A new study challenges the conventional wisdom behind the current 10-year schedule for tetanus-diphtheria boosters.

The United States could safely drop tetanus and diphtheria booster shots for adults and save an estimated $1 billion a year, ...

Tetanus is a bacterial infection that affects your nervous system. From symptoms to treatment to prevention, get the basics on tetanus from the experts at WebMD.

A million more children completed the critical three-dose vaccination against diseases like diphtheria, tetanus and whooping ...

In 2024, 89% of infants worldwide—approximately 115 million—received at least one dose of a diphtheria, tetanus, and ...

Tetanus isn’t something we hear about often, but it’s a serious infection that can cause painful muscle spasms and stiffness, starting in the jaw and moving to other body parts.

MORE than 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year, according to United Nations health officials. Nine countries accounted for more than half of those unprotected children.

A Pattani boy was diagnosed with tetanus due to incomplete vaccination. Health experts stress the importance of timely ...

Tetanus is caused by Clostridium tetani, a bacteria found in soil, dust and manure. It enters through cuts and wounds, producing a neurotoxin that causes muscle spasms starting from the face ...

Physicians who champion immunization sustain herd immunity, reducing the incidence of severe diseases, hospitalizations, and ...

WITH a modest increase in the amount of tetanus immune globulin, (human) now available for tetanus prophylaxis in this country, it seems important to re-examine the dosage estimate so that as many ...