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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].