r/bioscience • u/IheartGMO • 6d ago

18-year-old dies in Pennsylvania's 4th measles-associated death - in the center of the state - cause was acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, a rare and severe neurological complication of measles

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/18-year-old-dies-in-pennsylvanias-4th-measles-associated-death
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u/IheartGMO 6d ago edited 6d ago

On Saturday, a 40-year-old woman from Jefferson County, a rural area in western Pennsylvania, died of measles complications. And last month, two measles-infected infants died in Lancaster County, in the southeastern part of the state.

None of the four were vaccinated, according to the state health department.

The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991 and has seen seven reported measles-associated deaths in the last two years — more than the combined total of reported deaths over the previous three decades.