Tetanus — Worldwide/Unknown
News that an unvaccinated Ontario boy is in hospital with a dangerous tetanus infection is prompting calls from worried parents seeking information on how to get their children vaccinated.
The tetanus case was a 6 year old boy from Owen Sound, Ontario, about a 2.5-hour drive north west of Toronto. The unidentified child had never been vaccinated against tetanus, a painful and life-threatening condition also known as lockjaw. The boy had been transferred to London, Ontario for intensive
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