Those involved in clean up from the aftermath of Hurricanes Milton and Helene should make sure their tetanus vaccinations are up to date because of the possibility of increased chances of infection, ...

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 ...

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 ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As some flood victims race to get shots, health experts caution it may not be necessary. On Monday, the Meyerland Community Improvement Association organized an event where ...

Posts across multiple platforms claim tetanus shots are unnecessary because people can only be exposed via farm animals, and because applying peroxide to an exposed wound can supposedly eliminate the ...

Gardening is generally considered a low-risk activity, more likely to stiffen your muscles than to threaten your life -- yard play with chain saws aside. But a potential killer lurks in rich garden ...

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 ...

While playing outside on a farm in Oregon, a 6-year-old boy fell down and cut his forehead. His parents cleaned and sutured his wound at home, and for a few days, everything seemed all right, ...

Maternal and neonatal tetanus are painful, often fatal, diseases that many of us haven’t thought twice about. The Batesville Kiwanis Club is committed to raising money to help in the eradication of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- An unvaccinated 6-year-old Oregon boy was hospitalized for two months for tetanus and almost died of the bacterial illness after getting a deep cut while playing on a farm, according ...

The effect of exposure to hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) on murine tetanus was evaluated by use of two model infections: (1) implantation of mice with small disks of agar containing washed Clostridium tetani ...