Covid-19 Vaccine Makers Turn Toward Testing Children
Moderna, Pfizer now include children in trials, as health experts urge more such research to help curb transmission and reopen schools
A teacher led elementary school students in a dance last month in Stamford, Conn. Some experts don’t expect a children’s vaccine will be ready by the 2021 school year because of how long trials take.
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By Dec. 11, 2020 7:00 am ET
Pharmaceutical companies and health officials are homing in on a key sector of the population that has been largely left out of planning for Covid-19 vaccines: children.