in Nakuru on January 28,2019.Most of the hospitals in the ...

The BCG vaccine was incorrectly injected into the muscle ... This led to an abscess in the 30-year-old's arm, which doctors still say is a rare occurrence ‘primarily in the pediatric population.’ ...