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Adult Woman Receiving a Flu Vaccine

May 3, 2011January 9, 2021 Brian

With her young son observing from behind, this 2006 photograph showed a nurse in the process of administering an intramuscular vaccination in the left shoulder muscle of this mother.

Are there vaccines that protect against communicable diseases for adults?

Yes! Vaccinations are readily available for such common adult illnesses as influenza (flu), pneumococcal disease, herpes zoster (shingles), human papillomavirus (HPV), pertussis (whooping cough), hepatitis A and hepatitis B. Vaccinations against less common diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella (German measles), tetanus (lockjaw), diphtheria and varicella (chickenpox) are also needed by some adults. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recommendations clearly identify people who are at risk for these diseases and who should be immunized to prevent these diseases and their complications. Consult your healthcare provider or local health department regarding your own immunization status as well as current immunization recommendations.

Child Receiving a Flu Vaccination

May 3, 2011January 9, 2021 Brian

This 2006 photograph showed a nurse in the process of administering an intramuscular vaccination in the left shoulder muscle of this young, pre-teen boy.

Immunization is one of the most important things a parent can do to protect their children’s health. Today, we can protect children younger than two years old from 14 serious diseases including:

Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) (bacterial meningitis);Diphtheria; Hepatitis A; Hepatitis B; Influenza; Measles; Mumps; Pertussis (whooping cough); Pneumococcal disease; Polio; Rubella (German measles); Tetanus (lockjaw); Rotavirus; Varicella (chickenpox);

At least one vaccine is needed for each of these diseases, and for some diseases several doses are required for the best protection. Several “combination vaccines” exist in which multiple vaccines are given in a single shot, reducing the number of shots needed.

Child Receiving a Flu Vaccination

May 3, 2011January 9, 2021 Brian

This 2006 photograph showed a nurse in the process of administering an intramuscular vaccination in the left shoulder muscle of this young, pre-teen boy.

Immunization is one of the most important things a parent can do to protect their children’s health. Today, we can protect children younger than two years old from 14 serious diseases including:

Child Receiving a Flu Vaccination

May 3, 2011January 9, 2021 Brian

This 2006 photograph showed a nurse in the process of administering an intramuscular vaccination in the left shoulder muscle of this young, pre-teen boy.

Immunization is one of the most important things a parent can do to protect their children’s health. Today, we can protect children younger than two years old from 14 serious diseases including:

Twelve Year Old Girl Receiving a Flu Vaccination

May 3, 2011January 9, 2021 Brian

The nurse depicted in this 2006 photograph, was in the process of administering an intramuscular vaccination in the left shoulder muscle of a young girl. The nurse was pinching the overlying shoulder skin, in order to immobilize the injection site.

Immunization is one of the most important things a parent can do to protect their children’s health. Today, we can protect children younger than two years old from 14 serious diseases including:

Infant Receiving an Intramuscular Immunization

May 3, 2011January 9, 2021 Brian

Held by his father, this infant was receiving an intramuscular immunization in his right thigh muscle, which was being administered by a qualified nurse. The nurse was distracting the infant while she stabilizing the injection site with her free hand.

Immunization is one of the most important things a parent can do to protect their children’s health. Today, we can protect children younger than two years old from 14 serious diseases including:

Infant Receiving an Intramuscular Immunization

May 3, 2011January 9, 2021 Brian

This photograph showed an infant being held by his mother, who was about to receive an intramuscular vaccination in his left arm. A qualified nurse was administering the vaccination while stabilizing the injection site.

Immunization is one of the most important things a parent can do to protect their children’s health. Today, we can protect children younger than two years old from 14 serious diseases including:

Infant Receiving an Intramuscular Immunization

May 3, 2011January 9, 2021 Brian

This photograph showed an infant being held by his mother while receiving an intramuscular vaccination in his left thigh muscle. A qualified nurse was administering the vaccination while stabilizing the injection site.

Immunization is one of the most important things a parent can do to protect their children’s health. Today, we can protect children younger than two years old from 14 serious diseases including:

Infant Receiving an Intramuscular Immunization

May 3, 2011January 9, 2021 Brian

Held by his mother, this infant was receiving an intramuscular immunization in his left thigh muscle, which was being administered by a qualified nurse who was stabilizing the injection site with her palm. The nurse was distracting the infant while she was administering the vaccine.

Infant Immunizations

Immunization is one of the most important public health interventions in history. It has saved millions of lives over the years and prevented hundreds of millions of cases of disease.

Infants and young children need to be vaccinated because the diseases prevented by vaccination can strike at an early age. Also, these diseases can be far more serious or common among infants or young children. For example, of the children under 6 months of age who get whooping cough (pertussis), 72% must be hospitalized, and about 84% of all deaths from pertussis are among children younger than 6 months of age.

Immunization is one of the most important things a parent can do to protect their children’s health. Today, we can protect children younger than two years old from 14 serious diseases including:

Elderly Female Receiving a Swine Flu Vaccination (1976)

May 3, 2011January 9, 2021 Brian

This 1976 photograph showed an elderly female as she was receiving a vaccination by a public health clinician during the nationwide swine flu vaccination campaign, which began October 1, 1976.

This rare influenza strain, “A/New Jersey/76 (Hsw1N1) influenza virus”, against which this individual was being vaccinated, was reported among soldiers at Fort Dix, New Jersey, where one patient died. A very similar strain killed 500,000 people in the United States, and more than 20 million worldwide, during the pandemic of 1918-1919. In response to the 1976 outbreak, in order to prevent another epidemic, 50 million Americans were vaccinated during a 10 week period, setting an immunization world record.