BCG and your baby 9 Articles

by Bindu Thomas Thycad

Healthy babies are a dream for any parent, and a fulfillment of their parenthood. Attending to their needs and providing care and nourishment comes as a part of their nature to carry out this vision. Achieving this comes b...read more

by Christobel Rajesh

Bacille calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine is a attenuated tubercle bacilli given at birth for the babies. This vaccination gives 80% protection against tuberculous. Albert Calmette, a French bacteriologist and Camille Guerin, ...read more

by Callista Meyer

Tuberculosis, is a highly infectious disease that mainly affects a person's lungs but may also spread to affect the bones,glands and brain. In infants, TB (tuberculosis) can lead to a form of meningitis called tuberculosis...read more

by Cindy Abbate

Tuberculosis (TB), an infectious disease, is on the rise around the world. BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) is a vaccine to protect against the sickness. In older children and adults TB usually affects the lungs, but can al...read more

by Micah Myers

Parents are freaked. There are so many things that can go wrong with your new baby. In the interests of protection, you're understandably worried. In the interests of making bookoodles of money, the pharmaceutical compa...read more

by Susan Kliebenstein

The days of blindly following the crowd in children's vaccinations seem to be gone. With questions about vaccine's and their possible relationship to Autism and other neurological problems some are electing to forgo the v...read more

by Indu Sastri

The Bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine (BCG) is a weakened form of the tuberculosis bacteria that has retained its antigenic properties and when given to humans can help prevent them (up to about 80%) from getting Tuberculosi...read more

by Estella Reed

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is a vaccine given to immunize against or protect from Tuberculosis or TB. It has shown to give 70% 80% protection against TB. Although it gives a high rate of protection, it does not comple...read more

by Rachel Mcclain

We all want our babies to be healthy. But, every time the nurse comes in with a handful of needles we cringe. And, after every round of vaccinations, we ache for our children as they spend the next twenty-four hours with n...read more