Keeping up with vaccines isn’t just for kids — adults need them too. Vaccines protect you from serious diseases, help keep your family and community healthy, and can even save your life. At Peak Vista Community Health Centers, we make it easy to stay up to date on your vaccines, no matter your age, health, or insurance.

This guide will help you learn what vaccines you need, why they matter, and how to get them at Peak Vista.

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Understanding Vaccines for Adults

Vaccines are often thought of as for kids because many important vaccines are given early in life, like measles, mumps, and polio. Vaccines teach your immune system to fight germs safely. They can protect you from mild sickness, like the flu, or serious illness, like pneumonia.

Your vaccine needs can change over time, depending on:

• Age
• Job or travel plans
• Medical conditions
• Life events (like pregnancy)

Vaccines have helped protect families for more than 200 years, starting with smallpox.

Peak Vista offers many common vaccines for adults. Your doctor or care team can help you figure out which vaccines you need and when to get them.

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How Vaccines Protect You

Vaccines teach your body’s immune system to fight germs without making you very sick. When you get a vaccine, your body makes antibodies. These are special proteins that remember the germ and protect you if you meet it again.

Other ways vaccines help you:

• Lower your risk of serious illness or complications.
• Protect family, coworkers, and the community.
• Keep people safe who cannot get vaccines, like babies or people with weak immune systems.
• Help lower health care costs by preventing sickness.

Common Myths & Facts About Adult Vaccines

Many adults skip vaccines because of confusion or wrong information. Knowing the facts helps you make safe choices. Vaccines protect you, your family, coworkers, and your community.

• Myth: 'Vaccines are only for kids.'
  Fact: Adults need vaccines too, including flu, COVID-19, Tdap, shingles, and more.
• Myth: 'I don't need vaccines if I'm healthy.'
  Fact: Even healthy adults can get serious infections; vaccines help prevent illness.
• Myth: 'Vaccines cause the disease they protect against.'
  Fact: Vaccines use weakened or inactive germs, so they cannot cause the disease.

Vaccines not only protect you, but also your family, coworkers, and community.

What Vaccines are Recommended for Adults

As of August 2025, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends these vaccines for all adults:

• COVID-19: Updated each year or as your doctor says.
• Flu (Influenza): Every year, before flu season peaks.
• Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis): One-time Tdap if you haven’t had it before, then a Td or Tdap booster every 10 years.
  • Tetanus: Protects against serious infections from wounds.
  • Diphtheria: Protects against a throat infection that can block breathing.
  • Pertussis: Prevents whooping cough, which is dangerous for babies and older adults.

Vaccines by Age Group

Vaccines by Life Events, Job, or Travel

Other vaccines may be needed depending on your life:

• Pregnancy: Tdap during each pregnancy to  protect parent and baby.
• Health care or child care jobs: You may need hepatitis B, MMR, or varicella.
• International travel: You may need hepatitis A/B, yellow fever, or typhoid.

Learn more about CDC's Adult Immunization Schedule.

Where to Get Vaccinated at Peak Vista

Most Peak Vista health centers give vaccines for adults and children, like flu, Tdap, shingles, pneumonia, and more.

• Get vaccines during a regular visit or schedule a quick visit.
• Your care team can help you pick the right vaccines.
• Insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid are accepted. Help is available if you have no coverage.

Note: We don’t yet know if the COVID-19 vaccine will be available at Peak Vista this year. Please check with your health center for the latest information.

Call your health center or schedule online to get vaccinated today!

How to Check Your Vaccine History

Knowing your vaccine history helps your doctor know what you still need. You can check by:

1. Contacting your old doctors or health centers.
2. Using your state immunization registry.
3. Bringing any old vaccine record to your Peak Vista visit.

Your Peak Vista care team can help fill in missing vaccines so you stay full protected. To learn more about your Peak Vista Medical Records, call (719) 344-6108 or email us.

Stay Protected and Keep Your Community Healthy

Vaccines are important for staying healthy at all ages. By keeping up to date, you protect yourself, your loved ones, and your community from serious illness. At Peak Vista, we make it easy to get the vaccines you need, with support for everyone, no matter your health or insurance.

Take charge of your health today — schedule your vaccine appointment and keep yourself and your community safe.