Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks. By Patrick J. Kiger July 17, 2014. The Outer Banks Bluefin Quota. When Gloucester fishermen venture south to the Outer Banks to compete with their North Carolina counterparts for bluefin tuna in Wicked Tuna: North Vs. South, theyâre facing a new sort of time pressure.
Diphtheria vaccination. Diphtheria is a bacterial infection spread though close contact, sneezing, and coughing. The CDC recommends that all eligible adults, including seniors, get a Td booster for tetanus and diphtheria every 10 years. 85.
Only 47 percent of adults over the age of 20 had protective antibody to both diseases and only 63 percent of adults with immunity to tetanus also had protective antibody to diphtheria. In comparison, 91 percent of children from 6 to 11 years of age had protective antibody to both diseases. Immunity to pertussis also wanes among adolescents and adults. The rationale and risk-benefit considerations for the administration of tetanus-diphtheria toxoid (Td) vaccination in adults will be reviewed here.