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

UNICEF and partners are working to prevent maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT), an excruciating disease that kills tens of thousands of infants every year. Babra, 36 and pregnant with her eighth child ...

UNICEF is to introduce a new health technology, which may help to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. The launch of Tetanus Toxoid Uniject in Mali from July 24-31, as part of a global effort to ...

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

Neonatal tetanus, a silent but preventable killer, claims the lives of newborns within their first days of life, particularly in settings with unsafe delivery practices and poor umbilical cord care.

Most Americans don’t work on farms these days, so it’s easy for people to dismiss the illness as something they’re unlikely ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination has been achieved by 80% of the 59 countries identified in 1999 as ...

Tetanus is probably not something you think about a whole lot. That’s because, thanks to the vaccine, infections are largely preventable. And, we’re talking very preventable. Since 2010, there have ...