Word: tetanus
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...Massachusetts state regulation, signed by Governor Michael S. Dukakis on May 30, specifically requires that students entering institutes of higher education in the state show proof of immunity against measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases such as tetanus and diphtheria, said Dr. Warren E. C. Wacker, Director of the University Health Services...
...lying in the open long enough to arouse fears of epidemics. Only a few days after the storm struck, 40 people were dead of cholera, and others were described as in critical condition. When the first relief teams landed on Urirchar, they tried to inoculate 300 people against typhoid, tetanus and cholera. But the resources at hand were totally inadequate: all the injections had to be given with the same needle because replacements were not available. "We cannot change the needle," said Nurul Islam, a navy medic. "We cannot afford it. God give them resistance...
...rafters suffered minor cuts and nail puncture wounds, and they were rushed to UHS to review their tetanus shot records...
...weeks, many of the tourists took their pictures through the tinted windows of their air-conditioned Greyhounds. The only relief is water; hence the city hospital daily treats patients who didn't find out until they were wet that a swim in the Charles is best accompanied by a tetanus shot...
DIED. Pearl Luella Kendrick, 90, microbiologist who in 1939 helped develop a vaccine that led to the virtual eradication of whooping cough, long a childhood scourge; of cancer; in Grand Rapids, Mich. Kendrick also developed the standard DPT shot, which provides combined protection against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus...