Coroner releases details on 2 infant deaths in Pennsylvania measles outbreak
September 9, 2026 / 8:57 PM EDT / CBS/AP The two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the deaths, a Pennsylvania coroner confirmed Wednesday. Lancaster County's coroner, Dr. Stephen Diamantoni, said he told the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of his conclusions. CDC officials, however, have not said whether they will count either death as measles-associated, and the agency's website still carries a disclaimer about them.
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Kennedy Jr. , a Trump administration appointee with a history of raising alarms about established vaccines , attacked Shapiro and suggested the deaths "may even have been altogether fabricated." Kennedy's statements echoed ones he made last year, when three measles-related deaths were recorded. Mary Stoltzfus was 6 weeks old when she died Aug.
