Recruitment Begins for First US Test of New Experimental Coronavirus Vaccine

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks to President Donald Trump during a tour of the National Institutes of Health's Vaccine Research Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on March 3, 2020. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Researchers have begun recruiting people in the United States to test an experimental vaccine for the coronavirus.

The trial for a vaccine produced by Moderna is being run at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute.