Pennsylvania health officials brace themselves as measles outbreak expected to spread
- Pennsylvania is bracing for a wave of measles cases, with some public health officials concerned that it’s “only a matter of time” until the disease spreads beyond the outbreak’s epicenter.
- Last week the state reported its fifth measles-associated death amid 943 confirmed cases across 39 counties.
- The outbreak comes amid concerns that public health in the US has been hit by increasing vaccine skepticism, especially due to the power and influence of controversial health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.
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- Pennsylvania is bracing for a wave of measles cases, with some public health officials concerned that it’s “only a matter of time” until the disease spreads beyond the outbreak’s epicenter.
- Last week the state reported its fifth measles-associated death amid 943 confirmed cases across 39 counties.
- The outbreak comes amid concerns that public health in the US has been hit by increasing vaccine skepticism, especially due to the power and influence of controversial health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.
Sources: Guardian