CDC - For Parents: Vaccines for Your Children home page - Vaccines

CDC - For Parents: Vaccines for Your Children home page - Vaccines

Measles: Make Sure Your Child Is Protected with MMR Vaccine

Measles starts with a fever. Soon after, it causes a cough, runny nose, and red eyes. Then a rash of tiny, red spots breaks out. Measles can be serious for young children.

Learn about protecting your child from measles with MMR vaccine.

Protect your child at every age. Click on your child's age group for vaccine information.

View or print age-specific vaccine information  [252 KB, 27 pages]

Records & Requirements

• Recording immunizations
• Finding immunization records
• Interpreting abbreviations on records
• Immunization requirements for child care and schools

Making the Vaccine Decision

• How vaccines prevent diseases
• Vaccine side effects/risks
• Vaccine ingredients
• Ensuring vaccine safety
• Vaccines and your child’s immune system

Who & When
(Immunization Schedules)

Birth through 6 Years

• Schedule  [2 pages]
• Create a schedule for your child

7 through 18 Years

• Schedule  [2 pages]

19 Years and Older

• Schedule  [2 pages]

Learn more about how CDC sets the immunization schedule for your family

Knowing the childhood vaccination rates in your community is important.

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Diseases and the Vaccines that Prevent Them

Learn more about the 16 diseases that can be prevented with vaccines, as well as the benefits and risks of vaccination.

Learn More About...

• Adoption and Vaccines
• Pregnancy
• Help Paying for Vaccines
• Evaluating Information on the Web

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