Tetanus (lockjaw) is a dangerous nerve ailment caused by the toxin of a common bacteria, Clostridium tetani. You can find these bacterial spores everywhere, but mostly in soil. They're also found in ...

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, ...

There has been a 95% decline in U.S. tetanus cases over the last 77 years, but as vaccination rates slip and climate change-related natural disasters increase, the annual tetanus case count is rising, ...

Lockjaw happens when your jaw muscles tighten up so much that you can't open your mouth properly. Tetanus is a serious bacterial infection that can cause lockjaw and muscle spasms. TMJ disorders can ...

Every doctor wants to see a smile on a patient’s face, but there is one that no doctor ever wants to see: risus sardonicus, ...

The young son of anti-vaccine parents endured excruciating pain and spent 47 days in pediatric intensive care after contracting tetanus, a devastating bacterial infection easily prevented by vaccines.

PROPHYLAXIS against tetanus by means of active immunization with tetanus toxoid reduced the incidence of this disease among wounded United States Army personnel to a low figure. Only 1 case of tetanus ...

Of all the challenges faced by livestock owners and animal caretakers in the wake of damaging spring and summer storms, one potentially serious animal disease might not appear for days or weeks later: ...

Clean-up begins again Friday after Hurricane Milton for store owners at a shopping center at Midnight Pass Rd. and Old Stickney Point Rd. on Siesta Key in Sarasota. Business owners were still cleaning ...