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Vaccines: 200 years of progress -- and scepticismFour in 10 Americans, and six in 10 French people say they will not get vaccinated against the virus, even if the shot is free.
08 Dec, 2020, 11.46 AM IST
Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine helps elderly in COVID-19 fightTrials showed that BCG vaccine, which is used for protection against tuberculosis for more than 40 years now, triggered antibody and T-cell...
28 Oct, 2020, 11.44 PM IST
TN to launch trial to study efficacy of BCG vaccine to reduce COVID-19 mortality for eldersThis is significant as the study will see whether the vaccine’s potential to combat Covid-19 and prevent hospitalisation among the aged as ...
15 Jul, 2020, 10.44 PM IST
GSK's tuberculosis vaccine shows promising resultsThe new vaccine, known as M72/AS01E, was tested at 11 sites in Kenya, South Africa and Zambia in adults whose blood tests showed they had l...
29 Oct, 2019, 01.40 PM IST
New vaccine may fight both tuberculosis and leprosyScientists have found that a variant of an existing vaccine offers stronger protection against both tuberculosis and leprosy.
20 Aug, 2014, 04.40 PM IST