Tetanus shots prevent dangerous infections. Both children and adults should stay up-to-date on their tetanus shots and boosters. A tetanus shot is a vaccine that protects you from getting tetanus.

Tetanus may sound like a disease from another era, but experts are warning that it remains a serious threat. Two recent reports from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found hundreds of ...

NSW Health recently reported three cases of tetanus and the tragic death of a woman in her 80s—the first tetanus fatality in the state in 30 years. Tetanus is a rare but potentially fatal disease.

Tetanus is often considered a disease of the past, remembered mainly through childhood vaccinations and warnings about rusty ...

Tetanus is probably not something you think about a whole lot. That’s because, thanks to the vaccine, infections are largely preventable. And, we’re talking very preventable. Since 2010, there have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People who may have been injured in flood cleanup efforts can get a free tetanus booster shot Friday. The South Dakota Department ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging doctors to conserve shots of a kind of tetanus vaccine, as the agency braces for a potential shortage of those shots this year. Doctors should ...