Coroner Releases Details of Infants Who Died Amid Growing Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak
The deaths were classified as measles-associated as Pennsylvania reported 17 new cases and Lancaster County continued to lead the state with 252.
- Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni identified two infants who recently died in connection with a measles outbreak, marking Pennsylvania's first such deaths in 35 years.
- A major measles outbreak in Lancaster County has sickened nearly 400 people, while state officials reported 17 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the statewide total to 594 this year.
- Coroner Diamantoni reported the newborn tested positive for measles but died from a ruptured spleen; Dr. Paul Offit of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia explained measles can cause such fragility.
- Governor Josh Shapiro visited Lancaster General Health to urge vaccinations, while U.S. Department of Health and Human Services head Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced backlash for claiming the deaths were 'fabricated.'
- Vaccination rates have declined in recent years, allowing measles to resurge after being declared eradicated in 2000, though health officials stress vaccines remain the most effective prevention method.
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Coroner releases details of infants who died amid growing Pennsylvania measles outbreak - WXXV News 25
By MIKE STOBBE NEW YORK (AP) — The two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the deaths, a Pennsylvania coroner confirmed Wednesday. Lancaster County’s coroner, Dr. Stephen Diamantoni, said he told the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of his conclusions. CDC officials, however, have not said whether they will count either death as measles-associated, and...
Coroner releases details of infants who died amid growing Pennsylvania measles outbreak – WTOP News
NEW YORK (AP) — The two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the deaths, a Pennsylvania coroner confirmed Wednesday. Lancaster County’s coroner, Dr. Stephen Diamantoni, said he told the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of his conclusions. CDC officials, however, have not said whether they...
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Coroner releases details of infants who died amid growing Pennsylvania measles outbreak
NEW YORK (AP) — The two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the deaths, a Pennsylvania coroner confirmed Wednesday.
Coroner releases details of infants who died amid growing Pennsylvania
FILE - This undated image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Feb. 4, 2015, shows an electron microscope image of a measles virus particle. (Cynthia Goldsmith/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, via AP, File)
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