Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious infectious disease that spreads through the air and affects millions worldwide but the good ...

Koreas food and drug ministry rejects GC Biopharmas tuberculosis vaccine approval Ministry of Food and Drug Safety denies ...

Kuldeep Kumar Grover, head of critical care and pulmonology at CK Birla Hospital, Gurugram, said estimates by the WHO and ...

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In the UK, the majority of people have had the BCG vaccine and so their skin tests will often be mildly positive. This does not mean that they have TB: it just means that their immune systems ...

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 ...

Best known for its role in tuberculosis prevention, the BCG vaccine is based on a harmless strain of bacteria related the one that causes tuberculosis. A generic drug with over 100 years of ...

The current live attenuated BCG vaccine has been in use since 1921 and, while it is effective in preventing severe TB disease in infants and young children, it provides limited protection against ...

A bus driver who had two hip replacements after losing eight stone and being treated for cancer is set to take part in Cancer ...

Deciphering the gut biome's, including helminths', influence on human trained immunity will unlock novel immunotherapies harnessing the immune reprogramming potential of their secreted factors and ...

Apr. 9, 2025 — This handheld device is the first that can detect tuberculosis in saliva, in addition to blood and sputum samples, an important breakthrough for testing children and HIV patients ...