Virus Vaccine Trial for Children Mulled in Push to Open Country (1)

Children may be included in clinical trials to determine if an experimental Covid-19 vaccine works, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn told a Senate panel Tuesday.

A potential vaccine should only be tested on children once a candidate has shown promise in healthy adult volunteers, bioethicists said.

Talk of a potential decision to test the unapproved vaccine in children comes as some Republicans, such as Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) called for reopening schools in the fall during Tuesday’s Senate health hearing. Just a few days earlier, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned that three children died and more are becoming seriously ill ...