Iowa Immunizes

08/04/2025

It’s National Immunization Awareness month! Did you know there is a vaccine that can prevent certain cancers? It’s called the HPV vaccine, and kids as young as 9 should get it! Talk to your doctor to learn more.

08/04/2025

📚✏️ Backpacks ready. Lunchboxes packed. First day outfits picked.

Is your kindergartener’s vaccine checklist complete? ✅

Before they walk into that classroom and start making lifelong memories, make sure they're protected against diseases we rarely see today because of vaccines. 🛡️💛

Let’s keep school days filled with story time, recess, and art projects, NOT sick days and doctor visits for preventable illnesses. 🎨🏃‍♂️📖

08/04/2025

📚✏️ There was a time when back-to-school season meant more than new backpacks and pencils — it meant fearing that your child may contract polio.

Thanks to vaccines, THAT reality is HISTORY.🛡️

Let’s keep it that way. Make sure your kids are protected before the first day. ❤️

08/02/2025

“Seeing measles come back shook me hard…If you could prevent the chance of this happening to your child, why would you even question that?”

Anita hoped that her family’s measles experience was a thing of the past.

My mom always told me that measles was what made my sister sick. I was 8 when she finally explained the whole thing.

08/02/2025

“I’ve always been jealous of people, of women, who had a sister that they were close to. Always.”

Charlotte shares about how measles changed her life forever.

08/01/2025

Trends come and go, but vaccines keep doing what they’ve always done: protecting us from diseases that used to cause serious harm. They don’t need our hype.

08/01/2025

📱 Don’t be the only one in the group chat without protection against Meningitis B.
While most teens receive the MenACWY vaccine, nearly 7 in 10 don’t get the MenB vaccine, leaving them vulnerable to serogroup B meningococcal disease, which causes the majority of cases among 16–to 23‑year‑olds.
To be as protected as possible against all five types (A, B, C, W, and Y) of meningococcal meningitis, at least two different types of vaccines are needed.
In observance of National Immunization Awareness Month, ask your doctor if you’re up to date:
✔️ MenACWY at 11–12
✔️ MenACWY + MenB at 16–23
or
✔️ MenABCWY followed by a single dose of MenB

08/01/2025

August is National Immunization Awareness Month!
Vaccines = Protection — for you, your family, and your community.

07/31/2025

📸✏️ New backpacks. First-day outfits. Bus stop photos. Some back-to-school traditions never change — neither should protection from diseases like measles. ❤️

In 2025, measles is making an unwanted comeback. 😷

✅ 2 doses of MMR (12-15 months & 4-6 years) keep kids protected.
✅ Behind? There’s still time to catch up before the first bell rings. 🛎️

Let’s make sure our kids can grow up with good back-to-school memories. 🌈

07/31/2025

Hey look- it's our very own, Dr.Nathan Boonstra, Iowa Immunizes chair! We love this partnership with KADI - Knock and Drop Iowa !

07/30/2025

07/30/2025

Our grandparents and parents lived with the fear of measles. We didn’t have to. 🧸📚
Measles vaccines have helped to keep classrooms safe and hospital rooms empty. 🏥🛡️

But measles is making a comeback (here in Iowa, too) and it spreads fast. 9 out of 10 unprotected people who are exposed to someone with measles get sick. ⚠️

Before school starts, check your child’s MMR protection:
✅ 1st dose at 12-15 months
✅ 2nd dose at 4-6 years (before kindergarten!)
✅ If traveling internationally or living in an outbreak area, infants as young as 6 months can get an early dose.

Let’s keep measles in the history books where it belongs.