Bcg Vaccine

This article explores how tuberculosis impacts daily living, the long-term effects on health, how it spreads, and what precautions should be taken to manage and prevent the disease.

Clinical trials of a new BCG vaccine for tuberculosis will soon start in India, former director-general of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) Dr Shekhar Mande said on Friday.

Top medical body ICMR is undertaking a study in Mumbai to evaluate whether the BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guerin) vaccine, primarily used against tuberculosis, is effective in preventing COVID-19 in elderly population, the city civic body said on Friday.

The Serum Institute of India is conducting phase III clinical trial of BCG vaccine candidate VPM1002 to evaluate its ability in reducing infection and severe disease outcomes of COVID-19 among high-risk persons of advanced age, comorbidities and high-exposure healthcare workers (HCWs), the Department of Biotechnology said in a statement.

Sanction has been accorded to a trial by the Indian Council of Medical Research's tuberculosis institute in Chennai to study the efficacy of BCG vaccine in the elderly in the fight against COVID-19, the government said on Wednesday.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) won't recommend the BCG vaccine even to the healthcare workers till it doesn't get any definitive results, agency's chief scientist Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar said on Friday.

BCG, a tuberculosis vaccine that millions in India are giving in childhood, may be the new hope in the fight against coronavirus, which has killed more than 80,000 across the world. A new report indicates that the mortality rate is much less in persons who have been vaccinated with BCG.

Two infants today died at a government hospital here allegedly after they were administered BCG vaccine, prompting the state government to issue a clarification.

Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination at birth seems to prevent the development of allergies. The BCG vaccine is used in many developing countries to protect against tuberculosis. However, it is not used in many developed countries including the United States where asthma has been on the increase for some time.

This article explores how tuberculosis impacts daily living, the long-term effects on health, how it spreads, and what precautions should be taken to manage and prevent the disease.

Clinical trials of a new BCG vaccine for tuberculosis will soon start in India, former director-general of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) Dr Shekhar Mande said on Friday.

Top medical body ICMR is undertaking a study in Mumbai to evaluate whether the BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guerin) vaccine, primarily used against tuberculosis, is effective in preventing COVID-19 in elderly population, the city civic body said on Friday.

The Serum Institute of India is conducting phase III clinical trial of BCG vaccine candidate VPM1002 to evaluate its ability in reducing infection and severe disease outcomes of COVID-19 among high-risk persons of advanced age, comorbidities and high-exposure healthcare workers (HCWs), the Department of Biotechnology said in a statement.

Sanction has been accorded to a trial by the Indian Council of Medical Research's tuberculosis institute in Chennai to study the efficacy of BCG vaccine in the elderly in the fight against COVID-19, the government said on Wednesday.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) won't recommend the BCG vaccine even to the healthcare workers till it doesn't get any definitive results, agency's chief scientist Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar said on Friday.

BCG, a tuberculosis vaccine that millions in India are giving in childhood, may be the new hope in the fight against coronavirus, which has killed more than 80,000 across the world. A new report indicates that the mortality rate is much less in persons who have been vaccinated with BCG.

Two infants today died at a government hospital here allegedly after they were administered BCG vaccine, prompting the state government to issue a clarification.

Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination at birth seems to prevent the development of allergies. The BCG vaccine is used in many developing countries to protect against tuberculosis. However, it is not used in many developed countries including the United States where asthma has been on the increase for some time.