NEW YORK (AP) — Can a tetanus shot help treat brain cancer? A small study hints that it might. A dose of tetanus vaccine let patients live longer when added to an experimental treatment for the most ...

Explore why tetanus, unlike other diseases, evades eradication due to its unique environmental persistence and immunity ...

Whenever you fall or have any injury, it is advised to get a tetanus infection. If the injury is caused by some mental surface or because of falling on the road or such surfaces, tendency of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Can a tetanus shot help treat brain cancer? A small study hints that it might. A dose of tetanus vaccine let patients live longer when added to an experimental treatment for the most common and deadly ...

Spores of clostridium tetani are deposited in a contaminated wound. These spores multiply rapidly and produce a neurotoxin that interferes with nerves that control muscle movement. Cleaning of wound ...

Can a tetanus shot help treat brain cancer? A small study hints that it might. A dose of tetanus vaccine let patients live longer when added to an experimental treatment for the most common and deadly ...