Public Health

The CDC confirmed the first U.S. COVID-19 case of unknown origin Feb. 26, though the agency declined testing for the infected patient for four days, USA Today and The Hill report.

The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill that would require children enrolled in schools to receive nearly every vaccine on the CDC's list of recommended vaccines, according to WRIC-TV, an ABC affiliate.

More than half (55 percent) of U.S. residents living in Long Island and New York City say they would get a vaccine to prevent the new strain of coronavirus if one were available, a new poll shows.

The country's first supervised injection site will open in Philadelphia next week, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Fifty-seven COVID-19 cases have been reported in the U.S. as of 9 a.m., Feb. 26. This is an increase from 53 cases reported by the CDC Feb. 24. The source of exposure for the new cases is currently unknown.   

The federal government has abandoned plans to transfer patients infected with the new strain of coronavirus to a city in Alabama after local and state officials say they were not kept abreast of the plans, according to a CNN report.

U.S. residents should expect community spread of the novel coronavirus, a top CDC official warned Feb. 25.   

People who received childhood vaccinations against tetanus and diphtheria likely do not need routine booster shots in adulthood, a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases shows.

As of 9 a.m., Feb. 25, the coronavirus has sickened 80,346 and has resulted in 2,705 deaths. Globally, 27,844 people have recovered from the illness.

Most pediatricians want to continue participating in a national vaccination program that focuses on needy populations, despite the hurdles that come with it, according to new research.