HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The rollout of vaccines has been focused on adults, but children may soon be eligible, and they could also receive compensation.
Health care officials said that Moderna vaccine trials for adolescents ages 12 to 17 are currently underway. One trial is located in Houston.
"We're very, very pumped and very excited to be one of those 20 centers," said recruitment lead for clinical research at the Texas Center for Drug Development Dr. Sarah Hasan.
The trial is being conducted at CyFair Clinical Research Center. The teens in the trial are under supervision by doctors during the study.
The research center is part of the organization's "Houston Fights COVID" initiative.