Unvaccinated six-year-old boy gets tetanus; treatment costs US$800K

An unvaccinated six-year-old boy from Oregon required treatment costing more than US$800,000 after he was diagnosed with tetanus in the state’s first case of the disease in 30 years, according to a new report. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published details of the case in a new report released on Thursday. The report said the boy was playing outdoors on a farm when he cut his forehead in 2017. His parents cleaned and stitched up the wound at home. Six days later, the