Safety & Prevention

Immunizations

Today, most children in the United States lead much healthier lives and parents live with much less anxiety and worry over infections during childhood. Immunizations are one of the success stories of modern medicine.

Click here to view the most up-to-date immunization schedules.

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All About the Recommended Immunization Schedules

The American Academy of Pediatrics, in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released the latest immunization schedule for children and adolescents, outlining all the vaccines that are recommended to promote health.

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All About the Recommended Immunization Schedules
Vaccine Safety: Examine the Evidence
Protecting Your Baby From a Measles Outbreak: FAQs
Vaccine Risks & Benefits
Vaccines for Children Program: Free Immunizations When Cost is a Barrier
Help for RSV Infections: Information for American Indian & Alaska Native Families
RSV Immunizations: New Ways to Protect Babies
Vaccines for 'Tweens, Teens & Young Adults
Vaccines Your Child Needs by Age 6
Childhood Immunizations: Common Questions
HPV Vaccine: What Parents Need to Know
Dengue Vaccine & Kids: FAQs for Families Who Live Where Dengue Disease Commonly Spreads
How to Protect Your Children During a Measles Outbreak
Multiple Vaccinations at One Time
Child Immunization Schedule: Why Is It Like That?
Taking Fear and Pain Out of Needles—for Your Child and You
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Hepatitis B Vaccine: What You Need to Know
3 Things to Know to Prevent 6 Types of Cancer
HPV: Facts About the Virus that Causes Cancer and How to Prevent It
Does the HPV Vaccine Prevent Oral Cancer?
Vaccine Safety: Get the Facts
Dengue Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Here's Why Your Preteen Needs the HPV Vaccine
Vaccinating Your Preteen: Addressing Common Concerns
How Vaccines for Children & Teens Work VIDEO
Meningococcal ACWY Vaccines: What You Need to Know (VIS)
MMRV Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Serogroup B Meningococcal (MenB) Vaccines: What You Need to Know (VIS)
Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine: What You Need to Know (VIS)
Rotavirus Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Td Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Where We Stand: Immunizations
Tdap Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Polio Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Hepatitis A Vaccine: What You Need to Know
MMR Vaccine: What You Need to Know
14 Diseases You Almost Forgot About Thanks to Vaccines
Why Immunize Your Child
Vaccines Your Child Needs VIDEO
HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (Hib) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Chickenpox (Varicella) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
Why I Vaccinate: Parent Testimonials
What’s the Latest with the Flu: A Message for Caregivers and Teachers VIDEO
An Important Immunization Message from the AAP
Why So Many Vaccinations?
Why I Vaccinate: Family Relies on Community to Protect Surviving Toddler
Why I Vaccinate: Childhood Measles Case Makes Mom an Advocate
Weakened Immune Systems
Vaccine Protection: How Healthy is Your Community?
Vaccine Ingredients: Frequently Asked Questions
Vaccinating A Sick Child
Tips to Support Your Child When Fear of Needles Arises
Peds ER Doc Sees Children & Teens with Preventable Infectious Diseases
Pediatrician Remembers Severe Hib & Chickenpox Cases in the 1960s
Pediatrician Remembers Measles Patients at Louisville General in the 1960s
Pediatrician Remembers Measles & Diphtheria in Charleston
Pediatrician Remembers Hib on Navajo Reservation in the 1970s
Pediatrician Remembers Consequences of Diphtheria in the 1970s
Pediatrician Remembers a Measles Outbreak Among the Amish
Missed Vaccinations
Measles: Precautions for International Travel
Immunizations For Preterm Babies
Immunizations During Pregnancy
Immunization Record
How Vaccines Secure Your Child’s Freedom from Disease
How to Cocoon a Newborn: Only an E-Mail Away!
History of Immunizations

Safety & Prevention

Immunizations

​Click here​ to view the most up-to-date immunization schedules.

Click here to view the most up-to-date immunization schedules.