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BCG

British  

abbreviation

  1. bacille Calmette-Guérin (antituberculosis vaccine)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A BCG study of 1,488 professionals in the United States actually found a decline in burnout rates when AI took over repetitive work tasks.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

However, for a portion of patients, BCG is ineffective and the cancer returns.

From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025

“We are learning from the missteps that have happened,” BCG CEO Christoph Schweizer said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

BCG last fall took on what was then a pro-bono project to help solve food-supply challenges in Gaza and ultimately led to the establishment of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

In 2016 the WHO noted the otherwise inexplicable effects of BCG and measles vaccines on childhood mortality, while in 2020 the widely-respected journal Nature included non-specific effects in a list of “milestones in vaccines.”

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025