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Are Your Vaccines Up to Date?

Recommended Vaccines

Vaccines help protect babies and children from serious diseases while their immune systems are still developing. For the best protection, get all recommended vaccines on time. 

0 through 3 years

  • DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis)5 
  • Flu, yearly1 
  • Hepatitis A1 
  • Hepatitis B4 
  • Hib (Haemophilus influenza Type B)4 
  • MMR (measles, mumps, rubella)2 
  • Pneumococcal4 
  • Polio1 
  • Rotavirus2 
  • Varicella (chickenpox)2
  • COVID-19 (ages 6 months and older)3 

4 through 6 years

  • DTaP5
  • Flu, yearly1
  • MMR2
  • Polio1
  • Varicella2
  • Missed shots from previous years
  • COVID-193

7 through 10 years

  • COVID-193
  • Flu, yearly1
  • Missed shots from previous years

11 through 18 years

  • COVID-193
  • Flu, yearly1
  • HPV4
  • Meningococcal4
  • TDaP5
  • Missed shots from previous years

19 through 49

  • COVID-193
  • Flu, yearly1
  • Pneumococcal (for people who smoke or vape, or who are alcohol-dependent, or who have asthma, diabetes, lymphoma or HIV)4
  • Td, every 10 years5

50+ years

  • COVID-193
  • Flu, yearly1
  • Pneumococcal (now recommended for all people 50 and older)4 
  • Shingles2
  • Td, every 10 years5

Babies can get disease immunity from their mothers during pregnancy. This immunity can protect the baby from some diseases during the first few months of life, but immunity decreases over time. 

Pregnant women should receive the following immunizations during each pregnancy:

  • TDaP5
  • Flu1

Some women may need other vaccines before, during, or after they become pregnant. Talk with your healthcare provider to know if you should receive the following immunizations:

  • Hepatitis A1
  • Hepatitis B4

For more information

10 Reasons Why Vaccines Keep You Safe 

Provided by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
www.nfid.org
#GetVaccinated

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Reason # 1: Vaccine-preventable diseases have not gone away.
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Reason #2: Vaccines keep you healthy.
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Reason #3: Vaccines are as important to your overall health as diet and exercise.
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Reason #4: Vaccination can mean the difference between life and death.
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Reason #5: Vaccines are safe.
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Reason #6: Vaccines cannot give you the diseases they are designed to prevent.
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Reason #7: Young and healthy people can get very sick, too.
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Reason #8: Vaccine preventable diseases are expensive.
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Reason #9: When you get sick, your children, grandchildren, and parents are at risk, too.
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Reason #10: Everyone deserves the chance to stay healthy.