• A coronavirus vaccine study by Johnson & Johnson has been put on pause after one of the study’s participants had an “unexpected illness.”

• Johnson & Johnson has not said what type of illness the participant of the 60,000-person trial encountered. Further details, including the age and the gender of the participant, have also not been revealed.

• News about the pause comes just weeks after pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca put its phase three COVID-19 vaccine on hold after a woman in the United Kingdom reportedly suffered a rare spinal cord injury. AstraZeneca resumed its study days later.

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