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

The DTaP vaccine protects your child against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough). "This vaccine helps prevent illness from three very dangerous infections that are now well-controlled ...

But if it involves a rusty object, you may think about the tetanus vaccine. Yes, it is the same shot that's given to children ...

The tetanus vaccine protects people who may come into contact with the bacteria that cause tetanus. As with any vaccine, the tetanus shot can lead to the possibility of some side effects.

Dapper outfits and lockjaw were both a lot more common in the early 20th century, but the advent of the tetanus vaccine caused cases to decline by 95% and deaths to decline by more than 99%.

In the early 1950s there were four vaccines routinely used in the United States: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and smallpox. Three of these vaccines (diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published a warning (Inadvertent intradermal administration of tetanus toxoid-containing vaccines instead of tuberculosis skin tests ...

Starting next week, the Department of Health will be hosting immunization events at Orange County middle schools. Officials ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Most Americans have never seen a tragic case of smallpox, tetanus, diphtheria, polio or measles. Young, healthy people no longer die of vaccine-preventable ...

Vaccine series completion for rotavirus, DTaP, PCV at 12 months was highest in January 2020 and remained lower in October 2023.