Covid vaccines to be tested on newborns & pregnant women
Feb 14, 2021 23:06:02 GMT -5
Post by bloodbought on Feb 14, 2021 23:06:02 GMT -5
Covid vaccines are set to be tested on six-year-old children and 'even newborns and pregnant women' as trials are expanded
AstraZeneca, which produces the Oxford vaccine, says it is expanding trials
Fellow vaccine maker Janssen said it is looking into testing on newborn babies
AstraZeneca said a trial will begin this month on 300 volunteers aged six to 17
By ALEX LAWSON FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
PUBLISHED: 19:35 EST, 13 February 2021 | UPDATED: 08:53 EST, 14 February 2021
Covid-19 vaccines are set to be tested on children and potentially even newborns.
AstraZeneca, which produces the Oxford vaccine, says it is expanding trials to children as young as six, and The Mail on Sunday can reveal that fellow vaccine maker Janssen, part of Johnson and Johnson, is now looking into testing on newborn babies and even pregnant women.
Janssen last month revealed trials in adults showed its single-dose Covid vaccine is 66 per cent effective in preventing coronavirus.
Full article with video at link
AstraZeneca, which produces the Oxford vaccine, says it is expanding trials
Fellow vaccine maker Janssen said it is looking into testing on newborn babies
AstraZeneca said a trial will begin this month on 300 volunteers aged six to 17
By ALEX LAWSON FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
PUBLISHED: 19:35 EST, 13 February 2021 | UPDATED: 08:53 EST, 14 February 2021
Covid-19 vaccines are set to be tested on children and potentially even newborns.
AstraZeneca, which produces the Oxford vaccine, says it is expanding trials to children as young as six, and The Mail on Sunday can reveal that fellow vaccine maker Janssen, part of Johnson and Johnson, is now looking into testing on newborn babies and even pregnant women.
Janssen last month revealed trials in adults showed its single-dose Covid vaccine is 66 per cent effective in preventing coronavirus.
Full article with video at link