tetanus

They include polio, smallpox, measles, tetanus, and rubella among others.

It has a history of successful, large-scale immunization programs for diseases like polio and tetanus, first-rate scientists, highly trained doctors and powerful networks of community health workers.

Since the 1980s, millions of pregnant women have been administered vaccines to help protect their unborn in the womb from tetanus, and, more recently, from pertussis and flu.

For some other diseases, vaccines are known to prompt a more protective immune response than the actual infection, including HPV and tetanus.

Gunner was treated for a small wound to the stomach but is otherwise fine, while Wilbanks received a tetanus shot and will keep his pet on a leash and farther away from the water from now on.