WASHINGTONPOST (Lena H. Sun, Rachel Roubein) - New CDC director delays adding Pennsylvania deaths to measles data
The deaths have been at the heart of a bitter political dispute between RFK Jr. and Gov. Josh Shapiro (D).
NYTIMES (Rachael Bedard) - How Not to Announce a Measles Death
Josh Shapiro announced two measles deaths. Things went downhill fast.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Shapiro dismisses 'online conspiracy theories’ about contested measles deaths
During a news conference Friday, Shapiro doubled down on the department’s classification of the deaths as measles-related saying, “the Department of Health has made clear that they've shared all the information that they are permitted under state law to share, and that those two deaths were measles related.”
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Shapiro, RFK Jr. spar over measles and vaccines
The ensuing insults launched between Shapiro and Kennedy happened both on social media and during separate press conferences this week.
NYTIMES (Teddy Rosenbluth) - Controversy Erupts Over Pennsylvania Measles Deaths
The conflict, which largely falls along political lines, centers on the details of one of the deaths, in a newborn.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - FDA approves updated COVID vaccines for 2026-27 season
All manufacturers said they'll have vaccines read for the 2026-27 immunization season.
NYTIMES (Maggie Astor) - What to Know About New Covid Vaccines for Fall 2026
The shots have been approved for people 65 and older, and for younger people with underlying conditions. Others may be able to get them off label.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - 'Clear link' between anti-vaccine rhetoric and measles outbreaks
MS NOW Senior Reporter Josh Einiger says the White House's rhetoric over vaccines has a "clear link" to the drop in vaccination rates and the rise in measles cases nationwide. 2026 has seen the most cases of measles in the U.S. in 35 years.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - GOP legislators raise questions about PA Gov. Shapiro's 'measles-associated' deaths
The coroner, Parsons said, confirmed that an infant who passed away "had measles" but did not "die of measles." "They have zero measles deaths," Parsons said of the coroner's office.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - RFK Jr.’s years of false double-talk on the measles vaccine
Two deaths in Pennsylvania on Tuesday marked the first measles-associated deaths of 2026. It follows years of disinformation about the safety and efficacy of the measles vaccine from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. MS NOW’s JM Rieger digs into the archive.