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Summary List Placement The US clinical trial of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine will be suspended for the next several days as the US Food and Drug Administration investigates a potential side effect, according to Reuters. Sources told the news agency on Monday that enrollment in the trial was not being reopened "until at least midweek," pending the investigation. The FDA did not immediately respond to...

The head of the Food and Drug Administration on Sunday dodged questions on President Donald Trump's baseless claim that 99% of COVID-19 cases are "totally harmless." "I'm not going to get into who's right and who is wrong," Dr. Stephen Hahn said during a CNN interview.  Coronavirus cases are surging in the US, which has the highest number of confirmed cases and reported fatalities...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tested fewer than 6,000 potential coronavirus cases so far. The figure came from FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn on Saturday, who last week promised there would be 1 million test kits available by the end of the week.  The US was unable to meet that goal, though Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday the nation will...