tetanus

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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

A person needed a tetanus shot if they fell into the Potomac.

From Slate • May 26, 2025

A few primitive forms, such as the botulism and tetanus bacilli, manage to survive even today only in oxygen-free environments.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan