Measles-associated deaths reach 10 in US after two more deaths reported

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More than 5,400 confirmed measles cases have been recorded in the US to date this year.

Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have announced one additional measles-associated death in each state, marking 10 total deaths in the United States linked to the disease this year.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported an infant’s death on Friday, while the Pennsylvania Department of Health said that its latest death was an unvaccinated patient who had tested positive for measles.

Pennsylvania has logged seven measles-associated deaths, while Wisconsin has reported two. On November 2, New York state said a child had died in the state’s first recorded measles death in more than 30 years.

More than 5,400 confirmed measles cases have been recorded in the US to date, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Johns Hopkins University International Vaccine Access Center tracker.

The number of confirmed cases as of November 2026 is more than double the 2,289 confirmed cases reported in 2025.

The CDC recorded six measles-related deaths, according to figures on its website. The newly reported data is twice the deaths the agency recorded in 2025.

The CDC’s national death toll is lower than the number of measles-related deaths reported by state officials.

US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr asked CDC director Erica Schwartz not to count the deaths in the official tally, claiming there was no evidence they were measles-associated.

The federal count of measles reports has been at the centre of a dispute between Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Kennedy over how measles deaths are classified.

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