What is the purpose of vaccines?

The Vaccine Basics web section on vaccineinformation.org provides information about importance of vaccines and answers many common questions about vaccines and getting vaccinated. read more

The purpose of a vaccine is to develop an immunity to a disease. The vaccination will produce antibodies in your cells. Each set of antibodies are unique which is why you need vaccinations for different diseases and it’s not just one vaccination for all diseases. read more

Vaccines, medicines containing a preparation of weakened or dead microbes of the kind that cause a particular disease, are administered to stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies against that disease. read more

Vaccination is one of the best ways parents can protect infants, children and teens from 16 potentially harmful diseases. Vaccine-preventable diseases can be very serious, may require hospitalization, or even be deadly – especially in infants and young children. read more