What diseases do vaccines protect against?
Shots protect your child from more than 15 serious, and sometimes deadly, diseases. Some of these diseases are listed below:
- Hepatitis B
- Rotavirus
- Diphtheria
- Tetanus (lockjaw)
- Pertussis (whooping cough)
- Haemophilus Influenzaetype b (Hib)
- Pneumococcal
- Polio
- Influenza (flu)
- Measles
- Mumps
- Rubella (German measles)
- Varicella (chickenpox)
- Hepatitis A
- Meningococcal
