Child and Adolescent Vaccine Schedule
This schedule includes routine vaccinations from birth through age 18, including adolescent vaccines commonly recommended around ages 11–12 and 16.
This schedule includes routine vaccinations from birth through age 18, including adolescent vaccines commonly recommended around ages 11–12 and 16.
Disease don’t stop spreading after childhood. It’s important for adults to stay up to date with recommended vaccines to keep their protection against diseases.
Experts designed the vaccine schedules to provide protection to kids from serious illnesses as early as it’s safe and effective to do so.
Infants and young children are more at risk of serious illness because their immune systems are still developing. Vaccines work with their immune systems to build protection against the diseases. As children get older, they need additional doses of certain vaccines to increase their protection.