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Vaccines protect against life-threatening diseases
Covid-19 can cause a range of symptoms ranging from moderate to severe.
Diphtheria causes a severe throat infection that can lead to difficulty breathing, heart failure, paralysis, or death.
Flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death.
Haemophilus Influenza type B (Hib) causes infection in the ears, lungs, blood, skin, and joints and meningitis which may lead to brain damage or death.
Hepatitis Ais a serious liver disease that causes flu-like symptoms, jaundice, and stomach pain.
Hepatitis Bis a liver disease that causes flu-like symptoms, jaundice, and stomach pain. It can lead to liver damage, liver cancer, and death.
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted virus in the US. HPV infection can cause cervical cancer in women, penile cancer in men, anal cancers, and oral cancers.
Measles causes a fever, rash, red, watery eyes and cold-like symptoms. It can lead to seizures, ear infection, diarrhea, and pneumonia. Rarely, can cause brain damage or death.
Meningitis is an infection of the lining of the brain and spinal cord. Some types of meningitis can be dangerous and life-threatening.
Mumps causes headache, fever, loss of appetite, and painful swelling of the cheeks and jaw. It can lead to hearing loss, swelling of the brain and/or spinal cord covering, and swelling of the testicles or ovaries.
Pertussis (Whooping Cough) causes long spells of coughing that makes it hard for a child to breathe, eat, or drink. It can lead to pneumonia, seizures, brain damage, or death.
Pneumococcal Disease can cause serious infections like pneumonia, meningitis, blood infections, sinus infections, and ear infections.
Polio can infect the spinal cord, leading to paralysis.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a major cause of respiratory illness in children. RSV can cause mild, cold-like symptoms. In some cases, it infects the lungs causing breathing problems for infants and young children.
Rotavirus causes severe diarrhea often accompanied by vomiting and fever. It occurs mostly in babies and young children.
Rubella causes fever, sore throat, rash, headache, and eye irritation. A pregnant woman who gets Rubella can lose her baby or have a baby with severe birth defects.
Tetanus (Lockjaw) causes severe muscle spasms; can lead to trouble swallowing and breathing, or death.
Varicella (Chicken Pox) is a highly contagious disease that causes fever, tiredness, and weakness, followed by an itchy, blister-like rash.
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Pneumococcal Vaccine the CDC recommends PCV 15 or PCV 20 for routine vaccination as a 4-dose series for children younger than 5 years of age. If your child started with the PCV 13, they can finish the series with the PCV 15 or PCV 20, they do not need to start over.
Meningococcal B Vaccines can help protect you from the meningococcal disease caused by serogroup B. This is different from the meningococcal vaccine that protects you from serogroups A, C, W, and Y (MCV4). The Meningococcal B vaccine is recommended for adolescents and young adults 16 – 23 years of age with a 2-dose series. Individuals aged 10 years and older at increased risk for the meningococcal disease the recommendation is to receive routine and booster vaccination.
HPV Vaccine is routinely recommended for girls and boys 9 – 12 years of age through age 26. If the first dose is received before the child is 15 years of age, 2 doses are required. Individuals that receive their first dose at or after 15 years of age and those with certain immunocompromising conditions need 3 doses. The HPV vaccine can prevent most cases of cervical cancer in females and anal, penile, and some throat cancers in males and females.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) RSV can cause illness in individuals of all ages, but infants and older adults could experience more serious symptoms. The CDC recommend that babies under 8 months old who are born or entering into their first RSV season and babies between 8 – 19 months at an increased risk for RSV receive a single dose of the RSV antibody vaccine.
Hepatitis A is now routinely recommended for all children to receive 2 doses of the Hepatitis A vaccine starting at 12 months of age. The 2 doses in the series should be administered at least 6 months apart.
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