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STAT: AstraZeneca Pauses COVID-19 Vaccine Study

One of nine potential COVID-19 vaccines in a phase three trial has had a setback. AstraZeneca says it is pausing its vaccine study after the company revealed that a trial participant had a serious adverse reaction in the United Kingdom, as first reported by the health and medicine publication STAT.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with senior writer  Adam Feuerstein.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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