Adult Immunization Schedule for Ages 19 Years or Older, United States, 2025

Publication Date: November 21, 2024
Last Updated: November 22, 2024

Adult immunization schedule by age

Ages 19 Years or Older

To make vaccination recommendations, healthcare providers should:

  1. Determine recommended vaccine by age (Table 1 - By Age)
  2. Assess need for additional recommended vaccinations by medical condition or other indication (Table 2 - By Medical Condition)
  3. Review vaccine types, dosing frequencies and intervals, and considerations for special situations (Notes)
  4. Review contraindications and precautions for vaccine types (Appendix)
  5. Review new or updated ACIP guidance (Addendum)

Additional Information

This schedule is recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and approved by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), American College of Physicians (ACP), American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA), American Pharmacists Association (APhA), and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).

Report

  • Suspected cases of reportable vaccine-preventable diseases or outbreaks to your state or local health department
  • Clinically significant adverse events to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) at www.vaers.hhs.gov or (800-822-7967)

Questions or comments
Contact www.cdc.gov/cdc-info or 800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636), in English or Spanish, 8 a.m.–8 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Helpful information

Adult Immunization Schedule by Medical Condition and Other Indication

Ages 19 Years or Older

  1. Precaution for LAIV3 does not apply to alcoholism.
  2. See notes for influenza; hepatitis B; measles, mumps, and rubella; and varicella vaccinations.
  3. Hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
To make vaccination recommendations, healthcare providers should:
  1. Determine recommended vaccine by age (Table 1 - By Age)
  2. Assess need for additional recommended vaccinations by medical condition or other indication (Table 2 - By Medical Condition)
  3. Review vaccine types, dosing frequencies and intervals, and considerations for special situations (Notes)
  4. Review contraindications and precautions for vaccine types (Appendix)
  5. Review new or updated ACIP guidance (Addendum)


Additional Information

This schedule is recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and approved by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), American College of Physicians (ACP), American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA), American Pharmacists Association (APhA), and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).

Report

  • Suspected cases of reportable vaccine-preventable diseases or outbreaks to your state or local health department
  • Clinically significant adverse events to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) at www.vaers.hhs.gov or (800-822-7967)

Questions or comments
Contact www.cdc.gov/cdc-info or 800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636), in English or Spanish, 8 a.m.–8 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Helpful information

Overview

Title

Adult Immunization Schedule for Ages 19 Years or Older, United States, 2025

Authoring Organization

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention