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Know Your Adversary: HC3 Shares Details of Chinese APT Groups Targeting the Healthcare Sector

HIPAA Journal

For instance, Chinese hackers targeted pharmaceutical firms during the pandemic seeking COVID-19 vaccine research data. The group has been active since at least 2007 and is known to target U.S.

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3 Lessons Learned from Pandemic-Era Clinical Development Regulatory Practices

HIT Consultant

The world has been in urgent need of COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and diagnostic tools. Social distancing and occupancy restrictions have expedited the digital transformation of clinical trial study design and execution as industry players have raced toward COVID-19 vaccine and treatment development.

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Can Children Consent to the COVID Vaccine? The Case of Foster Care and Juvenile Justice

Bill of Health

Despite pediatric COVID-19 vaccine availability, many youth remain unvaccinated , and are thus at higher risk of life-altering outcomes as a result of contracting COVID-19. [1]. Specific to the COVID-19 vaccine, children under age 18 in most jurisdictions will require parental consent. [8].

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HHS Shares Information on Advanced Persistent Threat Groups Linked with the Russian Intelligence Services

HIPAA Journal

APT29 is known to be behind the attack on the Pentagon in 2015, the SolarWinds Orion attack in 2020, and targeted COVID-19 vaccine developers during the pandemic. Sandworm, aka Voodoo Bear, ELECTRUM, IRIDIUM, Telebots, and Iron Viking, operates under the direction of the GRU and has been active since at least 2007.