Pennsylvania’s Reported Measles Death Toll Reaches Four, Including an 18-Year-Old
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Pennsylvania’s reported measles death toll has reached four, with the newly reported 18-year-old death linked to acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), a severe neurological complication associated with measles.
Two additional deaths reported
According to the article, Pennsylvania health officials confirmed two additional measles-associated deaths. One was an unvaccinated 18-year-old resident of Mifflin County whose cause of death was determined by the county coroner to be ADEM. The other was an unvaccinated 40-year-old woman in Jefferson County. The article says the state had reported 693 cases across 38 counties this year and 133 hospitalizations.
The article says Pennsylvania had previously reported two measles deaths, both infants in Lancaster County.
The reported state death toll has risen from two to four after the addition of deaths involving an unvaccinated 18-year-old in Mifflin County and an unvaccinated 40-year-old in Jefferson County.
The update raises the state’s reported death toll from two to four. It also identifies severe neurological complication ADEM as the cause of the 18-year-old’s death, adding detail alongside the changed total.
Sources
- Ars Technica18-year-old dies of measles in PA from severe neurological complicationRead source →