A recent study confirms that the 100-year-old BCG vaccine does not protect against COVID-19, challenging early assumptions ...

Following the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin shortage, the first patient with bladder cancer has been dosed with recombinant ...

U.S. Urology Partners is one of the first providers to offer patients ImmunityBio’s recombinant Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (rBCG) The FDA recently authorized ImmunityBio’s EAP for rBCG to address U.S.

Michigan has the only persisting bovine tuberculosis outbreak in wild deer anywhere in the U.S. — and it occasionally spills ...

A live-attenuated tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate in development elicits a much more balanced and effective immune response compared to the existing vaccine used across much of the world, ...

Academic researchers in Massachusetts believe the standard BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guérin) vaccine could have a remarkable second use: a treatment to reverse advanced type 1 diabetes. The cause of ...

At its sprawling complex in Durham, N.C., Merck has opened a new $1 billion, 225,000-square-foot manufacturing plant slated ...

According to the company, the new, 225,000-square-foot expansion is a "crucial component" of a more than $12 billion infusion ...

According to DOH, the BCG vaccine protects infants against tuberculosis. The letters B, C, and G stand for Bacillus Calmette-Guérin. "Bacillus" refers to the shape of the bacterium, while "Calmette" ...

The drugmaker Merck announced it has opened a $1 billion vaccine manufacturing facility in north Durham, a ...

By Sharon AtienoKenya risks a vaccination crisis if the country does not honour its Global Alliance for Vaccines and ...