NewsDesk @bactiman63 Brazil recorded, in 2021, one of the lowest BCG vaccine coverage in babies aged 0 to 1 year: 79.5%. In 2022, coverage increased slightly: 82%, but this percentage is still preliminary. To...

A widely used tuberculosis vaccine is associated with reduced likelihood of contracting COVID-19 (coronavirus), according to a new study by Cedars-Sinai. The findings raise the possibility that a vaccine...

By Amanda Rachel Brunetti Tuberculosis, caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is the top infectious cause of death in the world. An estimated 1.5 million people died of tuberculosis (TB)...

Infectious diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi; the diseases can be spread, directly or indirectly, from one person to another. Zoonotic diseases...

A publication in Nature Partner Journals (npj) Vaccines indicates that post-exposure prophylaxis with LepVax, IDRI’s leprosy vaccine candidate, not only appears safe but, unlike BCG (a tuberculosis...

Previously thought to be effective for 10-15 years, a new case-control study found that if given in early teenage years (12-13), the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine protected over 50% of UK children...

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Researchers funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have developed an investigational aerosol tuberculosis (TB) vaccine that...

In a follow-up to the events in El Paso, TX, where hundreds of newborns may have been exposed to tuberculosis after a health care worker was confirmed as an active TB case, city health officials report...

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In many parts of the world, leprosy and tuberculosis live side-by-side. Worldwide there are approximately 233,000 new cases of leprosy per year, with nearly all of them occurring where tuberculosis is...

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A new study from Public Health England (PHE) published in the British Medical Journal Wednesday has found Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine may protect against M. tuberculosis (TB) infection, in...