Pennsylvania asks for CDC help on measles outbreak, demands agency recognize measles deaths
The state says more than 700 cases across 37 counties have strained its response as it seeks CDC help and recognition of four reported deaths.
- On Wednesday, Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Debra Bogen requested emergency CDC Epi-Aid support as the state grapples with one of the country's largest and most deadly measles outbreaks.
- Pennsylvania's outbreak has ballooned to more than 700 confirmed cases across 37 counties with four measles-associated deaths, amid a standoff between Health Secretary Robert Kennedy and Governor Josh Shapiro, a Democrat.
- Health Secretary Kennedy instructed the CDC not to include Pennsylvania fatalities in national tallies; Bogen wrote that the CDC's failure to recognize the deaths "undermines our response."
- Experts characterize this intervention as highly unusual, warning it could minimize public risk assessment, while Kennedy accused Governor Shapiro of politicizing the outbreak and failing to request federal help.
- This outbreak represents the worst U.S. measles resurgence in more than three decades, fueled by rising vaccine hesitancy and coinciding with President Donald Trump's return to office in early 2025.
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State asks CDC to assist with measles outbreak
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