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

Bill of Health

1] E.g., Anna Edney, Kids’ Covid Hospitalizations Hit Record in U.S. 31, 2021), [link] (describing a record number of pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations due to the omicron variant). [2] 8] Young people under age 18 in California detention centers need parental consent to receive the vaccine. Omicron Surge , Bloomberg (Dec.

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Unimpressed Learned Intermediaries Defeat Warning Causation

Drug & Device Law

2007) (no causation where prescriber “questioned the relative risks of the adverse effects” versus the plaintiff’s condition and “continued to prescribe the. . . Plaintiffs’ treating physician during her hospitalizations, testified that no other. . . American Home Products Corp. , 477 F.Supp.2d 2d 1025, 1036 (E.D.

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Suing the Certifiers – A Dangerous Undertaking

Drug & Device Law

Anyway, this fraudulent “doctor” allegedly “touched them without informed consent” and caused them “emotional distress. After that, over the next decade, he also defrauded the State of Maryland and at least two hospitals. University Hospital , 659 N.Y.S.2d 23 in its current form. 471 (11th Cir. 2d 775, 799 & n.114

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