While tetanus infections are uncommon in the United States, a concerning increase in cases has been reported in recent years, ...

Most medical trainees have never seen measles or its complications, muscle rigidity from tetanus, or an infant struggling to ...

Those involved in clean up from the aftermath of Hurricanes Milton and Helene should make sure their tetanus vaccinations are up to date because of the possibility of increased chances of infection, ...

Louis Pasteur once said that “it is within the power of man to eradicate infection from the earth”. Yet more than a century later, we have eradicated only smallpox in humans. Even the World Health ...

Also known as lockjaw, tetanus is a disease that affects the central nervous system and is caused by a specific strain of bacteria called clostridium tetani. It’s pretty common to encounter it in soil ...