Immunizations

Reminder: New School Vaccination Requirements

• All Georgia students born on or after January 1, 2002, entering or transferring into seventh grade, and any new entrant into eighth through 12th grades must provide proof of adolescent pertussis (whooping cough) booster vaccination (Tdap) and an adolescent meningococcal vaccination (MCV4).
  More information on the MCV4 requirement for 11th grade.
• Proof of both vaccinations must be documented on the Georgia Immunization Certificate (Form 3231).
• If your preteen has not received the whooping cough booster shot or meningococcal vaccine, contact your doctor or county health department.
• If your preteen does not have health insurance, or their health insurance does not cover costs for vaccines, ask your doctor or county health department nurse about the Vaccines for Children Program (VFC). To learn more, visit the CDC VFC Program page.

Recommended Immunization: Child, Teen and Adult

• Infant/Children Vaccine Schedule (link to CDC)
• Pre-Teen/Teen Vaccine Schedule (link to CDC)
• Adult Vaccine Schedule (link to CDC)

The CDC also has an informative infographic titled Growing Up with Vaccines: What Should Parents Know? available for download.

Available Adult and Child Immunization

The following immunizations are offered by most health departments in the Northeast Health District: please be aware – not all services are available at all locations.
Please call the clinic you plan to visit to verify the service you need is offered.

• Required school immunizations (also see new school requirements above for additional information)
• Polio
• Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)
• Tetanus, Whooping Cough (Tdap)
• Chicken Pox
• Mpox
• Shingles
• Flu – learn more about vaccine safety and common questions and myths about flu vaccines
• COVID-19
• RSV – one lifetime dose for 75 and older or one lifetime dose for 60-74 with certain immunocompromising conditions. Currently only available at the Clarke County Health Department
• Hepatitis A&B
• HPV – recommended for girls AND boys starting at age 11. Learn more about HPV vaccine safety and how HPV vaccines prevent cancer here:
  • HPV Vaccine Safety
  • Reasons to Get the HPV Vaccine
  • Cancers Caused by HPV