There are few more divisive issues in medicine today than the topic of vaccines. Until COVID, most Americans were glad to have their children vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella, polio, HepB, ...

Researchers who have harnessed the body’s immune system to fight cancer have found a way to make the approach work even better, using an ordinary tetanus vaccine. They used their double-vaccine ...

An unvaccinated Oregon boy almost died from tetanus, the first case of the bacterial infection in the state in 30 years. The 6-year-old's harrowing illness and painful, two-month treatment — which ...

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Researchers propose that the U.S. could safely drop adult tetanus and diphtheria boosters, saving $1 billion annually, since childhood vaccinations provide decades of protection. Evidence from the U.K ...

A 29-year-old female healthcare worker presented for a blood test to confirm a response to her initial COVID-19 vaccine. A day after receiving the vaccine she fell, which resulted in wounds that ...