A healthy 30-year-old woman in Ireland was mistakenly injected with a BCG vaccine instead of an MMR shot, causing a severe TB infection. The error went unnoticed initially, resulting in the bacteria ...

Formation of scar is neither necessary nor is the only indication of success of BCG vaccine. It may take three to six months for the scar to form. If no scar is visible at all after six months one ...

The tuberculosis vaccine, also known as the bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, is used to protect against tuberculosis (TB) and related complications. The BCG vaccine is no longer routinely ...