‘Babies Are Dying’: How Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Changed the Vaccine Mindset of This Amish Country Midwife

Pennsylvania measles outbreak grows to four deaths as cases rise

Two additional deaths bring Pennsylvania's ongoing measles outbreak to four total deaths and 767 confirmed cases across 38 counties. Health officials note high risks in rural farming and Amish communities as unvaccinated cases continue to spread across the state.

Pa.’s deadly measles outbreak makes midwife for Amish rethink vaccines

By Gillian McGoldrick, The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)

National Measles Total Reaches 3,471 as Pennsylvania Climbs to 767 Cases and Kindergarten Vaccine Coverage Slips

CDC confirmed 3,471 US measles cases through Sept. 17, up 177 in a week. Pennsylvania has now reported 767 cases and 150 hospitalizations.

‘Babies are dying’: How Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak changed the vaccine mindset of this Amish country midwife

LANCASTER, Pa. — Amish families peer into Roberta Devers’ Honda Passport as she drives between prenatal checkups along the rolling hills of Lancaster County. They ask her increasingly frequent questions about the vaccine: Do you have some measles in your…

'Babies are dying': How Pennsylvania's measles outbreak changed the vaccine mindset of this Amish country midwife

LANCASTER, Pa. — Amish families peer into Roberta Devers’ Honda Passport as she drives between prenatal checkups along the rolling hills of Lancaster County. They ask her increasingly frequent questions about the vaccine: Do you have some ...