How Do I Know If I Have Tetanus? Tetanus can start from an injury such as a scratch, a cut or a bite from an animal or another person. The organism particularly lives in soil or fecal matter. It may ...

Rochester, N. Y., First Lieutenant, M.R.C., U. S. Army. [From the Medical Service of the Bochester General Hospital.] Select the format you want to export the ...

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 ...

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa health department has missed targets for vaccinating pregnant women in a number of districts. A vaccination campaign aimed at administering a five-TT injection course to prevent ...

A new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention details the harrowing story of a child in Oregon who contracted tetanus because he wasn't vaccinated. The boy was playing ...

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 laceration on his forehead while ...