New CDC director delays adding Pennsylvania deaths to measles data
The agency said it is still reviewing whether measles caused the deaths as the national case count rose to 2,903, officials said.
- The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported two deaths linked to measles in unvaccinated individuals, but the exact role of measles in causing these deaths is under investigation.
- Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni confirmed a newborn tested positive for measles but stated that the death was due to a ruptured spleen and not measles itself.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention delayed updating national measles death data, stating it is reviewing whether measles caused or contributed to the two Pennsylvania deaths.
- A public dispute arose between Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the accuracy of the measles death reports and vaccination efforts.
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Trumps' new CDC director ordered delay in counting 2 measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania
In a highly unusual move, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not counting two measles-associated deaths reported by the state of Pennsylvania.
'Measles-associated deaths': Dissecting the dispute between RFK Jr. and Pennsylvania's governor
After Pennsylvania health officials announced the first U.S. "measles-associated deaths" in 2026, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the deaths possibly "fabricated."
PBS Finally Updates Its Partisan Jab on Pennsylvania's 'Unvaxxed' Measles Deaths
The August 25 PBS News Hour leaned hard into the story of two purported deaths of unvaccinated people from measles in Pennsylvania, going further than other networks by running a clip of Pennsylvania’s Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro politicizing the situation by criticizing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.But now that the sad story, weaponized by Shapiro for partisan use, is taking on water, how would PBS update its reporting?The segment, wh…
CDC Excludes Two Pennsylvania “Measles-Associated Deaths” from Official Tally
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating two deaths that Pennsylvania officials reported as associated with measles and has not included them in the agency’s official tally as of Sept. 1, according to a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “The two measles-associated deaths announced by Pennsylvania have not […]
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