With a toxoid vaccine, the goal is to condition the immune system to combat not an invading virus or bacteria but rather a toxin produced by that invading virus or bacteria. The tetanus shot is ...

Stanford scientists discovered that a harmless skin bacterium triggers a powerful immune response. By tweaking a bacterial ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing for a possible shortage of tetanus vaccines this year. In the United States, there are two tetanus and diphtheria (Td) vaccines ...

The tetanus vaccine is part of the recommended series of childhood and adult immunizations.It protects against a bacterial infection called lockjaw which has no cure and 10%-20% of the people who ...

The LENOWISCO and Cumberland Plateau Health Districts are offering free Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis (Tdap) to those affected by the flooding, responding to emergency situations, or those assisting ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published a warning (Inadvertent intradermal administration of tetanus toxoid-containing vaccines instead of tuberculosis skin tests ...

Researchers have recommended fertility tests for thousands of women and girls who received the tetanus vaccine in 2014. A new study has proposed that the women be tested to ascertain whether the ...