People who may have been injured in flood cleanup efforts can get a free tetanus booster shot Friday. The South Dakota Department of Health is offering tetanus booster shots to residents and ...

Buncombe County Health and Human Services has warned that Western North Carolina residents helping to clean up the destruction left by Tropical Storm Helene may be at risk of tetanus. Stacey Wood, a ...

Also known as lockjaw, tetanus is a disease that affects the central nervous system and is caused by a specific strain of bacteria called clostridium tetani. It’s pretty common to encounter it in soil ...

Pupils dreading that summer vaccine appointment for a tetanus/diphtheria booster now have a temporary break. Area school districts are deferring the mandatory requirement for the booster from this ...

Gardeners are at a high risk of developing tetanus, according to public health authorities, and should make sure their booster shots are up to date. Thirty-nine percent of the cases reported to the ...

DANTE, Va. (WCYB) — The Cumberland Plateau Health District is giving free Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis (Tdap) vaccines to those affected by the recent flooding in Dante. Vaccines are being given ...

It’s a childhood vaccination rite of passage, and adults need to keep up to date with a tetanus booster shot every 10 years. But how much do you really know about this potentially serious disease, and ...