Vaccines |
Who needs it |
How often |
DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis) |
All children younger than age 7 |
Booster between ages 4 and 6 years |
Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis) |
All children age 7 or older |
Booster between ages 11 and 12 years |
Chickenpox (varicella) |
Children who have not had chickenpox |
Booster between ages 4 and 6 years |
Hepatitis A |
Children at risk (talk with your child’s healthcare provider) or those who didn’t have the vaccine at an earlier age |
Should be fully vaccinated by age 2; if not, can have vaccine at routine visits, with second dose given at least 6 months after first dose |
Hepatitis B |
Children who didn’t have the vaccine at an earlier age |
3-dose系列:第二剂在第一剂服用后1至2个月服用,and the final dose is given 6 months after the first dose |
Human papillomavirus (HPV) |
Children age 11 or 12 years, but may be given beginning at age 9 years through age 26 |
2-dose series: Ages 9 to 14 years, with second dose 6 to 12 months after the first 3-dose系列:15 - 26岁,在第一次服用1 - 2个月后再服用第二次,and the third dose given 6 months after the first dose |
Inactivated poliovirus |
All children |
A final dose between ages 4 and 6 years |
Influenza (flu) |
All children in this age group |
Once a year |
Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) |
All children |
Second dose between ages 4 and 6 years |
Meningococcal (conjugate) |
All children |
1 dose between ages 11 and 12, and a booster at age 16, or by age 18 if not vaccinated before; only 1 dose is needed if the first dose is given at age 16 years or older; high-risk children should receive a vaccine series before age 2 years |
Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV13) and pneumococcal polysaccharide (PPSV23) |
PCV13: Healthy children between ages 2 and 5 years if not previously vaccinated at a younger age PCV13/PPSV23: High-risk children (PCV13 starting at age 5 years and PPSV23 starting at age 2 years) |
If both vaccines needed, PCV13 is given before PPSV23; timing and number of doses varies |