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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Melody Schreiber

Why the CDC is excluding measles deaths in Pennsylvania even as outbreak appears to be ‘accelerating’

a vial of the MMR vaccine
A vial of the MMR vaccine in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, on 18 September 2026. Photograph: Hannah Beier/Reuters

The US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its measles dashboard on Friday – but it’s still not counting four measles deaths in Pennsylvania, where the outbreak appears to be accelerating and cases are appearing in ways providers have never seen before.

Members of Congress on Monday requested an “immediate briefing” on the decision to change how measles deaths are reported as cases continue to rise throughout the United States, reaching levels not seen in decades. A possible measles exposure was reported in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia last week.

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