{"id":15299,"date":"2020-02-25T09:24:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T14:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15299"},"modified":"2020-02-25T09:24:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T14:24:02","slug":"most-adults-dont-need-booster-vaccinations-for-tetanus-and-diphtheria-new-study-concludes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15299","title":{"rendered":"Most adults don\u2019t need booster vaccinations for tetanus and diphtheria, new study concludes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Elizabeth Cooney for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"big-cap-wrap\"><span class=\"big-cap\">P<\/span><\/span>eople who got all their vaccinations against tetanus and diphtheria in childhood don\u2019t need booster shots to remain protected against the two rare but dangerous diseases, researchers conclude in a new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/cid\/article-lookup\/doi\/10.1093\/cid\/ciaa017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study<\/a>\u00a0that found no difference in disease rates between countries that recommend adult revaccination every 10 years and countries that say completing childhood vaccinations is enough.\u00a0 Continue reading article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2020\/02\/25\/adults-dont-need-booster-vaccinations-for-tetanus-diphtheria-study\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Elizabeth Cooney for STAT) People who got all their vaccinations against tetanus and diphtheria in childhood don\u2019t need booster<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cdc","category-health-care-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15300,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15299\/revisions\/15300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}