Immunization Schedules and Vaccines

Alliance members can earn Target gift cards for completing their child’s checkups and vaccines for the ages of 0-15 months, 15-30 months, 2-year-olds, 13-year-olds and 18 to 21-year olds. For more information, visit our Healthy Start page.

Vaccines for Children and Teens (Birth through 18 Years Old)

Protect your children from serious illnesses as they grow. Call your child’s doctor to schedule their next checkup and get them caught up on vaccines.

Here are recommended vaccines available and the sicknesses they protect against:

• Flu or influenza vaccine: Protects against the flu. Flu can make young children and older adults very sick and even lead to death.
• Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) vaccine: Protects against MMR. Mumps can cause painful swelling in cheeks and jaw and rubella can cause a mild rash, fever and swollen lymph nodes. Measles spreads easily. See a doctor right away if you or your child has measles. Watch this video to learn more about measles.
• HepA vaccine: Protects against Hepatitis A, which can make your liver inflamed.
• HepB vaccine: Protects against Hepatitis B, which can lead to liver disease, liver cancer and death.
• Varicella (VZV) vaccine: Protects against Chickenpox, an itchy rash that spreads easily.
• Polio (IPV) vaccine: Protects against polio, a sickness that spreads easily and can cause paralysis.
• DTaP vaccine: Protects against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough) in children under 7.
• Rotavirus vaccine: Protects against sicknesses that cause diarrhea and vomiting.
• HiB vaccine: Protects against haemophiles influenza (HiB), which make you very ill and can cause infections of the brain, bloodstream and lungs.
• Pneumococcal vaccine: Protects against small infections like ear infections, or more serious sicknesses like pneumonia and meningitis.
• HPV vaccine: Protects against Human Papillomavirus, or HPV, which can cause cancer in both women and men later in life.
• Meningococcal (MCV) vaccine: Protects against serious sicknesses that can make the brain or spinal cord inflamed, or lead to a blood infection.
• Tdap vaccine: Protects against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough) in children over 7.

Track your baby’s vaccines and checkups

If you have a baby 0-12 months old, our infant wellness map can help you track your child’s checkups and vaccines.

If you are an Alliance member, you can get a printed version of the Infant Wellness Map. Call the Alliance Health Education Line at 800-700-3874, ext. 5580. They are offered at no cost to Alliance members and can be mailed to you.

CDC immunization schedule

The CDC has a recommended immunization schedule for children from birth through 18 years old. You can see the immunization schedule on the CDC webpage.

You can also see a PDF version of the immunization schedule that is easy to read by printing or viewing on a desktop computer:

• Child immunization schedule: birth through 6 years old.
• Child immunization schedule: 7-18 years old.

HPV vaccines

Before your child is exposed, you can protect them from 90% of cancers caused by HPV. HPV vaccination prevents cancer-causing infections and precancers in both men and women.  

For the best protection, children ages 9-12 years should get two doses of the HPV vaccine, given 6 to 12 months apart. For more information, talk to your child’s doctor or visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) webpage on HPV recommendations.