Pennsylvania reports fourth measles-related death, the most in US in decades
- Pennsylvania has reported four measles-associated deaths this year, the first in 35 years, including an 18-year-old and a 40-year-old adult, all unvaccinated, amid nearly 700 cases across 38 counties.
- The deaths were confirmed through clinical evidence, laboratory tests, and coroner reports; two infants who died were too young to be vaccinated.
- The outbreak is linked to falling vaccination rates, with the United States experiencing its worst measles year since 1991 and concerns about vaccine misinformation impacting public health.
- Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro criticized Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for spreading vaccine misinformation and urged residents to trust health professionals and get vaccinated as the best protection against measles complications and deaths.
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Travel & Lifestyle: Pennsylvania Reports Fourth Measles Death As Outbreak Grows
NEW YORK (AP) — Pennsylvania officials have reported a fourth measles-associated death. The latest death involved an 18-year-old resident of Mifflin County, in the center of the state, the county coroner’s office said in a Facebook post. The cause was acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, a rare and severe neurological complication of measles, it said. On Saturday, a 40-year-old woman from Jefferson County, a rural area in western Pennsylvania, …
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