Traveling outside the United States? Get vaccinated.
Vaccines protect you from diseases not often found in the United States.
Get vaccinated 2 months before your trip.
- Contact your healthcare provider, pharmacy, or travel clinic below.
- Vaccines take time to fully protect you.
- You may need multiple doses of vaccine, up to 4 weeks apart.
We recommend getting up-to-date on all recommended vaccines, including:
- MMR.
- DTaP/Tdap.
- Hepatitis A.
- Hepatitis B.
- Flu.
- COVID-19.
You may need additional vaccines prior to travel depending on where you are going, what you will be doing and your health history. Talk to your provider.
Resources
- Traveler’s health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- Vaccines for travelers, Department of Human Health and Services.
- Travel advice, World Health Organization.
- Immunization for travelers, Washington State Department of Health.
- Travel information, Department of State.
Travel clinics
The Health Department does not endorse or receive support from any of these sources. Contact the provider directly for details. Insurance providers may not cover the cost of travel vaccines.
- Travel consultations, Acts Pharmacy.
- Travel clinic, Kirk’s Pharmacy.
- Travel medicine providers, Trip Prep.
- Passport Health Renton travel clinic.
- Travel medicine consultation, Costco.
- Online clinic directory, International Society of Travel Medicine.
- Yellow fever vaccination clinics in Washington, CDC.
Questions about mpox and travel?
Visit CDC’s preventing mpox while traveling page.
For additional information visit our COVID-19 and mpox pages.
Questions about Zika virus?
Visit our Zika page.