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According to Soheyla Gharib, chief of medicine at UHS, and Maria Francesconi, chief of nursing at UHS, the University's vaccine subsidy was never intended to last for more than two years. The temporary program was approved because students who came to Harvard before 2007 did not have the chance...
The University's program has bolstered the number of students who completed the immunization series. Before Harvard began subsidizing the cost of the vaccine, UHS had administered the full immunization series to 141 students and at least one shot to 403 other students; as of May 31, 1,126 students...
Today, Francesconi said, a large number of the students who want immunization may be arriving on campus having already received the vaccine from pediatricians. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended the vaccine for girls from ages 9 to 26, before they are likely to become sexually active...
Francesconi said that she did not know if the number of vaccinated students would decrease after the subsidy's removal, but added that if Harvard were to subsidize any immunization permanently, the premium for the Student Health Plan would have to increase substantially. The subsidy for the HPV vaccine was...
Despite the less visible activism on campus today around the vaccination, some student organizations have continued discussions about increasing the vaccine's accessibility for students.