Nurse Kathe Olmstead prepares a shot as the world's biggest study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., gets underway in Binghamton, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)/Credit: Hans Pennink/AP
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NIH chief says politically motivated approval of coronavirus vaccine 'cannot happen'
The director of the National Institutes of Health is putting his foot down. Doctors have worried that just before Election Day, President Trump might pressure the US Food and Drug Administration to approve a coronavirus vaccine before it's ready as an "October surprise" to gain votes.
