Blog

August is vaccine awareness month!

What vaccines will my 4-6 year old get?

At 4-6 years of age, your child should receive vaccines to protect them from the following diseases:

• Diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough (pertussis) (DTaP) (5^th dose)
• Polio (IPV) (4^th dose)
• Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) (2^nd dose)
• Chickenpox (Varicella) (2^nd dose)
• Influenza (Flu) (every year)

What vaccines will my 7-10 year old get?

• Influenza (Flu)
  Everyone 6 months of age and older should get a flu vaccine every year.

What vaccines will my child get?

At 11-12 years old, your preteen should receive routinely recommended vaccines to protect them from the following diseases:

• Meningococcal disease (one dose of MenACWY vaccine)
• HPV (two doses of vaccine)
• Tetanus, diphtheria, and whooping cough (pertussis) (one dose of Tdap vaccine)
• Influenza (Flu) (one dose of vaccine every year)

What vaccines will my 13- to 18-year-old get?

• Influenza (Flu) (every year)
• Meningococcal disease
  • Meningococcal conjugate (MenACWY)  given at 16 years old (2^nd dose)
  • Serogroup B meningococcal (MenB) may be given, preferably at 16 through 18 years (2 doses)