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.
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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.
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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.
Close to 40 percent of patients did not follow the CDC-recommended schedule for childhood vaccinations in 2014, according to a recent study published in the journal Pediatrics.
As of 9 a.m., Feb. 24, the new strain of coronavirus has sickened 79,539 and has resulted in 2,627 deaths. Around the world, 25,180 people have recovered from the illness.