Vaccines save millions of lives each year. Vaccines have dramatically reduced serious illness, complications, and deaths from the diseases they prevent.
With preventable diseases such as measles resurging, it’s more important than ever that vaccine recommendations are grounded in scientific evidence. Kaiser Permanente’s doctors and other clinicians continue to recommend the childhood vaccines and vaccination schedules that have been recommended for years by trusted medical authorities, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and several others, because of their proven, life-saving benefits.
These vaccine recommendations ensure children receive protection when they’re most vulnerable to certain diseases because their immune systems haven’t fully developed. Combination vaccines remain safe, effective, and available. It’s crucial that parents have clear, evidence-based information about vaccines and their role in preventing serious illness.
Parents should bring any questions about vaccines to their child’s pediatrician or clinician.
