Vaccine Facts
Louis Pasteur created a famous vaccine against this disease spread by animal bites.
What is Rabies?
These children qualify for VFC.
What are uninsured, underinsured, medicaid/CHIP recipients and AIAN under the age of 19?
This is where you shouldn't be traveling right now.
What are DRC, South Sudan and Uganda?
These are the vaccines covered by the grant.
What are shingrix, PCV, RSV, Tdap, flu and COVID?
One of the major responsibilities of PHBPP nurses is tracking and ensuring that infants complete all three doses of this vaccine series.
What is the hepatitis B vaccine series?
Jonas Salk developed the first widely used vaccine for this paralyzing viral disease.
What is Polio?
This U.S. agency oversees the VFC Program and purchases vaccines for participating providers.
What is the CDC?
These are the two vaccines that need to be pre-paid for and require two doses.
What are rabies and Japanese encephalitis?
Shingrix is given as a two‑dose series. The second dose is typically administered this many months after the first.
What is 2-6 months?
By Missouri law, HCPs need to take a pregnant woman's HbsAg at these times.
What is the initial prenatal appointment, 28 weeks and at delivery?
These vaccines are administered subcutaneously.
What are MMR, Varicella, Yellow Fever?
The VFC Program was created in direct response to this outbreak from 1989–1991, during which many cases were linked to a lack of access to affordable vaccination.
What is measles?
This vaccine is recommended for travelers going to countries where contaminated water can spread a liver infection that causes jaundice.
What is Hepatitis A?
Adults 65 and older are routinely recommended to receive one dose of this pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
What is PCV20 or 21?
Infants born to mothers who test positive for hepatitis B must receive HBIG and the hepatitis B vaccine within this timeframe after birth.
What is 12 hours?
The first successful vaccine using recombinant DNA technology targeted this virus that can cause chronic liver disease.
What is Hepatitis B?
This is the anatomical area where infants are vaccinated.
What is the vastus lateralis?
This vaccine is required for entry into some countries because the disease is spread by mosquitoes and can cause liver failure.
What is yellow fever?
Healthcare providers often recommend that seniors who will be around newborns or young infants receive these vaccines.
What are Tdap & RSV?
Infants in the program receive follow‑up testing at 9–12 months to confirm immunity. This post‑series evaluation is known by this four‑letter abbreviation.
What is PVST (post-vaccination serologic testing)?
In 1977, the last naturally occurring case of this disease was recorded in Somalia, marking a major public‑health victory.
What is smallpox?
Unlike the VFC program, these adults don't qualify for free vaccines at the health department.
What is Medicaid & AIAN?
Travelers to parts of Asia, Africa, and Latin America may receive this vaccine to protect against a bacterial illness spread through contaminated food and water.
What is the typhoid vaccine?
This painful complication of shingles, involving long‑term nerve pain, is significantly reduced in those who receive Shingrix.
What is postherpetic neuralgia?
One reason chronic HBV can be dangerous is that ongoing inflammation silently damages liver cells, a process that can eventually cause this irreversible condition.
What is liver fibrosis or cirrhosis?