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'Off-label' use is common in medicine – a bioethicist and legal philosopher explain why the COVID-19 vaccines are different

  • Written by Elizabeth Lanphier, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Bioethicist, University of Cincinnati
imageResearch suggests that about 20% of all prescriptions are administered "off-label."Hafakot/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Kids ages 5 to 11 can now be vaccinated against COVID-19 following the Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization of the Pfizer Bio-NTech vaccine for this age group and the Centers for Disease Control and...

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