Measles killed 6-week-old baby, coroner confirms after RFK Jr. disputed deaths
Summary
A six-week-old baby girl in Pennsylvania died of measles, confirmed by the county coroner. The baby also had a rare genetic condition, Amish lethal microcephaly, but the coroner said measles was the cause of death. This death is one of two recent measles deaths reported in Pennsylvania.Key Facts
- The baby died at home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, around August 18.
- She had Amish lethal microcephaly, a genetic disorder causing small heads and underdeveloped brains, common in the Amish community.
- Despite the genetic condition, the coroner confirmed that measles caused the death.
- Pennsylvania has reported two measles deaths in infants recently.
- Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claimed the deaths were fabricated by the state.
- The CDC initially reported the deaths but removed them from the public website after Kennedy’s intervention.
- The deaths remain recorded internally by the CDC but are not shown in the public measles death data.
- The public note on the CDC website about the deaths was changed, removing earlier language that suggested uncertainty about the cause of death.
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