彭博：宾州报告第三例麻疹死亡（40岁未接种女性），CDC 连续拒绝把州级死亡计入 2026 年疫情统计

Pennsylvania reported its third measles death, just days after the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention again declined to include two other measles deaths in the state in its 2026 outbreak count.

A 40-year-old unvaccinated woman in Jefferson County died Saturday from complications tied to the viral disease, according to a Facebook post from the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office. The earlier Pennsylvania deaths occurred in two unvaccinated infants.

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In its data update Friday, the CDC reported 160 new measles cases in the past week, bringing this year’s total to 3,294 — but no deaths. The federal agency’s decision not to acknowledge deaths reported by a state is a break in longstanding agency practice.

A spokesperson for the CDC said Friday that the agency’s new director, Erica Schwartz is working with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists to develop a standardized definition for a measles death. “Until that work is complete, CDC will report measles deaths if and when the National Center for Health Statistics reports measles as the underlying cause of death.”

Schwartz’s boss, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is a vaccine skeptic. After Pennsylvania issued its report in August, Kennedy publicly questioned it and suggested the office of the Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, fabricated the deaths for political gain.

Kennedy, whose tenure at HHS has included attempts to upend immunization guidelines in the US, has downplayed the severity of measles and touted unproven remedies like vitamin A and cod liver oil.