The DTaP vacine can prevent diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis. Diphtheria and pertussis spread from person to person. Tetanus enters the body through cuts or wounds. Recommended for children to have 5 doses. 7 years and younger may receive this vaccine.

Hepatitis is a serious liver disease. It is usually spread through close, personal contact with an infected person or when a person unknowingly ingests the virus from objects, food, or drinks that are contaminated by small amounts of human feces from an infected person. Children need 2 doses of hepatitis A vaccine.

Vaccine is given as 2, 3, or 4 doses. Hepatitis B is a liver disease that can cause mild illness lasting a few weeks, or it can lead to a serious, lifelong illness.

The vaccine for MMR can prevent measles, mumps, and rubella. Most people who are vaccinated will be protected for life. Children need 2 doses.  

Most people who are vaccinated with 2 doses of varicella vaccine will be protected for life. Also called “chickenpox,” causes an itchy rash that usually lasts about a week. It can also cause fever, tiredness, loss of appetite, and headache.

Tdap vaccine can prevent tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis. Diphtheria and pertussis spread from person to person. Tetanus enters the body through cuts or wounds. Anyone 7 years and older may receive this vaccine.

Human papillomavirus vaccines are vaccines that prevent infection by certain types of human papillomavirus. Available HPV vaccines protect against either two, four, or nine types of HPV. All HPV vaccines protect against at least HPV types 16 and 18, which cause the greatest risk of cervical cancer.

Poliovirus is very contagious and spreads through person-to-person contact. CDC recommends that children get four doses of polio vaccine. Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) is the only polio vaccine that has been given in the United States since 2000.

This vaccine can prevent any type of illness caused by Neisseria meningitides bacteria. CDC recommends routine MenACWY vaccination for all preteens and teens at 11 to 12 years old with a booster dose at 16 years old.

A contagious disease that spreads around the United States every year, usually between October and May. Anyone can get the flu, but it is more dangerous for some people. Recommended for 1 dose each flu season.

Authorized for use in individuals 6 months and older that uses mRNA to teach our cells how to make a protein that triggers an immune response. This immune response produces antibodies, that helps protect us from getting sick from that germ in the future.