A healthy 30-year-old woman in Ireland was mistakenly injected with a BCG vaccine instead of an MMR shot, causing a severe TB infection. The error went unnoticed initially, resulting in the bacteria ...

A CASE of the “world’s deadliest infectious disease” has been detected in an East Sussex primary school – prompting a reminder of symptoms to look out for. The UK Health ...

Academic researchers in Massachusetts believe the standard BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guérin) vaccine could have a remarkable second use: a treatment to reverse advanced type 1 diabetes. The cause of ...

Known as the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, it's typically given to babies and young children to protect them against getting TB. It involves injecting a weakened form of Mycobacterium ...

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The TB vaccine in typically given to babies soon after they are born, making any adverse events more common among that group. Severe complications of the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine for TB, ...

Article continues below While the BCG vaccine, developed more than a century ago, is still in use today, experts warn it offers limited protection, especially in the lung form of TB. The UK has ...

Dr Esther Robinson, Head of the TB Unit at UKHSA, said: "TB is curable and preventable, but the disease remains a serious public health issue in England. While England is still considered a ...

Mumbai: From Dec 2024, 16,000 adults in Mumbai have received the BCG vaccine—a shot traditionally administered to infants as protection against tuberculosis (TB)—with a majority of them ...

Finally, we found a statistically significant higher protective effect of the BCG vaccination if studies were conducted among household contacts instead of the general population, even after ...

Dr Mohammed Ataullah Khan, Consultant – Interventional Pulmonology and Somnology, added, “Vaccinations like BCG, polio, and HPV have helped control diseases. It is essential to follow medical advice ...