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 ...

People who may have been injured in flood cleanup efforts can get a free tetanus booster shot Friday. The South Dakota Department of Health is offering tetanus booster shots to residents and ...

Experts highlight the importance of the Td vaccine in combating waning immunity against tetanus and diphtheria in adults.

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 ...

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. It’s a childhood vaccination rite of passage, and adults need to keep up to date with a tetanus booster shot every 10 years. But ...