The infectious disease can cause muscle spasms strong enough to fracture bones. It's fully preventable, but vaccination rates are slipping.

Recent CDC reports found dozens of tetanus deaths since 2011 and four cases in children in 2024. CNN’s Dr. Leana Wen explains ...

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Key Takeaways Lockjaw happens when your jaw muscles tighten up so much that you can't open your mouth properly.Tetanus is a bacterial infection that can cause ...

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.

A recent case of tetanus in an unvaccinated child highlights the continued threat of this rare but dangerous disease among the unvaccinated individuals in the United States. "Unvaccinated or ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Y. Lee, M.D., MBA, covers health, medicine, wellness and science Hello tetanus, my old friend. Didn't Darla Shine tweet that ...

An unvaccinated 6-year-old Oregon boy was hospitalized for two months for tetanus and almost died of the bacterial illness after getting a deep cut while playing on a farm, according to a case study ...

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 ...