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The CDC reported 4,080 confirmed U.S. measles cases as of Oct. 8, 2026, in 45 states plus D.C. and New York City; Pennsylvania has the most cases listed.
CDC’s measles page, updated Sept. 25, lists 2 U.S. measles deaths in 2026. Pennsylvania’s Department of Health, in its Sept. 28 update, lists 4 in the state alone. Neither agency’s figure is shown to be wrong; there is not yet a national standard for what counts.
RFK Jr. told Children’s Health Defense it has a friend at the White House. What’s actually in effect for parents: the vaccine order, a court stay, and measles.
A 40-year-old woman from Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, died Saturday, September 12, 2026, from complications her county coroner has linked to measles.
Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak, centered in Lancaster County, had grown to 540 confirmed cases across 36 counties as of the state health department’s Sept. 3