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2. What Doctors Want You to Know About the TB Vaccine - AOL

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   Tuberculosis is a disease that’s usually caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, according to the CDC. The disease can be broken into two groups: active and inactive (or latent).

3. There's a growing TB outbreak in Kansas. What are the ... - AOL

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   There is a vaccine for tuberculosis, which is not generally used in the U.S., but instead given to young children in countries where tuberculosis disease is common. This article was originally ...

4. BCG vaccine - Wikipedia

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   The Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine is a vaccine primarily used against tuberculosis (TB). [9] It is named after its inventors Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin. [10] [11] In countries where tuberculosis or leprosy is common, one dose is recommended in healthy babies as soon after birth as possible. [9]

5. Why Tuberculosis May Protect Against COVID-19 - AOL

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   In February, the CDC announced that while vaccine boosters were 91 percent effective in preventing hospitalization after two months, that number slipped to 78 percent after four months.

6. Vaccine adverse event - Wikipedia

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   According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while "any vaccine can cause side effects", [11] most side effects are minor, primarily including sore arms or a mild fever. [11] Unlike most medical interventions vaccines are given to healthy people, where the risk of side effects is not as easily outweighed by the benefit of ...

7. Tuberculosis vaccines - Wikipedia

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   Tuberculosis (TB) vaccines are vaccinations intended for the prevention of tuberculosis. Immunotherapy as a defence against TB was first proposed in 1890 by Robert Koch . [ 1 ] As of 2021, the only effective tuberculosis vaccine in common use is the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, first used on humans in 1921.

8. Tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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   In 2023, tuberculosis overtook COVID-19 as the leading cause of infectious disease-related deaths globally, according to a World Health Organization. [185] Around 8.2 million people were newly diagnosed with TB last year, allowing them access to treatment—a record high since WHO’s tracking began in 1995 and an increase from 7.5 million ...

9. Tuberculosis surpasses COVID-19 as deadliest infectious ... - AOL

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   Tuberculosis is back to being the leading infectious disease killer across the globe, surpassing COVID-19, according to a recent report from the World Health Organization.. Nearly 8.2 million ...