Types of Vaccines

This web page allows you to search for places you can get a COVID vaccine near you. You enter your ZIP code, and it shows you on a map, and in a list, where you can get a COVID vaccine....READ MORE

Scientists have been studying messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines for more than 20 years. Unlike some types of older vaccines, mRNA vaccines do not use weakened or inactivated viruses. Instead, the mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines stimulate muscle cells to produce harmless spike proteins found on the outer shell of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. These proteins trigger an immune response that...READ MORE

In May 2023, the CDC ended the public health emergency status linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. They did this because “as a nation, we now find ourselves at a different point in the pandemic – with more tools and resources than ever before to better protect ourselves and our communities.” But that does not mean COVID-19 is no longer a...READ MORE

Often times, viruses and bacteria change over time through a process called mutation, which produces new variants. Old vaccines do not always work against new variants. Additionally, no vaccine provides 100% protection. Vaccines can also lose their effectiveness over time. This decline in effectiveness is normal and does not mean the COVID-19 vaccines don’t work. Getting updated vaccine shots as...READ MORE

Getting vaccinated for COVID-19 protects you from getting seriously sick, being hospitalized, and from dying from COVID-19....READ MORE

There are three vaccines in use in the US as of fall 2024; follow the link for a comparison of each:...READ MORE

Influenza, also called the flu, is a serious illness. Every year, 35-75 million people in the US get the flu, 400,000-900,000 people are hospitalized from the flu every year, and 20,000-100,000 people die from the flu every year. Getting a flu vaccine each season can help protect you from getting seriously sick from the flu. Flu vaccines help weaken the...READ MORE