GoKawiilPennsylvania reports fifth measles death, all unvaccinated, in ongoing outbreak
Pennsylvania's health department confirmed a fifth death from measles, an unvaccinated Lancaster County resident, as the state's outbreak grew to 943 cases across 39 counties. At least 176 people have been hospitalized, with 119 new cases reported in the past week alone. All five deaths this year—two infants, an 18-year-old, a 40-year-old woman, and this latest case—were unvaccinated, and no measles deaths had occurred in the state in the previous 35 years.