A measles outbreak has killed five people in Pennsylvania, as infections surge nationwide.
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A measles outbreak has killed five people in Pennsylvania, as infections surge nationwide.
Pennsylvania has recorded a fifth death connected to its measles outbreak, state health officials announced. The victim was an unvaccinated resident of Lancaster County who had tested positive for the virus.
The state has confirmed 943 measles cases across 39 counties so far this year, with at least 176 people hospitalized. This is part of the worst national measles outbreak in the United States since 1991.
Measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, but it has resurged in recent years. Some experts link the comeback to increasing skepticism about vaccines.
The latest death is the third reported in Lancaster County this year. The county is home to large Amish and Mennonite communities, which experts note have under-vaccinated populations.
In response to the growing outbreak, Governor Josh Shapiro's administration has expanded vaccination efforts. More than 53,000 doses of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine were administered in Pennsylvania in September alone, more than double the typical monthly number.
Health experts say two doses of the MMR vaccine are about 97 percent effective at preventing measles.
Pennsylvania reports deaths as 'measles-associated' when a person with confirmed measles dies within 30 days of developing symptoms, unless the death is from an unrelated cause. The state has reported five such deaths.
Al Jazeera reports that this classification has become the center of a dispute. U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, has accused Governor Shapiro of using the classification to inflate the measles death toll, though the filing's account of the dispute is cut off.
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