Pennsylvania reports two deaths from measles, health department says
Unvaccinated residents died as cases reached 393 across 29 counties, and officials again urged Pennsylvanians to get two MMR doses.
- On Tuesday, health officials confirmed that two Pennsylvania residents died from measles, marking the state's first fatalities in 35 years and the first in the U.S. this year, with national cases reaching 2,777 as of August 20.
- Rising infection numbers stem from declining vaccination coverage, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting that 94% of confirmed cases involve 36 new outbreaks reported this year.
- Two doses of the Measles-Mumps-Rubella vaccine provide 97% protection against measles, yet experts attribute the resurgence to anti-vaccine rhetoric that has sown distrust in immunizations.
- Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro declined an offer from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday for federal assistance, stating his actions are "having a negative impact on communities."
- The Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue supporting state response efforts, emphasizing that 95% vaccination coverage is required to achieve herd immunity.
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Pennsylvania confirms infant among two measles-related deaths
Two Pennsylvania residents who died after contracting measles were unvaccinated, and one of them was an infant, state health officials confirmed Wednesday. The deaths are the first measles-related fatalities reported in the United States in 2026 and Pennsylvania’s first such deaths linked to the disease in more than three decades, CNN reported.
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Two Die In Pennsylvania Of Measles Marking The First Deaths Of 2026
Last year, as decades of work by RFK Jr. to undermine vaccines with false links to deaths and autism culminated in his appointment to lead HHS, America saw the largest resurgence of measles cases in something like three decades. Three people died, including two children, all unvaccinated. Kennedy mostly ignored the outbreak from the beginning…
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