Bengaluru: In an effort to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) deaths in Karnataka, health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao Tuesday launched Adult BCG Vaccination Programme in 16 districts. The initiative is part of ...

BENGALURU: Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Tuesday announced the launch of a large-scale BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guerin) vaccination programme for adults across 16 districts in an effort to prevent ...

In the light of the results, we argue for more emphasis on the role of BCG vaccination in leprosy control and research. In this review, we aim to give an update on current evidence, point to a ...

Finally, we found a statistically significant higher protective effect of the BCG vaccination if studies were conducted among household contacts instead of the general population, even after ...

Speaking at the event, state health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao observed that, despite medical advancements for the contagious disease, TB is a major public health challenge in India.

Faustman says this is an exciting development. “This now provides a better idea of how BCG vaccination appears to work by powerfully modulating Treg induction and resetting the immune system to ...

Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao announced an adult BCG vaccination campaign as part of India’s TB prevention strategy. Targeting high-risk groups, this campaign seeks to improve immunity ...

The Adult BCG Vaccination campaign was launched at Sir CV Raman Public Hospital, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, on Tuesday to mark ...

A new BCG vaccination campaign targeting high-risk adults was launched in Bengaluru to coincide with World TB Day, offering free vaccines to the elderly people.

Government health officials detected as many as 719,000 new TB cases during a short, 100-day TB camp held last year, in addition to 2.6 million cases notified over the year.

Two doses of a simple tuberculosis vaccination after surgery helps the immune system fight cancer cells and could greatly improve patient outcomes for the most common type of bladder cancer, according ...