(HealthDay)—Either tetanus and diphtheria toxoids (Td) vaccine or tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine may be used for Td booster doses every 10 years or when indicated for tetanus ...
Jan 27, 2020
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A 6-year-old boy has died in Spain's first case of diphtheria since 1987, his hospital said Saturday.
Jun 27, 2015
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Seventy-seven percent of Washington state pediatricians report that they are sometimes or frequently asked to provide alternative childhood vaccine schedules for their patients, according to a new study from Seattle Children's ...
Nov 28, 2011
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An excessive response of the immune system to malarial infection can lead to serious complications, such as cerebral malaria. While the mechanism causing the onset of cerebral malaria is unclear, immunologists think that ...
Jan 16, 2013
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A federal advisory panel wants all U.S. adults to get vaccinated against whooping cough.
Feb 22, 2012
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In their article published in Eurosurveillance today, Muscat et al. present diphtheria data on the number of notified cases between 2010 and 2019 from the WHO/United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) ...
Feb 24, 2022
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(Medical Xpress) -- While many bacteria exist as aggressive pathogens, causing diseases ranging from tuberculosis and cholera, to plague, diphtheria and toxic shock syndrome, others play a less malevolent role and some are ...
Jul 20, 2012
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Three nurses care for a 10-year-old girl at a clinic treating dozens of patients in Kano, northern Nigeria, amid the country's worst diphtheria outbreak which has killed hundreds of people since the start of the year.
Oct 23, 2023
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A skin cell responsible for scarring, and a molecule that inhibits the cell's activity, have been identified by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Apr 16, 2015
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An adult from the north coast of New South Wales is the latest Australian to be diagnosed with the deadly infectious disease, diphtheria. The patient, who was diagnosed on Monday, is being treated with antibiotics and health ...
Aug 8, 2018
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