mRNA vaccine against tuberculosis shows efficacy in mice, results pave way for larger trialsAustralian researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine for tuberculosis, showing effective results in mice. The vaccine enhances immunity...
21 Feb, 2025, 05.07 PM IST
Kansas faces largest documented tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, health officials confirmKansas is experiencing the biggest TB outbreak in American history. So far, KDHE confirmed 67 active and 79 latent cases in the state.
29 Jan, 2025, 12.47 AM IST
Bharat Biotech starts clinical trials of TB jabThe only vaccine in use today--BCG (Bacillus Calmette and Guerin)--is an attenuated variant of the bovine TB pathogen. This is more than a ...
25 Mar, 2024, 12.06 AM IST
Bharat Biotech begins clinical trials of TB vaccine on adults in IndiaBharat Biotech International Ltd has initiated clinical trials for the Tuberculosis vaccine Mtbvac on adults in India. Developed by the Spa...
24 Mar, 2024, 01.13 PM IST
India in advanced stage to deliver on global plan for new TB vaccine by 2025: Mansukh MandaviyaTuberculosis caused 1.6 million deaths globally in 2021, making it the world's leading cause of death from infectious disease, before COVID...
17 Jan, 2023, 10.36 PM IST
Clinical trials of new BCG vaccine for TB to start soon, says former CSIR chiefAccording to the India TB Report 2022, the number of 'incident TB patients' (new and relapse cases) notified during 2021 stood at 19.3 lakh...
06 Jan, 2023, 04.53 PM IST
Serum Institute seeks nod for adult TB vaccineOnce the drug controller approves the vaccine, the national technical advisory group on immunisation (NTAGI) will take a final call in its ...
13 Dec, 2022, 12.48 AM IST
Urgency lacking as TB passes Covid as biggest killer: ExpertTuberculosis, once called consumption, was the world's biggest infectious killer before the arrival of Covid-19, with 1.5 million people dy...
23 Oct, 2022, 08.13 AM IST
NIRT plans study on whether booster BCG can help prevent tuberculosisThe efficacy of BCG vaccination in newborns is well known and has a documented protective effect against meningitis and disseminated TB in ...
04 Jul, 2022, 07.59 PM IST
Serum Institute seeks emergency use authorisation for its rBCG tuberculosis vaccineThe EUA application was submitted on March 22 by Prakash Kumar Singh, Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs at the Serum Institute ...
27 Mar, 2022, 04.58 PM IST
Five facts about tuberculosis, a 40,000-year-old infection that continues to plague thousands across the globeHere are five things to know about an infection that has scourged the world for tens of thousands of years.
23 Mar, 2022, 06.15 PM IST
Bharat Biotech enters into partnership with Biofabri for TB vaccineThe new TB vaccine, 'MTBVAC', is being manufactured and developed by Biofabri, in close collaboration with the University of Zaragoza, IAVI...
16 Mar, 2022, 08.43 PM IST
Fears of medical shortages and disease in Ukraine after Russian invasionFears of a wider public health crisis are growing as people flee their homes, health services are interrupted and supplies fail to reach Uk...
01 Mar, 2022, 11.57 AM IST
Tuberculosis, the forgotten pandemic relying on a 100-year-old vaccineBoth TB and COVID are infectious diseases that generally affect the lungs. Both are passed between people mainly by aerosols, when infected...
09 Aug, 2021, 11.35 AM 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
ICMR partners with IVI, invests Rs 3.20 crore for vaccine development in IndiaUnder its latest Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), ICMR will be focussed on research and development of vaccines combatting various infect...
21 Aug, 2017, 09.13 PM IST
Indigenous diagnostic tool for TB likely in a year: ICMRICMR is focused on research for better treatment strategies and diagnostics and is also working to speed up rapid diagnostics for TB, Swami...
06 Mar, 2016, 12.49 PM IST