A major coronavirus vaccine trial paused over ‘unexplained illness’

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Human tests of a coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford have been put on hold pending a review of safety data triggered by a “potentially unexplained illness,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday. The news comes as President Trump continued to assert that his administration could produce a vaccine by November, although such a statement contradicts the timeline laid out by health officials in his administration. View the free post from The Washington Post here.