A study provides new clues to what went wrong with a landmark TB vaccine trial in South Africa. The vaccine -- tested in nearly 2,800 infants -- did not offer extra protection against developing ...

The tuberculosis vaccine, known as BCG, is mainly for babies in countries with high TB rates. In the U.S., the BCG vaccine is not common but may be considered for people with high TB exposure risk.

As many as 67 percent of injection drug users in Tijuana test positive for tuberculosis infection. A study by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, in ...

Delivering a high dose of a vaccine against tuberculosis intravenously, instead of under the skin, greatly improves the drug’s ability to protect against the deadly disease, a new study finds.

The design of tuberculosis vaccines has entered a new era. Although several new vaccine candidates will pass Phase I clinical trials within the next year, I believe that the most effective vaccination ...

The first year of a baby’s life is full of rapid changes and exciting milestones. Babies grow really fast during this time; most double their birth weight by around 6 months, and triple it by the time ...

Giving the vaccine intravenously to monkeys provided 90% protection against tuberculosis. More testing is needed before humans can be inoculated that way. Share full article In these PET scans of ...

Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, per data from the World Health Organization. A person infected with the ...