Vaccines Videos
Required vs. Recommended Immunizations
- Traveling and Immunizations
Before crossing a border, it’s best to make sure you have the right shots. Travel vaccines can protect you from diseases not normally found in the U.S.
- Immunization Timeline: Major Milestones
Immunizations are widely regarded as one of the greatest inventions of mankind, responsible for preventing widespread illness and death.
- Health Check: Childhood Immunization Schedule - August
Immunizations are critical in protecting children against damaging and potentially life-threatening diseases.
- How to Calm Your Kid Before They Get a Shot
If your child fears needles, as many kids do, try these techniques to help them conquer the situation.
- The Truth About Vaccines
Vaccines protect your health and save lives around the world. Here is what you should know.
- What to Know About Vaccines and ‘Herd Immunity’
Vaccines dramatically lower your risk of catching and spreading an infectious disease. But it also protects others with a compromised immune system.
- How Whooping Cough Spreads
Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that affects your lungs and airways. Learn more about how it spreads.
- Why the Whooping Cough Vaccine Is Important
Whooping cough is a very contagious bacteria, so vaccination is an important step to avoid it.
- Measles: Quick Facts About the Vaccine and How It Spreads
Measles is a contagious virus that mainly affects babies and young children. Learn about how it spreads, dangerous complications, and the vaccine.
- Kids and Vaccines
Are vaccines safe? And why is it so important to protect your children against contagious diseases?
- Who Should Take the Flu Vaccine?
Is it safe for babies, pregnant women, and the elderly to get the flu vaccine?
- Measles on a Comeback
Measles was eliminated from the U.S. in 2000. But it’s made a comeback, and we’re now facing an epidemic.
- Spacing Out Child Vaccines
Should I space out my baby’s immunizations or follow the CDC guidelines of two, four, and six months?
- Baby Vaccine Reactions
If my baby has a reaction to a vaccine, when should I call my pediatrician?
- Baby Vaccine Pain Relief
How can I help my baby overcome the pain of a vaccination needle?
- Meningitis Vaccine Booster Shot Age
Recently recommended changes indicate the need for a booster shot to fully protect your child from deadly meningococcal meningitis.
- Should Kids Get the HPV Vaccine?
Should I have my daughter get the HPV vaccine?
- Pneumonia Vaccines for Children
What vaccines can I give to protect my child from pneumonia?
- Do Children Need the Flu Shot?
Why should I give my child a flu shot?
- Is There a Vaccine/Autism Link?
Is there a connection between autism and childhood vaccinations?