US measles-linked deaths hit 10 after two more in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
State officials said an infant died in Wisconsin and an unvaccinated patient died in Pennsylvania. The US has recorded more than 5,400 confirmed measles cases this year and could lose its elimination status this week.
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have each announced one more measles-associated death, Al Jazeera said. That brings the US total this year to 10. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported an infant's death on Friday. The Pennsylvania Department of Health said its latest death was an unvaccinated patient who had tested positive for measles. Pennsylvania has now logged seven measles-associated deaths and Wisconsin two. On November 2, New York state said a child had died. It was the state's first recorded measles death in more than 30 years. As of Friday, Pennsylvania had 1,542 confirmed cases this year and Wisconsin 651. Nationwide, more than 5,400 cases have been confirmed this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a Johns Hopkins University tracker. That is more than double the 2,289 cases confirmed in 2025. The CDC website lists only six measles-related deaths, fewer than the states report. The gap stems from a dispute over how to count the deaths. According to Al Jazeera, US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr asked CDC director Erica Schwartz to leave the deaths out of the official tally. He…
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