HARVARD UNIVERSITY/MASSACHUSETTS STATE
75 Mount Auburn Street,
REQUIREMENTS FOR IMMUNIZATIONS AY2024-2025
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
NON-HEALTHCARE & NON-CLINICAL
HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS
Immunization Required Recommended
1. Annual Influenza Vaccination
One dose on or after 7/1/2024
Recommend uploading to the Patient Portal as soon as received.
This year’s influenza vaccination must be completed after July 1, 2024.
Vaccines before 7/1/2024 are not acceptable. Students have until mid-
Fall 2024 to become compliant with this year’s flu vaccine.
2. Hepatitis B
Energix-B (3 dose series required)
Dose #1 – anytime
Dose #2- at least 1 month after dose #1
Dose #3- at least 6 months after dose #1
OR
Twinrix (3 dose series required)
Antibody titer
Dose #1 – on or after 18th birthday
is accepted
Dose #2 – at least 1 month after dose #1
Dose #3 – 140 days after dose #2
OR
Heplisav-B (2 dose series required)
Dose #1 – on or after 18th birthday
Dose #2 – at least 28 days after dose #1
3. MMR ("Measles-Mumps-Rubella")
Dose #1 – on or after 1st birthday Antibody titer
Dose #2 – at least 28 days after dose #1 is accepted
4. Meningococcal (“Menveo,” “Menactra”)*
* Must protect from A-C-W-Y strains, not B
One dose of Meningococcal is required for students 21 years old and
younger only. Dose #1 must be on or after 16th birthday.
5. Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis (“Tdap”)*
* Tetanus-only booster is NOT acceptable; must include Pertussis
One dose of Tdap within the last ten years
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY/MASSACHUSETTS STATE
75 Mount Auburn Street,
REQUIREMENTS FOR IMMUNIZATIONS AY2024-2025
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
NON-HEALTHCARE & NON-CLINICAL
HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS
Immunization Required Recommended
6. Varicella (“Chickenpox”)*
Dose #1 – on or after 1st birthday
Dose #2 – at least 28 days after dose #1
*If born in the United States before 1980, you may waive (see
Antibody titer
Immunization History Form)
is accepted
7. Gardasil (Human Papilloma Virus, “HPV”)
3 doses over 6 months
8. Hepatitis A*
Havrix (2 dose series)
Dose #1 – Any age
Dose #2 – 6 months after dose #1
* Recommended for travel
9. Twinrix (Hep A and Hep B) (3 dose series)*
See “Hepatitis B Energix-B/Twinrix” schedule
* Recommended for travel
10. Polio *
Booster dose of injectable polio vaccine after initial series
* Recommended for travel
11. Tuberculosis Baseline Testing (“TB Test”)
Skin Test (PPD, Mantoux)
IGRA Blood test result
12. Typhoid*
Repeat series every:
5 years for oral typhoid
3 years for injected typhoid
* Recommended for travel
13. Yellow Fever*
Recommend retention of WHO/CDC “Yellow Book” for documentation
as vaccine is now “Valid of Lifetime of Traveler”
* Recommended for travel
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