A small county in West Texas has 15 measles cases, mostly in school-aged children. Gaines County, which borders New Mexico, ...

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As cases rise, a nationally representative panel ... Safety reviews of two main types of whooping cough vaccines—Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis), for those 7 years and older ...

BUNCOMBE COUNTY SUSPENDS ESTABLISHMENT PERMITS DUE TO WATER CRISIS; MUST PASS INSPECTION According to NCDHHS, Tetanus leads ...

What is Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis? Tetanus is caused by a germ that enters the body through a cut or a wound. Tetanus (Lockjaw) causes painful tightening of the muscles all over the body and ...

This was continued until displaced by active (toxoid) immunization. There have been no cases of tetanus since 1923. In 1899 McFarland and Ranck, 8 of the H. K. Mulford Company, now Merck Sharp and ...

The tetanus shot is such a vaccine. Tetanus is a disease caused by toxins created by the bacteria Clostridium tetani. The vaccine conditions the body's immune system to eliminate these toxins.

As of March 2004, 100 patients in 21 states had been identified as receiving a tetanus toxoid vaccine product instead of PPD. In April 2004, five additional cases were identified. Some patients ...

Local public health officials are stressing the importance of getting vaccinated for pertussis and flu after seeing a recent ...