North Carolina Physicians Demand End to Hospital’s COVID-19 Vaccine Trial on Children

A child wears a pin she received after receiving her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Southfield, Mich., on Nov. 5, 2021. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images

A group of North Carolina physicians is calling for a halt to a hospital system’s COVID-19 vaccine trial on young children.

The North Carolina Physicians for Freedom (NCPFF) is demanding that the Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina, cease its Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine testing on children aged 6 months to under 5 years old.