Immunizations - are designed to protect against serious illnesses ranging from polio and

tetanus to measles, mumps, and the seasonal flu. Many people consider them the most
important part of well-child checkups.

 DTaP
- to protect against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough):
• At 2 months
• At 4 months
• At 6 months
• Between 15 and 18 months (can be given as early as 12 months as long as it's at
least six months after the previous shot)
• Between 4 and 6 years old
• A booster shot at 11 or 12 years of age

 Hepatitis A
- to protect against hepatitis A, which can cause the liver disease hepatitis.
• Between 12 and 23 months, two shots at least six months apart

 Hepatitis B (HBV)
- to protect against hepatitis B, which can cause the liver disease hepatitis:
• At birth
• Between 1 and 2 months
• Between 6 and 18 months.

 Hib
- to protect against Haemophilus influenza type B, which can lead to
meningitis, pneumonia, and epiglottitis:
• At 2 months
• At 4 months
• At 6 months (not needed if the PedvaxHIB or ComVax brand of vaccine was
given at 2 and 4 months)
• Between 12 and 15 months
 HPV
- to protect against human papillomavirus, the most common sexually transmitted
disease in the United States and a cause of cervical cancer:
• Three doses between 11 and 12 years, for girls (one version of the HPV vaccine
prevents genital warts in males, but isn't on the official schedule)

 Influenza 
- (the flu shot or, for age 2 and up, nasal spray vaccine); two doses to protect
against H1N1 flu and one to protect against seasonal flu:
• Age 6 months and up, every year in the fall or early winter

 Meningococcal
- to protect against meningococcal disease, the leading cause of bacterial
meningitis in U.S. children in pre-vaccine days:
• Between 11 and 12 years.

 MMR
- to protect against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles):
• Between 12 and 15 months
• Between 4 and 6 years old

 Pneumococcal (PCV)
- to protect against pneumococcal disease, which can lead
to meningitis, pneumonia, and ear infections:
• At 2 months
• At 4 months
• At 6 months
• Between 12 and 15 months

 Polio (IPV)
 - to protect against polio:
• At 2 months
• At 4 months
• Between 6 and 18 months
• Between 4 and 6 years old

 Rotavirus
- to protect against rotavirus, which can cause severe diarrhea, vomiting, fever,
and dehydration (given orally, not as an injection):
• At 2 months
• At 4 months
• At 6 months (not needed if the Rotarix brand of vaccine was given at 2 and 4
months).

 Varicella
- to protect against chicken pox:
• Between 12 and 15 months
• Between 4 and 6 years.