tetanus
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The affected data include childhood immunization rates against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps and rubella, hepatitis, chicken pox and flu; and rates for 13 year olds and expectant mothers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
These horses occasionally answered the call of nature, creating a bacteria-filled environment that required the athletic trainer to keep a supply of tetanus shots on hand, to be administered when players’ wounds broke the skin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
Back then, pharmaceutical companies faced hundreds of lawsuits alleging that the vaccine protecting kids from whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus caused unrelenting seizures that led to severe disabilities.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2025
Ms King-Voisin was taken to A&E, where her wound was treated and she was given a tetanus jab.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
Carla’s mother thought I should go to the hospital for stitches and a tetanus shot.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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