Covid Trials for Kids Get Started With First Results by Mid-2021
- Pfizer, Moderna and Oxford are all testing shots in children
- Vaccinating kids could be key to halting spread, herd immunity
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William Brown has yet to set foot in a classroom during his freshman year of high school -- kept at home, like many students, by the pandemic.
Days before Christmas, he took a step that could help him and other youngsters return to school sooner. With his parents’ encouragement, the 15-year-old signed up for a trial of Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine in adolescents.