Vaccine Information Statements: Vaccine Information Statements

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Vaccine Information Statements

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) creates Vaccine Information Statements (VISs), which have details about most vaccines given in the United States.

The information in these statements does not change often. The VISs are updated when needed. But the VISs are usually updated sometime after the standard immunization schedules. The standard immunization schedules have the most current information about which vaccines you should get and when.

For more information on standard immunization schedules, see the topic Immunizations.

If you have any questions about a vaccine, see the CDC immunization schedule recommendations or talk to your doctor.

There are Vaccine Information Statements for:

• Anthrax (What is a PDF document?)
• Chickenpox (Varicella) (What is a PDF document?)
• Diphtheria/Tetanus/Pertussis (DTaP) (What is a PDF document?)
• Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib) (What is a PDF document?)
• Hepatitis A (What is a PDF document?)
• Hepatitis B (What is a PDF document?)
• Human Papillomavirus (HPV) (What is a PDF document?)
• Inactivated Influenza (flu shot) (What is a PDF document?)
• Japanese Encephalitis (What is a PDF document?)
• Live, Intranasal Influenza (nasal spray flu vaccine) (What is a PDF document?)
• Measles/Mumps/Rubella (MMR) (What is a PDF document?)
• Meningococcal (What is a PDF document?)
• Pneumococcal Conjugate (PCV) (What is a PDF document?)
• Pneumococcal Polysaccharide (PPV) (What is a PDF document?)
• Polio (IPV) (What is a PDF document?)
• Rabies (What is a PDF document?)
• Rotavirus (What is a PDF document?)
• Shingles (What is a PDF document?)
• Smallpox (Vaccinia) (What is a PDF document?)
• Tetanus/Diphtheria (Td) and Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis (Tdap) (What is a PDF document?)
• Typhoid (What is a PDF document?)
• Yellow Fever (What is a PDF document?)

Last updated:	November 21, 2008
Author:	Debby Golonka, MPH
Reviewed By:	Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics
Editors:	Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman, MATC