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 ...

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

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

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 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 ...

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

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 ...

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

For example, the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, which protects against tuberculosis and can be used to treat bladder ...

Bacillus of Calmette and Guerin (BCG) strain of Mycobacterium bovis live, attenuated culture preparation; 50mg per vial; pwd for intravesical administration after reconstitution and dilution ...