After Oregon went 30-plus years without a tetanus report, a six-year-old boy living in the state contracted severe tetanus in 2017, according to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The ...
People who received childhood vaccinations against tetanus and diphtheria likely do not need routine booster shots in adulthood, a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases shows. The World ...
The United States could safely drop tetanus and diphtheria booster shots for adults and save an estimated $1 billion a year, according to a new review led by researchers at Oregon Health & Science ...