Ontario is expanding the number of vaccines available at pharmacies to include protection against an additional 13 preventable diseases.
Vaccines for hepatitis A and B, typhoid, rabies, HPV and shingles will be available at pharmacies for anyone over age of five starting Dec. 15.
The vaccines can also help protect against yellow fever, varicella, Japanese encephalitis, heamophilus influenza type B, BCG, meningococcal disease and pneumococcal disease.
Not all vaccines require a prescription, so feel free to ask the pharmacist which ones they can provide at the drug store without first seeing a family doctor or primary care provider.
Listed Below is whether you need a prescription or not for the following vaccines (insert this into a box, two columns, title of vaccine and if prescription is needed)