page_title: Childhood immunizations in the United States
section_title: Influenza
hierarchical_section_title: Childhood immunizations in the United States / Influenza
caption_attribution_description: "Demonstration at the Red Cross Emergency Ambulance Station in Washington, D.C., during the influenza pandemic of 1918."
context_page_description: The schedule of childhood immunizations in the United States is given by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vaccination schedule is broken down by age: birth to six years of age, seven to eighteen, and adults nineteen and older.
  Childhood Immunizations are key in preventing children for diseases that were once epidemics.
context_section_description: Influenza is caused by the influenza virus, it is a contagious disease that spreads around the United States every winter, usually between October and May. Anyone can get the flu, but the risk is highest among children and each year thousands of people die from the flu and many more are hospitalized.
caption: 1918 flu outbreak
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