We know you want to protect yourself and your child from disease. But it's hard to keep straight all the different diseases and the vaccines that can prevent them. Vaccines do such a great job of preventing dangerous diseases that it's easy to forget what diseases look like, how easy they can spread, and the real-life effects of getting them.
Here you will learn about:
- Diseases and the vaccines that can prevent them.
- How easily diseases spread.
- Symptoms and life-long effects of infection.
Diseases | Vaccines |
Chickenpox (Varicella) | Varicella |
Diphtheria | DTaP or DT Tdap or Td DTaP or DT (en Español) Tdap or Td (en Español) |
Hepatitis A | Hepatitis A |
Hepatitis B | Hepatitis B |
Hib (Haemophilus Influenzae type b) Disease | Hib |
HPV | HPV |
Influenza (Flu) | Influenza (Flu) |
Measles | MMR |
Meningitis (Meningococcal Disease) | Meningococcal |
Mumps | MMR |
Pertussis (Whooping Cough) |
DTaP or DT |
Pneumococcal Disease | Pneumococcal |
Polio | Polio |
Rotavirus | Rotavirus |
Rubella | MMR |
Shingles | Shingles |
Tetanus (Lockjaw) |
DTaP or DT |