BCG Vaccine for Tuberculosis Offers Covid-19 Protection, Study Suggests

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BCG Vaccine for Tuberculosis Offers Covid-19 Protection, Study Suggests
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A widely used tuberculosis vaccine protected people with type 1 diabetes from Covid-19, according to a study, further illustrating the potential immune-enhancing powers of the BCG shot

A widely used tuberculosis vaccine protected people with type 1 diabetes from Covid-19, according to a Massachusetts General Hospital study published Monday that further illustrates the potential immune-enhancing powers of the shot, called BCG.

The vaccine, a weakened version of the tuberculosis bacterium that infects cows, is given more than 100 million times a year around the globe to infants, but it isn’t part of the standard vaccination program in the U.S. Doctors have long suspected it has additional effects beyond tuberculosis prevention.

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