Nineteen-year-old Joe Heck in his Selden home with his mother, Elena, a nurse practitioner, on March 20. He needs a walker to ...

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Van Orman said there were not enough cases of whooping cough to declare an outbreak, but reminded students that whooping ...

Tetanus, also called lockjaw, is a serious, but relatively uncommon condition in the United States, with an average of 30 reported cases in humans each year. Nearly all of those cases are among ...

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 ...

In contrast, the neuropathologic findings in the case reported above are quite consistent with those in patients treated with tetanus antitoxin, few though they are. An increased interest in this ...

The tetanus shot is a safe and effective way to prevent tetanus and other dangerous diseases from occurring in most cases. Anyone concerned about the vaccine or the possible side effects should ...

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 ...