Coroner confirms US measles death while CDC count remains at zero amid row over the fatalities
· 2026-09-08 · 原文
A child has been confirmed to have died of measles by the coroner of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania—the first such death in Pennsylvania for 35 years.1It follows intense scrutiny over the case, in which US health officials sought to downplay reports that two recent infant deaths in the county were caused by the disease.Stephen Diamantoni, Lancaster County coroner, told The BMJ that the death of a six week old girl on 18 August was “caused by measles.” The girl also had Amish lethal microcephaly.“The average life expectancy with this condition is 4 to 6 months of age. Because of the compromised state of these children many die of respiratory infections,” Diamantoni said. He first confirmed to US media at the weekend that measles had caused the girl’s death.2US health secretary Robert F Kenn
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A child has been confirmed to have died of measles by the coroner of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania—the first such death in Pennsylvania for 35 years.1It follows intense scrutiny over the case, in which US health officials sought to downplay reports that two recent infant deaths in the county were caused by the disease.Stephen Diamantoni, Lancaster County coroner, told The BMJ that the death of a six week old girl on 18 August was “caused by measles.” The girl also had Amish lethal microcephaly.“The average life expectancy with this condition is 4 to 6 months of age.
Because of the compromised state of these children many die of respiratory infections,” Diamantoni said.
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He first confirmed to US media at the weekend that measles had caused the girl’s death.2US health secretary Robert F Kenn
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