On September 3, 2026, tensions escalated between the CDC and Pennsylvania over measles deaths, with Pennsylvania reporting two deaths including an infant from measles-associated conditions, but the CDC excluding them from official weekly tallies. The dispute raised questions about which authority determines death classification.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is disputing two measles deaths reported by Pennsylvania and excluding them from its official weekly tally of deaths, a radical departure from the agency’s normal practice of accepting and including a state’s data. The decision to question Pennsylvania’s classification of measles deaths represents a key test for...
***Historically, state health departments determine cases and deaths, not the CDC.*** The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is excluding two measles deaths reported by Pennsylvania health officials last week from its latest update of national measles data. The move publicly challenges the accuracy of the state’s death determinations in an extraordinary move that breaks precedent that stat
Pennsylvania health officials last week announced two unvaccinated people died from measles-associated conditions, including an infant. But the announcement was just the beginning of a growing political controversy that’s pitting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) against the state’s health department. The agency is publicly questioning Pennsylvania’s findings and has not yet cou