{"id":285395,"date":"2026-09-13T23:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T23:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/285395\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T23:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T23:48:14","slug":"pennsylvanias-third-death-from-measles-related-complications-recorded-in-jefferson-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/285395\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania&#8217;s third death from measles-related complications recorded in Jefferson County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>3rd Measles Death Reported in Pennsylvania<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6abc Digital Staff Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789343294_848_16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, September 13, 2026 11:22PM<\/p>\n<p>Follow 6abc on Google<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">A third person in Pennsylvania has died from measles, according to Jefferson County Coroner Greg Furlong, who announced the case Sunday on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Furlong&#8217;s office said the victim was a 40-year-old woman from western Pennsylvania who was not vaccinated. She died Saturday from complications related to measles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The death follows a recent announcement from the Pennsylvania Department of Health that two unvaccinated people in Lancaster County died from measles earlier this summer &#8211; the first measles-related deaths in the state in 35 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">State health officials said they are reviewing the latest case and continuing efforts to expand access to measles vaccinations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">In the Philadelphia region, Chester County has reported an uptick in cases, with 64 confirmed infections.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"3rd Measles Death Reported in Pennsylvania Sunday, September 13, 2026 11:22PM Follow 6abc on Google A third person&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[118938,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-285395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-118938","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}