Vaccines
Vaccines help protect us from severe illness.
Vaccines help protect against more than 20 life-threatening diseases—including infectious respiratory diseases. For decades, vaccines have saved millions of lives and greatly reduced the spread of deadly diseases all over the world. Staying up to date with recommended vaccines is the best way to help protect yourself, those you love, and your community from infectious respiratory disease.
Behind the Science
Vaccines help your body learn to detect and protect itself against infections. Different vaccines work in different ways, but every vaccine helps our immune systems learn how to fight germs, like viruses and bacteria.
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Safety & Effectiveness
For decades, vaccine development in the U.S. has followed a gold-standard review process that includes rigorous research, multi-stage clinical trials, robust regulatory review and approvals, and ongoing safety monitoring once a vaccine becomes approved and recommended.
Cost & Coverage
Infectious respiratory diseases are a threat to public health. Vaccines are covered at no or low cost for low-cost for most people.
What Older Adults Need to Know About RSV Vaccines
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RSV Vaccines: Insights for At-Risk and Older Adults
Last year’s availability of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines marked a critical step in science and public health. Previously, no widespread prevention option existed to protect those at increased risk for RSV, including older adults, from this serious infectious respiratory disease. In the year since RSV vaccines were first introduced, real world evidence has shown […]
