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What to do after a rat bite: First aid, tetanus, and infection prevention

November 16, 2025 11:30 am

In some rare case it can lead to rat-bite fever, a deadly infection

What to do after a monkey bite: First aid, rabies risk, and expert advice

September 27, 2025 4:30 pm

Any person bitten by a monkey needs immediate medical attention

After 57 days in ICU, 11-year-old boy recovers from tetanus after tireless efforts by Pune's state-run Sassoon General Hospital doctors

August 29, 2025 8:02 pm

According to doctors at SGH, the boy had not received routine immunization, developed frequent spasms, and had difficulty breathing.

'Pandemic or not, a child’s vaccination schedule must not suffer'

June 18, 2021 7:59 pm

It is safe to get your kid vaccinated in the pandemic. but you need to follow some precautions.

Tetanus shots are must in every 30 years, says study

March 25, 2016 1:21 pm

Have you always been told to get a tetanus shot every 10 years? Scientists recommended that adult vaccination should be scheduled every 30 years.

Simply put: Freedom at birth from mother of infections

August 28, 2015 12:40 am

India has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus ahead of the global target date, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Thursday. Indian Express explains what this achievement means.

It’s official: India is free of newborn tetanus

August 28, 2015 5:41 am

PM Narendra Modi praises UPA programmes on child, maternal health.

After polio, India set to win battle against tetanus at childbirth

May 24, 2015 4:52 am

Confirmation of the breakthrough came after a WHO and UNICEF joint team conducted field visits in the last four hotspots where incidence of the infection had remained above acceptable levels.

State wants 5-in-1 vaccine

July 24, 2012 3:36 am

Pentavalent shot UP has sent proposal to Centre for nod

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