{"id":294596,"date":"2026-09-26T18:04:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/294596\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T18:04:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:04:42","slug":"health-officials-report-43-new-measles-cases-in-pennsylvania-since-monday-state-total-now-topping-800","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/294596\/","title":{"rendered":"Health officials report 43 new measles cases in Pennsylvania since Monday; state total now topping 800"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak doesn’t seem to be letting up, with 43 new cases reported since Monday.<\/p>\n

WPVI<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, September 23, 2026 8:14PM<\/p>\n

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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Pennsylvania’s measles<\/a> outbreak doesn’t seem to be letting up, with 43 new cases reported since Monday.<\/p>\n

That makes 140 new cases in the past 10 days.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Pennsylvania health officials urge early measles vaccinations as outbreak grows<\/a><\/p>\n

The state has now reported 835 measles cases in 39 counties so far this year. There have been 164 total hospitalizations.<\/p>\n

Health officials have announced four measles-related deaths<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Health care providers are seeing a surge of interest in vaccinations<\/a>, doing twice as many in August as usual and nearly 40,000 in the first three weeks of September.<\/p>\n

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