"This would be an important tool in the response to Covid-19 and future pandemics."

Scientists are testing a 99-year-old tuberculosis vaccine on COVID-19

Close Enough

As a temporary boost in the fight against COVID-19, a team of U.K. scientists are experimenting with a tuberculosis vaccine from 1921.

Scientists Are Testing a 99-Year-Old Tuberculosis Vaccine on COVID-19

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/health-54465733">BCG: Can a vaccine from 1921 save lives from Covid-19?</a> [BBC News]

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There's evidence that the vaccine can fight other infections too.

"If this works as well as it seems to, we need to do this now."

We have a cure for the deadliest form of tuberculosis

New Cure

Scientists found a less intensive, more effective cure against the most dangerous strain of tuberculosis, which infects 10 million every year.

We Have a Cure for the Deadliest Form of Tuberculosis

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/health/tuberculosis-xdr-tb-cure.html">Scientists Discover New Cure for the Deadliest Strain of Tuberculosis</a> [The New York Times]

More on tuberculosis: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/we-could-soon-have-a-cure-for-every-form-of-tuberculosis">We Could Soon Have a Cure for Every Form of Tuberculosis</a>

Patients need to take five pills every day for six months.

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A woman's ability to walk was restored by a 3D-printed spine.

Doctors 3D Printed a Replacement for This Woman’s Damaged Spine

A 32-year-old Indian woman can walk again thanks to 3D printing.

According to the World Health Organization, in 2015, there were an estimated 10.4 million new tuberculosis (TB) cases worldwide. 
Existing TB drug treatments require patients to take up to 20 tablets a day, but a new treatment involves taking just three drugs per day.

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Scientists Are Testing a 99-Year-Old Tuberculosis Vaccine on COVID-19

We Have a Cure for the Deadliest Form of Tuberculosis

Doctors 3D Printed a Replacement for This Woman’s Damaged Spine

We Could Soon Have a Cure for Every Form of Tuberculosis

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