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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You can locate COVID and flu boosters with the NCDHHS locater at covid19.ncdhhs.gov/vaccines. Your health care provider and ...