The overall mortality in patients suffering non-neonatal tetanus is high. Efforts to reduce mortality in one sub-Saharan African intensive care unit (ICU) by implementing a standard tetanus protocol ...

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 ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Y. Lee, M.D., MBA, covers health, medicine, wellness and science Hello tetanus, my old friend. Didn't Darla Shine tweet that ...

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 ...

Adults do not need tetanus or diphtheria booster shots if they've already completed their childhood vaccination series against these rare, but debilitating diseases, research published in the journal ...

Alberta Health Services (AHS) says vaccines given to 131 people to protect them against a potentially dangerous disease may have been ineffective. The agency said in a statement Wednesday that the ...