CDC Raises 2026 Measles Death Toll to 2 as Pennsylvania Reports 4 Deaths
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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 29
CDC Raises 2026 Measles Death Toll to 2 as Pennsylvania Reports 4 Deaths
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 29
Summary
Two measles deaths are now listed in the CDC’s 2026 national tally after the agency updated its count late Monday.
Pennsylvania’s report of four measles-associated deaths in a growing outbreak drove the update, though the state’s figures remain at the center of a political feud with the Trump administration.
The CDC separately said it had confirmed 3,659 measles cases across 47 states as of Sept. 24, while excluding Pennsylvania’s more than 900 cases and four deaths from its national data.
The outbreak has pushed U.S. measles cases to their highest annual level since 1991, despite the disease having been declared eliminated nationally in 2000.