Imagine a world where tetanus and diphtheria (Td) booster vaccines are administered every 30 years instead of every 10. That’s what a new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases suggests could be possible. The...
A new study has shown that adults don’t need to be given a tetanus booster shot every 10 years. This would save millions of dollars in health care costs if the adult vaccination schedule was revised. Tetanus, or...
A 93 per cent drop has been witnessed in the number of deaths caused by tetanus between 1990 to 2013, however, the number of mortalities owing to chronic kidney disease and diabetes over the same period increased. This...
In response to the very public accusations out of Kenya concerning tainted tetanus vaccine and “population control”, the World Health Organization released the following statement: WHO is concerned that misinformation...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is encouraging mothers to continue taking the tetanus vaccine which it says is safe, contrary to claims made by the Catholic Church. WHO Director of Reproductive Health and Research...