Tetanus and diphtheria vaccines are unusual because many countries, including the US and Italy, recommend routine boosters in adults every 10 years — a policy not applied to any other childhood ...

The child sustained a cut on his forehead while playing outside on a farm. An unvaccinated 6-year-old boy in Oregon spent 57 days in a hospital, including 47 days in the intensive care unit, and ...

Nineteen-year-old Joe Heck in his Selden home with his mother, Elena, a nurse practitioner, on March 20. He needs a walker to steady himself and struggles to build Lego displays — therapy for the fine ...

The federal government has been recommending adults get booster shots to prevent tetanus and diphtheria every ten years since the 1960s. For the past couple of decades, Dr. Mark Slifka has been ...

Researchers propose that the U.S. could safely drop adult tetanus and diphtheria boosters, saving $1 billion annually, since childhood vaccinations provide decades of protection. Evidence from the U.K ...

A federal court compensates people who say they were injured by vaccines. Here is why the COVID vaccines are not currently part of it.

Nouranda hugs her precious 7-month-old daughter Fatma, who is playfully tugging at her mother's burqa. She and her husband, Akbar Saeed, have come to see Shazia Tabassum, the Lady Health Worker (LHW) ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I was gardening and stabbed myself in the arm with pruning shears over the weekend. It just occurred to me yesterday that I'm not sure how long it's been since I got my booster shot ...

A Northern Kentucky health agency is teaming up with local resources to administer the tetanus vaccine to residents and first responders assisting with cleaning up damage from recent flooding.The ...