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Childhood Vaccines

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Childhood Vaccines

Vaccines help to strengthen your child’s immune system. Which helps protect them from serious illnesses. Have questions about vaccines? You can talk to your child’s doctor.


How To Get Vaccines

Vaccines are free for children 18 years and younger as part of the Childhood Vaccine Program.
Childhood Vaccine Providers in Washington

How To Get Vaccine Records
  • Your healthcare provider
  • MyIR Mobile
  • WA Verify (Covid-19 vaccine)
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    For more ways to get immunization records visit:
    Washington State Department of Health

    Vaccines Required for School in Washington State

    2025 – 2026 (English) 2025 – 2026 (Spanish)

    DTaP Vaccine

    DTaP vaccine can help prevent three illnesses:

  • Diphtheria (D) can make it hard to breathe or cause heart failure.
  • Tetanus (T) can lead to trouble swallowing or breathing.
  • Pertussis (P) is also known as whooping cough. It can cause coughing that makes it hard to breathe, eat, or drink. And can cause lung infections.
    • Vaccine Information Statement - DTaP

    Hepatitis B Vaccine

    Hepatitis B vaccine can help prevent Hepatitis B. A liver disease that can last a few weeks or be a life-long illness.
    Vaccine Information Statement - Hepatitis B

    Hib Vaccine

    Hib vaccine can help prevent haemophilus influenzae type b. It can cause different types of bacterial infections.
    Vaccine Information Statement - Hib

    MMR Vaccine

    MMR vaccine can help prevent three illnesses:

  • Measles (M) can cause a fever, cough, runny nose, and red, watery eyes. It typically causes a rash that covers the whole body. It can also lead to seizures, ear infections, diarrhea, and lung infections.
  • Mumps (M) can cause a fever, headache, muscle aches, tiredness, loss of appetite, and swollen glands. It can lead to deafness and/or swelling in the brain and/or spinal cord.
  • Rubella (R) can cause a fever, sore throat, rash, headache, and eye irritation. It can also cause arthritis in teenage and adult women.
    • Vaccine Information Statement – MMR

    PCV

    Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) can prevent pneumococcal disease, caused by bacteria. It can lead to:

  • Ear, sinus, lung, blood, or brain infections.
    • Vaccine Information Statement – PCV

    Polio Vaccine

    Polio Vaccine can prevent polio. Polio is a life-threatening disease. It can cause paralysis, not being able to move parts of your body.

    Vaccine Information Statement – Polio

    Varicella Vaccine

    Varicella vaccine helps protect against chickenpox. The disease is very contagious. It causes an itchy rash covering the whole body.
    Vaccine Information Statement – Varicella


    Additional Vaccines

    Flu Vaccine

    Getting a seasonal flu vaccine can help prevent influenza (flu).

    Babies and young children are more likely to get seriously sick from flu.


    Vaccine Information Statement – Flu

    HPV Vaccine

    Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine can help prevent HPV infections.

    HPV is sexually transmitted and can cause certain types of cancer.


    Vaccine Information Statement – HPV

    Covid-19 Vaccine

    Covid-19 vaccine can help prevent Covid-19 disease. Covid-19 disease can be mild, moderate, or severe.

    Interested in having your child get a Covid-19 vaccine? Talk with their doctor.

    Vaccine Information Statement – Covid-19

    Resources

    Diseases that Vaccines Help Protect Against
    Making the Vaccine Decision
    School and Childcare Immunization