Browsing: Measles

Measles was declared eliminated from the US in 2000 thanks to high vaccination rates. But amid misinformation from anti-vaccine activists—including…

A fourth person in Pennsylvania has died of measles, the state health department confirmed Tuesday. The latest death was in…

A 40-year-old woman in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania has died of complications from measles, according to the county’s coroner. It marks…

Earlier this week, Diamantoni said his office had only recently received the report from the state about the baby girl’s…

Compromised CDC Historically, state and local health departments are the ones that make determinations about cases and deaths in an…

The move comes after anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got into a public spat with Pennsylvania Governor Josh…

MMR vaccine safety Pennsyvlania Secretary of Health Dr. Debra Bogen expressed her deep sympathy for the families of those who died,…

Outcomes Only six of the 54 hospitalized patients had an underlying medical condition that may have put them at higher…

Susceptible state Overall, only 78.5 percent were fully vaccinated against the measles virus with the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella)…