Health experts in Kenya have raised an alarm over the severe shortage of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), the life-saving ...

A new study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine showed that it may be possible to prevent the formation of ...

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 ...

The current tuberculosis (TB) vaccine Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the most widely used vaccine worldwide, but it does not prevent the establishment of latent TB or ...

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 ...

The country is bracing for great adversity in the health sector with hospitals calling for urgent measures to curb the ...

Today, bacillus Calmette–Guerin (BCG) vaccine is a well-established treatment for human bladder cancer that is arguably superior to intravesical chemotherapy for superficial disease and is ...

The BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine is made from a treated (attenuated) live strain of bacterium derived from Mycobacterium bovis, a bacterium which typically causes tuberculosis (TB ...

BCG (Bacillus Calmette - Guerin) vaccine is made from a treated (attenuated) live strain of bacterium derived from Mycobacterium bovis, a bacterium which typically causes tuberculosis (TB ...

BCG or Bacillus Calmette-Guerin is a vaccine for tuberculosis (TB), a disease caused by an infection from Mycobacterium ...

Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) have surveyed communities to identify eligible individuals, finalising the list ...

Talk with your doctor to find out if you’re eligible. Bacillus Calmette-Guerin, originally a vaccine for tuberculosis, can ...