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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]. Youth in the foster care system and those who are justice-involved face additional challenges during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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PREP Act Immunity: Baghikian v. Providence Health & Servs.

Drug & Device Law

Not to mention, it is a powerful defense for our clients in product liability matters because it can foreclose liability and plaintiffs’ use of tort lawsuits (invariably creatures of state law origin) to impose requirements on medical devices or pharmaceuticals that the federal FDA did not. What could be better than preemption? See 42 U.S.C.