Share on Pinterest The CDC issued new guidance for doctors about administering tetanus shots in advance of an upcoming shortage. SolStock/Getty Images The CDC is urging healthcare professionals to ...

A recent case of tetanus in an unvaccinated child highlights the continued threat of this rare but dangerous disease among the unvaccinated individuals in the United States. "Unvaccinated or ...

A tetanus vaccination is done in a series. It’s sometimes combined with vaccines that protect against other diseases, such as diphtheria. A booster shot is recommended every 10 years. Read on to learn ...

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For more than 30 years in Oregon, cases of tetanus in children were almost mythical - studied in textbooks but never seen in person - thanks to the effectiveness of pediatric vaccination programs.

HEALTH authorities are warning of a worrying rise in tetanus cases following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, even as they ...

Clean-up begins again Friday after Hurricane Milton for store owners at a shopping center at Midnight Pass Rd. and Old Stickney Point Rd. on Siesta Key in Sarasota. Business owners were still cleaning ...

No one has ever died of tetanus within minutes or hours. Our verdict The NHS says that symptoms of tetanus start after around 10 days on average, so it is unlikely that anyone has died within minutes ...

An unvaccinated Oregon boy almost died from tetanus, the first case of the bacterial infection in the state in 30 years. The 6-year-old's harrowing illness and painful, two-month treatment — which ...

In October 2014, a group of concerned Catholic bishops in Kenya released a statement claiming a tetanus vaccine program aimed at women entering or in their childbearing years was in actuality a ...

A 71-year-old man died from tetanus in Westmoreland after a nail punctured his foot in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.&nbs ...