{"id":285707,"date":"2026-09-14T12:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/285707\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T12:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:18:09","slug":"pennsylvania-reports-3rd-measles-related-death-as-40-year-old-woman-dies-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/285707\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania reports 3rd measles-related death as 40-year-old woman dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) \u2014 A 40-year-old woman has died from measles-related complications in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, marking the county\u2019s first confirmed death linked to the <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/30-new-cases-of-measles-reported-in-pennsylvania-since-last-report-data-pa-pennsylvania-measles-outbreak-shapiro-vaccine-department-of-health-statistics-hospitalizations-illness#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">highly contagious disease<\/a>, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Jefferson County Coroner Greg Furlong said the woman died Saturday. Her identity was not released.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeasles is highly contagious and can result in serious respiratory illness, hospitalization, and in rare cases like this, death,\u201d officials said in a news release. \u201cWe encourage residents to stay informed, follow guidance from public health officials, and take appropriate steps to protect themselves and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While severe measles cases are uncommon, health officials said the death underscores the risks associated with the virus and the importance of recognizing symptoms early, consulting health care providers and following recommended public-health measures.<\/p>\n<p>The Jefferson County Coroner\u2019s Office is working with the <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/pa-department-of-health-says-its-in-regular-contact-with-cdc-regarding-measles-outbreak-governor-josh-shapiro-pennsylvania-secretary-robert-f-kennedy-jr-rfk-disease-coroner-death-lancaster-county#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pennsylvania Department of Health<\/a> on the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) \u2014 A 40-year-old woman has died from measles-related complications in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, marking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-285707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285707","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=285707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}