Pennsylvania reports fourth measles-related death, the most in US in decades
- On Tuesday, Pennsylvania health officials confirmed two additional measles-associated deaths involving unvaccinated residents of Jefferson County and Mifflin County, raising the state's total to four.
- These fatalities mark the state's first measles-related deaths in three decades amid an outbreak that has sickened nearly 700 people this year, matching the United States' 1992 total of four deaths.
- According to health department criteria, Pennsylvania defines a measles-associated death as occurring within 30 days of symptom onset; the state's previous two deaths involved infants in Lancaster County, where officials disputed one death's cause.
- Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clashed over the outbreak, with Kennedy accusing the state of "fabricating" deaths and Shapiro criticizing Kennedy's "actions and his rhetoric."
- Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Debra Bogen urged residents to utilize the MMR vaccine, which remains 97% effective, as the state attempts to stem the growing outbreak affecting nearly 700 people.
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This time, measles cut an 18-year-old's life short
The person measles killed was 18 years old. Pennsylvania health officials say the unvaccinated teenager died from complications of the disease, specifically a rare and severe neurological condition that causes inflammation in the brain. It is the fourth death associated with the state's growing measles outbreak in the last month. — Read the rest
In Pennsylvania, a measles epidemic has claimed its fourth victim in a context unprecedented in decades, according to local authorities. Deaths have intensified the political conflict between the state governor and the Secretary of Health, with mutual accusations about crisis management.
The figure of four deaths in one year has not been reached since 1992, considering itself as one of the most serious outbreaks of measles in three decades.
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