COVID-19 Vaccines

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Summary

COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is an illness caused by a virus. This virus is a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. Most people with COVID-19 have mild symptoms, but some people become very sick. You can protect yourself by getting a COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccines might help keep you from getting sick from COVID-19. And if you do get sick, the vaccines can reduce your risk for:

• Needing to go to urgent care or the emergency room
• Getting severe illness
• Being hospitalized
• Dying
• Getting long COVID

It's important to stay up to date with the COVID-19 vaccines. Contact your health care provider if you don't know when you need another vaccine or if you have other questions about the vaccines.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Start Here

• COVID-19 Vaccines (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Staying Up to Date with COVID-19 Vaccines (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Related Issues

• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccine Safety (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Getting Your COVID-19 Vaccine (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Selected Adverse Events Reported after COVID-19 Vaccination (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) (Department of Health and Human Services) Also in Spanish
• Vaccines Protect Your Community (Department of Health and Human Services)

Specifics

• COVID-19 Vaccine (Moderna) (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) Also in Spanish
• COVID-19 Vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech) (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) Also in Spanish
• COVID-19 Vaccine Basics (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Covid-19 Vaccines for Moderately to Severely Immunocompromised People (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• COVID-19 Vaccines: Get the Facts (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• Vaccines & Antibiotics: A Safe Combo? (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• What are mRNA vaccines and how do they work?: MedlinePlus Genetics (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish

Videos and Tutorials

• What is in a Vaccine: Vaccine Ingredients and Safety (National Institutes of Health) Also in Spanish

Statistics and Research

• Bivalent Boosters Block Severe COVID-19 (National Institutes of Health) Also in Spanish
• COVID-19 Vaccinations in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• COVID-19 Vaccines Not Linked With Fertility Issues (National Institutes of Health) Also in Spanish

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: COVID-19 Vaccines (National Institutes of Health)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: Effectiveness of CoronaVac in a pioneer risk-based allocation clinical trial during...
• Article: Safety and immunogenicity of a booster dose of COVAC-2, a Sepivac...
• Article: Long-term immune response to mRNA anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in patients with cancer.
• COVID-19 Vaccines -- see more articles

Children

• Can Kids Get a COVID-19 Vaccine, Flu Vaccine, and RSV Shot at the Same Time? (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• COVID-19 Vaccine (Topic Center) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• COVID-19: Questions and Answers about Vaccines (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• When Can Kids Get the Updated COVID Vaccine? (American Academy of Pediatrics) Also in Spanish

Women

• COVID-19 Vaccination for People Who Are Pregnant or Breastfeeding (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Patient Handouts

• Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheet for Recipients and Caregivers (Food and Drug Administration) - PDF Also in Spanish
• Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted EUA Fact Sheet (Food and Drug Administration) - PDF Also in Spanish
• Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheet for Recipients and Caregivers (Food and Drug Administration) - PDF Also in Spanish