For several months, Bangladesh has faced a crisis in the Expanded Programme for Immunisation (EPI) vaccine supply, leaving ...

Currently at 61%, the Philippines remains short of its target of completely immunizing 95% of children against ...

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 ...

Indeed, the BCG vaccine was invented whether the leprosy world asked for it or not; and it has not been necessary to consider the need for neonatal BCG vaccination to prevent leprosy, or to ...

A large outbreak of tuberculosis has been reported in Kansas; is tuberculosis a public health concern in Louisiana? Find out ...

An outbreak of the infectious lung disease TB in Kansas is one of the largest ever recorded in the US. What is TB, and why ...

TORONTO – Health Canada has secured a new supply of tuberculosis vaccine, filling a void left when the country’s sole supplier recalled all its product earlier this year. The department says ...

The shipment includes 2.3 million doses of the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine for tuberculosis and 7 million doses of the measles-rubella vaccine. Speaking during a weekly media briefing ...

The researchers theorise the protective effects of these drugs could be because they reduce inflammation, control infections ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - With the recent outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) cases in Kansas City, many may be concerned if this poses a ...

The Peoria County Health Department has confirmed one tuberculosis (TB) case in the county, and the patient is now in active ...

Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the vaccine for tuberculosis, but according to Collins, it is not routinely given in the U.S. According to the CDC, this is due to several reasons, including the mixed ...