Hepatitis A Vaccination: What Everyone Should Know

About the Disease

• CDC's official Hepatitis A disease website
• Brief description
  Symptoms, treatment, transmission, etc.
• Hepatitis A Frequently Asked Questions
• Pictures of Hepatitis A
  Warning: Some of these photos are quite graphic.
• Fact Sheet on Hepatitis A [2 pages]
• CDC en Español! - Hepatitis
• Travelers information
  Information and updates on risks for travelers, precautions, prevention, etc.
• Hepatitis A basics
  Fact sheet offers overview of Hepatitis A disease and vaccine risks and benefits
  • In English
  • En Español

Vaccine Information

• Vaccine Information Statement (VIS)
• Who Needs to be Vaccinated?
  (recommended at 1 year old)
• Side effects of vaccine
  Excerpt from Vaccine Information Statement
  
• What are the dosages and schedules for Hepatitis A vaccines?
• Hepatitis A State Childhood, Daycare and School Mandates
• Who should receive protection against Hepatitis A before travel?

Beliefs & Concerns

• Additives in Vaccines
• Multiple Vaccinations and the Immune System

Vaccine Safety

As with all vaccines, there can be minor reactions, including pain and redness at the injection site, headache, fatigue or a vague feeling of discomfort.

• CDC's Vaccine Safety website
  • concerns | report a suspected vaccine reaction

Who Should Not be Vaccinated?

• Who should not be vaccinated with Hepatitis A vaccine?
  Excerpt from Vaccine Information Statement
• Pregnancy guidelines