Measles Outbreak in the U.S.: Two Pennsylvania Residents Die, CDC Confirms Deaths

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Measles Outbreak in the U.S.: Two Pennsylvania Residents Die, CDC Confirms Deaths
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  1. Since 2025, there have been five confirmed deaths related to measles—three CDC-confirmed measles deaths in 2025 and two deaths in 2026.

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    Washington Times Culture

    The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991. Earlier this summer, it surpassed 2025’s record-breaking measles count, with 2,777 cases as of Thursday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The nation had 2,289 cases in 2025, the worst year for measles in more than three decades. Three people died last year.

  2. PHILADELPHIA — Two unvaccinated Pennsylvania residents have died from measles, state health officials said Tuesday, the first measles-related deaths in the U.S. this year.

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    Newsweek

    Health officials in Pennsylvania have confirmed the deaths of an adult and an infant, both of whom were unvaccinated against the disease, marking the first U.S. deaths related to measles in 2026 and the first in the Keystone State in 35 years. The deaths are reported as measles-associated and have not yet been confirmed by the CDC.

  3. Although measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, the Pan American Health Organization has said it will review the country's status in November 2026 amid the ongoing outbreak. Health authorities are assessing whether sustained transmission has occurred long enough to threaten that designation.

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    In November, international health officials will meet to determine if the U.S. and Mexico have lost their measles-free status. The U.S. eliminated local measles spread in 2000 by maintaining high vaccination rates, which have fallen in recent years to below the 95% coverage needed to prevent outbreaks.

  4. Pennsylvania has counted nearly 400 measles cases this year, state officials said.

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  1. 01 Newsweek

    Measles-linked deaths recorded since Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took office have surpassed those recorded in the previous 20 years combined.

  2. 02 Washington Times Culture

    Maryland officials declared a measles outbreak Monday in Carroll, Cecil and St. Mary’s counties.

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Center Measles-Linked Deaths Since RFK Jr. Took Office Surpass Previous 20 Years — Newsweek
Lean Right Maryland declares measles outbreak in three counties — Washington Times Culture
Lean Right Pennsylvania reports first 2 measles deaths in the U.S. this year, both people unvaccinated — Washington Times Culture