Support a Safe, Healthy School Year

San Diego County health officials are encouraging parents and caregivers to include vaccinations in their back-to-school planning as students prepare to return to classes. California mandates multiple vaccines for students from transitional kindergarten through twelfth grade, covering diseases such as diphtheria, measles, polio, and chickenpox. Health authorities are particularly promoting the HPV vaccine during California's HPV Vaccine Week in early August, emphasizing that while not required for school attendance, it can prevent approximately 90 percent of HPV-related cancers.