measles
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Investigations
Pennsylvania Announced Two Measles Deaths Its County Coroner Never Recorded
Pennsylvania classified two Lancaster County fatalities as measles-associated, including a newborn the county coroner says he certified as dying from a ruptured spleen and blood loss. The CDC won't add either to the national count until the record shows measles caused or contributed to the deaths.
Infectious DiseaseKindergarten Vaccine Exemptions Doubled in Five Years. The Number Is a Verdict on the Agencies, Not the Parents.
Exemptions climbed to a record 4.2 percent of kindergartners while medical exemptions never budged from 0.2 percent. The rise is not a medical event. It is five years of institutional credibility spent, showing up in the one column parents control.