Opinion: RFK Jr.’s use of the National Center for Health Statistics will add confusion to measles deaths count

By mid-September, the Pennsylvania Department of Health had reported four confirmed measles-associated deaths, surpassing the highest annual number of measles-associated deaths in the United States since 1992. Pennsylvania public health professionals are sounding the alarm as the number of measles cases statewide exceeds 800, with cases clustering among communities with a history of vaccine hesitancy.

But if you look at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s measles dashboard page, it shows just one measles-related death so far this year, with an asterisk.

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