A 40-year-old unvaccinated woman in rural Pennsylvania has become the third person to die from measles complications during the state's worsening outbreak, and the CDC says nobody in Harrisburg bothered to pick up the phone. Jefferson County Coroner Greg Furlong announced the death in a Facebook post on Sunday, confirming that the woman died on […] The post Third measles death in Pennsylvania exposes rift between state and federal health officials appeared first on American Almanac .
A 40-year-old unvaccinated woman in rural Pennsylvania has become the third person to die from measles complications during the state's worsening outbreak, and the CDC says nobody in Harrisburg bothered to pick up the phone. Jefferson County Coroner Greg Furlong announced the death in a Facebook post on Sunday, confirming that the woman died on Saturday, September 12, from complications associated with measles. Furlong confirmed to ABC News that the deceased was unvaccinated against the virus. No additional identifying information was released, per the family's privacy. The death marks the third measles-associated fatality linked to Pennsylvania's outbreak, which has now reached 676 confirmed cases statewide. More than 100 new cases…Open
“This is a heartbreaking loss for the family and an unfortunate reminder that measles can be a serious and potentially life-threatening disease,” the county coroner stated.
Just a month into her tenure as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Erica Schwartz is missing in action. The country is heading into respiratory virus season, and public guidance on COVID-19, flu and RSV vaccines has been muddled, at best. The worst measles epidemic in more than 30 years [...]
The CDC has officially ended its investigation into the largest recorded cyclospora outbreak in American history, but the questions about how contaminated lettuce from a politically connected produce giant sickened thousands across 21 states are far from settled. Federal health officials on September 11 declared the lettuce-linked cyclospora outbreak over after recording 12,883 lab-confirmed cases […] The post CDC declares largest known cyclospora outbreak in U.S. history over after nearly 13,000 confirmed cases appeared first on American Almanac .
The CDC has officially ended its investigation into the largest recorded cyclospora outbreak in American history, but the questions about how contaminated lettuce from a politically connected produce giant sickened thousands across 21 states are far from settled. Federal health officials on September 11 declared the lettuce-linked cyclospora outbreak over after recording 12,883 lab-confirmed cases across 21 states since May 1. The contaminated iceberg lettuce, grown by Taylor Farms at operations in Mexico, reached consumers through Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, and Walmart before the company issued a voluntary recall on July 17. Nationally, total cyclosporiasis cases hit 19,595 across 49 states and Washington, D.C., with 1,043…Open
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the Cyclospora outbreak related to Taylor Farms lettuce over Friday, though the Food and Drug Administration says its investigation remains ongoing. The big picture: Thousands of people fell ill as the outbreak rapidly surged throughout the country this summer as federal authorities searched for its origin amid a backdrop of overlapping food safety investigations . Driving the news: "This outbreak has ended. The number of recent infections linked to the outbreak has significantly declined," the CDC said in a Friday update, noting the "contaminated lettuce linked to this outbreak is no longer available in stores or restaurants." This is a breaking news story and will be updated.