Harrisburg, PA – Last week, the Shapiro Administration reiterated its commitment to stand with medical experts, to trust science, and to support evidence-based vaccine guidance. The Administration is continuing to recommend following the vaccine schedule for children developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics to protect Pennsylvania’s children from vaccine-prevented diseases, despite changes to federal vaccine recommendations.
Health care professionals, including pharmacists, from across the state have been vocal with their support that the state continues to promote and protect access to life-saving vaccines.
Last week, the MediaNews Group added its support for the Administration’s efforts in an editorial that ran in both the Pottsville Republican-Herald and the Scranton Times Tribune:
“Not only have vaccines worked to better public health and nearly eradicate many diseases that once were feared nationwide for their lethality, they’ve been a prolific money saver for the health care industry. According to a 2024 study conducted by the American Academy of Pediatrics, nine different vaccines studied prevented more than 500 million illnesses, 32 million hospitalizations, and 1.13 million deaths among children born from 1994 through 2023. Researchers said that came with a net savings of $540 billion in both medical and nonmedical costs of having an infection, along with a $2.7 trillion in savings to society,” stated the Editorial Board.
Read the entire editorial supporting Pennsylvania’s current vaccine standards.
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