Emory, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta enrolling young children in Moderna vaccine trial
Currently children between the ages of 6 months and up to 12 years old are needed for the trial.
Author: Joe Henke
Updated: 5:24 PM EDT May 10, 2021
ATLANTA — Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta are looking to enroll children between the ages of 6 months and 12 years old for a clinical trial of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine.
The trial will use the same vaccine authorized in December for use with all adults in the U.S., under an emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
“This is a critical step for children which could make it possible for them to receive the same type of immune protection now provided to adults,” said Dr. Evan Anderson in a press release from Emory. Anderson is an attending physician at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory and the study site principal investigator for the trial.