A team of Canadian researchers at McMaster University is developing an inhalable TB vaccine that would act as a booster to strengthen immune protection right at the site of infection — the lungs. If successful, it would be among the first new effective TB vaccines in the world.
Organizations: | McMaster University, Nunavut, Ottawa Hospital, Public Health Agency of Canada, Stop TB Canada, and TB Reach |
People: | Gonzalo Alvarez, Harjit Sajjan, and Lena Faust |
Topics: | COVID-19, pandemic, public health, tuberculosis, and vaccine |