Tuberculosis kills as many people each year as COVID-19. It's time we found a better vaccine
- Written by Andreas Kupz, Senior Research Fellow, James Cook University
In July 1921, a French infant became the first person to receive an experimental vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), after the mother had died from the disease. The vaccine, known as Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), is the same one still used today.
This first dose of BCG was the culmination of 13 years of research and development.
BCG remains...
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