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October 13, 2020

Johnson & Johnson Halts Vaccine Trials; More Evidence of Reinfection Revealed
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Johnson & Johnson has paused all COVID-19 vaccine trials after a
participant developed what the company described as an "unexplained
illness" during a trial. The pharmaceutical giant had recently begun
Phase 3 trials for its vaccine. This comes a month after Astra Zeneca
paused vaccine trials after two participants developed serious
neurological illnesses. Astra Zeneca has resumed trials overseas but not
in the United States.

In other medical news, The Lancet medical journal has revealed a
25-year-old Nevada man became infected with COVID-19 twice earlier this
year, with the second infection more severe than the first.


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