The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported a fifth measles-associated death and 40 new positive cases as part of a statewide outbreak affecting 39 counties.
(WHTM) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health said Wednesday that an unvaccinated Lancaster County resident who tested positive for measles has died. The health department said this is the fifth Pennsylvania resident whose death is measles-associated.
Measles outbreak in the state has now reached 39 counties, with 943 confirmed cases and 176 hospitalizations Pennsylvania has reported its fifth measles-associated death of 2026 as the state’s ongoing outbreak climbs to 943 confirmed cases across 39 counties.
By Deidre McPhillips, Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported a fifth measles-associated death on Wednesday amid an ongoing outbreak that is on track to become the largest the US has seen in decades and has sparked political clashes.
A Lancaster County resident who was not vaccinated against measles has died, the Pennsylvania Department of Health said Wednesday, as the number of confirmed measles cases in the state reached 943 across 39 counties in 2026.
(WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported Wednesday there are now 943 confirmed measles cases in the Commonwealth, 40 more than Monday's update. Of those 943 cases, 176 are hospitalized and less than 1% are fully vaccinated.
Pennsylvania health officials reported a fifth measles-associated death Wednesday amid a rapidly growing outbreak that’s the worst the commonwealth has seen in over 35 years. The Pennsylvania health department said the person who died was unvaccinated and a resident of Lancaster County, but it did n…
An unvaccinated resident in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was confirmed to have died from measles, according to an announcement by the state Health Department Wednesday. The death marks the fifth measles-associated death in the Keystone State this year, per state statistics.
Pennsylvania reported its fifth measles death on Wednesday as the disease outbreak continues to grow across the United States with more than 3,500 cases. The Pennsylvania Department of Health did not release details of the individual who died from the disease, but noted that it occurred in Lancaster…
The CDC counts two measles-associated deaths nationwide this year, while Pennsylvania reports five, exposing a dispute over how officials classify fatalities.
A fifth person in Pennsylvania has died with measles as the state experiences its worst outbreak of the disease in more than three decades. Pennsylvania had reported 943 measles cases as of Friday, with 40% of those cases in Lancaster County, the epicenter of the state’s outbreak.
Pennsylvania health officials said on Wednesday a Lancaster County resident had died after contracting measles, raising the state’s death toll from the disease this year to five, all of whom were unvaccinated.
Pennsylvania has seen 119 new cases in the past week alone, nearly one-third of the almost 1,000 total cases are individuals under the age of 18. Out of nearly 3,700 reported measles cases nationwide, 943 are in Pennsylvania — the most in the U.S.
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