Because TB isn’t common in the U.S., a TB vaccine isn't typically recommended. However, the vaccine is still widely used in many other parts of the world.

All in all, researchers estimate that the BCG vaccine prevents only 5 percent of all vaccine-preventable deaths due to TB. For comparison, vaccines for measles, smallpox, and polio are 93, 95, and ...

To complete the TB Screening Form, answer the five questions at the top of the form.If you answer “No” to all five questions at the top of the form you can electronically sign and submit it. That’s ...

Prevention in the form of a realistic TB vaccination strategy is going to be key to saving hundreds of thousands of lives each year. And I'm hopeful that our study is a big step in that direction." ...

But the tuberculosis vaccine also has “limited effectiveness,” Dr. Schaffner says. Amesh A. Adalja, M.D., a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, agrees.“It’s not ...

More than 3,500 people died every day of tuberculosis in 2022, according to the World Health Organization, mostly in low- and middle-income countries. In South Africa, around 280,000 people are ...