CDC acknowledges one Pennsylvania measles death

[Medical syringe needle with measles, mumps, rubella label MR Or MMR vial of vaccine.] Md Ariful Islam/iStock via Getty Images * After weeks of resistance, the CDC has now acknowledged one of the four measles-related deaths [https://seekingalpha.com/news/4643297-measles-claims-fourth-death-in-pennsylvania-amid-rising-vaccine-hesitancy] reported by Pennsylvania. * The CDC's "Measles Cases and Outbreaks" page lists 3,471 cases nationwide as of Sept. 18. There were 2,289 in all of 2025. * Of the 3,471 cases, 9% — 301 individuals — have resulted in hospitalizations [https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html]. In addition, of all cases, 95% were in those not vaccinated with the MMR shot, which Merck (MRK) and GSK (GSK) market in the U.S.