{"id":305304,"date":"2026-10-12T21:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T21:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/305304\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T21:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T21:38:07","slug":"pennsylvania-records-6th-measles-associated-death-officials-say-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/305304\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania records 6th measles-associated death, officials say \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

A sixth measles-associated death has been recorded in Pennsylvania<\/a> this year after a 39-year-old woman died in Franklin County, officials said on Monday.<\/p>\n

The unidentified woman had several underlying conditions, including recent treatment for measles, the Franklin County Coroner said. <\/p>\n

According to NBC News<\/a>, a spokesperson for the Franklin County coroner\u2019s office said the \u201cprimary cause of death was a probable acute cardiac event due to possible complications of the measles.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, a measles-associated death is “a death that occurs within 30 days of symptom onset in an individual with clinical evidence of a measles infection and a positive laboratory test and that is not due to unrelated causes (e.g., motor vehicle accident). Additional information, such as whether an individual was exposed to measles prior to their death or supporting medical records, are also considered. A death would not be determined to be measles-associated if there was no laboratory evidence of measles infection or if the death was determined to be due to other unrelated causes (e.g., motor vehicle accident).”<\/p>\n

The unidentified woman was also not vaccinated, the spokesperson told NBC News. <\/p>\n

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s latest numbers, which were last updated on Oct. 9, the Commonwealth has had 1,136 reported measles cases in 2026, with 219 people requiring hospitalization. <\/p>\n

The latest death occurred after the latest update, and the Commonwealth’s measles data<\/a> will not be updated again until Wednesday, Oct. 14, due to Monday being a holiday. However, officials from the DOH told NBC News that it \u201cis conducting a thorough review of the reported death.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the Philadelphia region, the majority of measles cases have been recorded in Chester County, where 87 cases have been recorded per the latest count. <\/p>\n

The Chester County Health Department warned residents last week of a possible measles exposure at two CVS pharmacies<\/a> and a Giant supermarket on Oct. 4. The Oxford Area High School also closed on Friday, Oct. 9, following a reported case there, but the high school reopened on Monday with unvaccinated students and staf being asked to quarantine for up to 21 days. <\/p>\n

Outside our region, Lancaster County has the most measles cases reported, with 415, according to DOH data. Mifflin County has the second most with 167, and Chester County is third. <\/p>\n

Health officials recommend the MMR vaccine as the best way to prevent measles infection. Information on how to find a place to get vaccinated can be found here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A sixth measles-associated death has been recorded in Pennsylvania this year after a 39-year-old woman died in Franklin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-305304","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\/305304","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=305304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}