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  1. A local coroner has said that an infant from the Amish community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, has died of #measles
    County coroner Stephen Diamantoni shared the finding Friday after state officials last month announced that two people with measles infections had died.
    “The child contracted measles, and measles caused the death of the child,” Diamantoni said in an interview.
    washingtonpost.com/health/2026

  2. Pennsylvania infant’s death confirmed to have been caused by measles – Yahoo News Australia

    Pennsylvania infant’s death confirmed to have been caused by measles  Yahoo News Australia6-week-old Amish child died from measles, Lancaster…
    #NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #Countycoroner #Healthcarenewsletter #JoshShapiro #LancasterCounty #Measles #Pennsylvania #raregeneticcondition #RobertF.KennedyJr. #StephenDiamantoni
    newsbeep.com/au/880872/

  3. Pennsylvania infant’s death confirmed to have been caused by measles – Yahoo News Australia

    Pennsylvania infant’s death confirmed to have been caused by measles  Yahoo News Australia6-week-old Amish child died from measles, Lancaster…
    #NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #Countycoroner #Healthcarenewsletter #JoshShapiro #LancasterCounty #Measles #Pennsylvania #raregeneticcondition #RobertF.KennedyJr. #StephenDiamantoni
    newsbeep.com/au/880872/

  4. "Upcoming respiratory virus season: have we learned any lessons from Australia?

    New FDA-approved vaccines: updated COVID-19 vaccine and the first mRNA flu vaccine for the fall ..."

    youtube.com/watch?v=bNaWxx_TVVo

    #InfectiousDisease #Measles #Medicine

  5. One more #RFKJr lie destroyed:

    "Today in #Pennsylvania, Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni, MD, confirmed that the county’s second #measles infant death, which he initially called 'measles associated,' was caused by the highly contagious virus. The county is the site of a rapidly growing measles outbreak."

    cidrap.umn.edu/measles/lancast

  6. One more #RFKJr lie destroyed:

    "Today in #Pennsylvania, Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni, MD, confirmed that the county’s second #measles infant death, which he initially called 'measles associated,' was caused by the highly contagious virus. The county is the site of a rapidly growing measles outbreak."

    cidrap.umn.edu/measles/lancast

  7. One more lie destroyed:

    "Today in , Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni, MD, confirmed that the county’s second infant death, which he initially called 'measles associated,' was caused by the highly contagious virus. The county is the site of a rapidly growing measles outbreak."

    cidrap.umn.edu/measles/lancast

  8. One more #RFKJr lie destroyed:

    "Today in #Pennsylvania, Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni, MD, confirmed that the county’s second #measles infant death, which he initially called 'measles associated,' was caused by the highly contagious virus. The county is the site of a rapidly growing measles outbreak."

    cidrap.umn.edu/measles/lancast

  9. One more #RFKJr lie destroyed:

    "Today in #Pennsylvania, Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni, MD, confirmed that the county’s second #measles infant death, which he initially called 'measles associated,' was caused by the highly contagious virus. The county is the site of a rapidly growing measles outbreak."

    cidrap.umn.edu/measles/lancast

  10. The #CDC #measles page still doesn't list any measles-related deaths in 2026. But the coroner in Lancaster County, PA has reported that at least 1 of 2 recent deaths linked to measles was due to measles.
    The CDC site was updated today. Will another update follow? nytimes.com/2026/09/04/well/me

  11. CW: USPol, measles

    U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked his new CDC director to remove a reference to two Pennsylvania deaths from the agency’s online measles tally after he questioned whether the disease contributed to the ​fatalities.

    reuters.com/world/kennedy-aske

    #measles

  12. "In general, the number of measles cases is believed to be vastly underreported, in part because some communities experiencing the most severe outbreaks have less contact with public health agencies."
    cidrap.umn.edu/measles/conflic

    #measles #PublicHealth #epidemiology

  13. EDITORIAL: Treacherous anti-vax bilge in Colorado, everywhere endangers all our future

    In Colorado, it’s still easy to say that you don’t want to vaccinate and cumbersome to prove that your child has their shots.

    sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/e

    #Vaccines #Measles #COleg #COpolitics

  14. EDITORIAL: Treacherous anti-vax bilge in Colorado, everywhere endangers all our future

    In Colorado, it’s still easy to say that you don’t want to vaccinate and cumbersome to prove that your child has their shots.

    sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/e

    #Vaccines #Measles #COleg #COpolitics

  15. A #measles outbreak among young audience members at the #Urkult Festival in #Sollefteå has revealed the target demographic as overrepresented in antivaxxer families. Sweden in general has a solid herd immunity, but an event that gathers many unvaccinated people can create a temporary infection nexus.

    Neo-folk, world music and Sara Parkman. Apparently that's antivaxxer music.

    etidning.etc.se/p/dagens-etc/2

    #vaccination

  16. A #measles outbreak among young audience members at the #Urkult Festival in #Sollefteå has revealed the target demographic as overrepresented in antivaxxer families. Sweden in general has a solid herd immunity, but an event that gathers many unvaccinated people can create a temporary infection nexus.

    Neo-folk, world music and Sara Parkman. Apparently that's antivaxxer music.

    etidning.etc.se/p/dagens-etc/2

    #vaccination

  17. A #measles outbreak among young audience members at the #Urkult Festival in #Sollefteå has revealed the target demographic as overrepresented in antivaxxer families. Sweden in general has a solid herd immunity, but an event that gathers many unvaccinated people can create a temporary infection nexus.

    Neo-folk, world music and Sara Parkman. Apparently that's antivaxxer music.

    etidning.etc.se/p/dagens-etc/2

    #vaccination