FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — How many times did you hear your mom say, “Don’t walk around barefoot, because if you step on something, we will have to go to the hospital and get you a tetanus shot!” Well, ...

Buncombe County Health and Human Services has warned that Western North Carolina residents helping to clean up the destruction left by Tropical Storm Helene may be at risk of tetanus. Stacey Wood, a ...

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 ...

Share on Pinterest The CDC issued new guidance for doctors about administering tetanus shots in advance of an upcoming shortage. SolStock/Getty Images The CDC is urging healthcare professionals to ...

A tetanus shot lasts for 10 years, and adults should get a booster every 10 years. You need a tetanus booster shot sooner if you get a deep or dirty cut and it's been more than 5 years since your last ...

If you were given a choice of vaccine delivery method, would you rather a needle or a skin cream? Thought so. Well, the latter might be a viable option soon, as Stanford scientists have used a topical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Successful childhood vaccine schedules have rendered tetanus and diphtheria boosters unneeded, The move would ...