Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

When you get immunized, you’re protecting yourself and others from certain serious diseases. Some vaccine-preventable diseases could lead to disability or death and can be avoided by getting the immunizations you need on time.

Find out more about the diseases that vaccines prevent: how they spread; what their symptoms are; and how you can protect yourself, your family, and others around you. Detailed information (epidemiology, resources) for health professionals can be found within each disease section.

• Cholera
• Diphtheria
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Herpes Zoster (shingles)
• Human papillomavirus (HPV)
• Influenza (the flu)
• Invasive Haemophilus Influenzae Disease
• Invasive Meningococcal Disease
• Invasive Pneumococcal Disease
• Japanese Encephalitis
• Measles
• Mumps
• Pertussis (whooping cough)
• Poliomyelitis (polio)
• Rabies
• Rotavirus
• Rubella (German Measles)
• Smallpox
• Tetanus
• Tick-Borne Encephalitis
• Tuberculosis (BCG Vaccine)
• Typhoid
• Varicella (chickenpox)
• Yellow Fever