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Third, research and innovation must be scaled up by fast-tracking ongoing and planned tuberculosis vaccine trials, investing in shorter regimens, and leveraging digital solutions for screening and ...

Measles, she tells PEOPLE, was one of those diseases that “doesn't occur anymore.” Vaccination against measles is a two-shot process, with the first shot administered at 12 months old and the ...

“A lot of NIH funding for tuberculosis vaccines was either awarded to, or relied on collaborations with, partners in South Africa”, he said. “The NIH terminating awards to South African universities ...

New vaccines to control tuberculosis (TB) are urgently needed to fight the global burden of the disease, the increase of resistant strains and the lack of effective vaccines to prevent latent TB ...

Meeting the unmet need for a vaccine is the top priority for researchers studying Lyme disease, which infects about 476,000 people in the U.S. each year and can come with severe complications such ...

One of the best ways to protect yourself from TB is with the vaccine... THERE is a vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) called the BCG vaccine. It's recommended for people who are at higher risk of ...

Bacille Calmette-Guérin is a vaccine for tuberculosis, but the vaccine is not generally used in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many people ...

Pruzin said there are growing studies in vaccinations and delayed dementia such as a tuberculosis vaccine. “This BCG vaccine has that same effect of fine tuning the immune system,” Pruzin said. “It's ...