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WATCH: 'A Community Conversation: Understanding Childhood Vaccine Changes'

Community Conversation: Understanding Childhood Vaccines
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PBS39 from 6-7 p.m. today, April 30, will broadcast a special hourlong community forum, "A Community Conversation: Understanding Childhood Vaccine Changes."

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — PBS39 will examinethe U.S. Health and Human Services Department's decision this year to reduce the list of recommended vaccines for children from 17 shots to 11.

“A Community Conversation: Understanding Childhood Vaccine Changes" is a live show that will explore how the move has parents divided on how to proceed to keep their children safe from disease.

PBS39 Executive Producer Brittany Sweeney will be host for the hourlong program.

It will be broadcast from 6-7 p.m. today, April 30, at PBS39 and streamed at PBS39.org, as well as on the PBS39 YouTube channel and here at LehighValleyNews.com.

Guests include:

  • Dr. Debra Bogen, Secretary of Health, Pennsylvania
  • Dr. Kim Brannan, Health Services Supervisor, Bethlehem Area School District
  • Dr. Chrysan Cronin, Director of Public Health at Muhlenberg College
  • Dr. Jennifer Janco, Chair of Pediatrics, St. Luke's University Health Network
  • Dr. Alycia Walty, Chief Medical Officer, Star Community Health
  • Dr. Jeremy Wigginton, Chief Medical Officer, Capital Blue Cross

PBS39 and LehighValleyNews.com are part of Lehigh Valley Public Media.

The live show will be recorded at the Univest Public Media Center on the SteelStacks campus in Bethlehem.

Seats still are available for the taping; you can register here to be in the studio audience.