Tetanus is a disease caused by toxins created ... In this state, the toxin would be harmful to the human body. To make the vaccine, it needs to be neutralized. Sometimes formaldehyde is used ...

Tetanus, also called lockjaw, is a serious, but relatively uncommon condition in the United States, with an average of 30 reported cases in humans each year. Nearly all of those cases are among ...

Epidemiologist Jose Maria Martin-Moreno said: 'Stagnant water is the perfect habitat for the proliferation of mosquitoes and cockroaches, as well as rodents and organisms which can cause human ...

Buncombe County Health and Human Services has warned that Western North Carolina residents helping to clean up the ...

There is insufficient tetanus antitoxin in normal human gamma globulin to be effective prophylactically. Ideally, the level of antitoxin in human serum would need to approach 100 units per ...

they may be at risk of tetanus. This risk increases if the person is not up to date on vaccinations. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services recommends several safety measures ...

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 ...

Experts say victims of the floods and volunteers helping in the clean up are all now at risk of suffering mosquito-borne ...

The Oct. 18 briefing covered a long list of subjects, with explanations of health hazards post-Helene, reopening parks, water ...