Coroner releases details of infants who died amid growing Pennsylvania measles outbreak
The coroner said the infant deaths were linked to measles as Pennsylvania reported more than 620 outbreak cases across 37 counties.
- Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni identified two infants who recently died in connection with a measles outbreak, marking Pennsylvania's first such deaths in 35 years.
- A major measles outbreak in Lancaster County has sickened nearly 400 people, while state officials reported 17 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the statewide total to 594 this year.
- Coroner Diamantoni reported the newborn tested positive for measles but died from a ruptured spleen; Dr. Paul Offit of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia explained measles can cause such fragility.
- Governor Josh Shapiro visited Lancaster General Health to urge vaccinations, while U.S. Department of Health and Human Services head Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced backlash for claiming the deaths were 'fabricated.'
- Vaccination rates have declined in recent years, allowing measles to resurge after being declared eradicated in 2000, though health officials stress vaccines remain the most effective prevention method.
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Coroner confirms details of babies’ measles-related deaths amid growing Pennsylvania outbreak
The two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the deaths, a Pennsylvania coroner confirmed Wednesday.
Measles caused death of PA infant, coroner says
NEW YORK — The two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the deaths, a Pennsylvania coroner confirmed Wednesday. Lancaster County’s coroner, Dr. Stephen Diamantoni, said he told the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of his conclusions. CDC officials, however, have not said whether they will count either death as measles-associated, and the agency's website still carries a …
1 Of 2 Children Dead In PA Confirmed To Be From Measles
I want to start this whole thing off with a disclaimer. Nothing in this post should be misconstrued as gloating, as being pleased, or as having a connotation that is anything beyond sadness and the need for change. Nobody is happy to have the obvious confirmed when it comes to a child's death. There is…
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