# Another child dies of measles as CDC reportedly holds up health alert

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/another-child-dies-of-measles-as-cdc-reportedly-holds-up-health-alert/
- Published: 2026-11-03T17:21:29+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T20:40:26+00:00
- Original publisher: Ars Technica
- Original article: https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/11/another-child-dies-of-measles-as-cdc-reportedly-holds-up-health-alert/
- Topics: Health, Medicine

## Key points

- A child’s death is New York’s first measles-related fatality in over 30 years.
- Seven measles-linked deaths have been reported in the US this year.
- CDC scientists’ planned pregnancy-risk alert was reportedly blocked.

## Summary

A child in New York has died of measles, the state’s first reported measles-related death in more than 30 years. The death is the seventh linked to measles in the US this year, amid falling vaccination rates and growing outbreaks; Governor Kathy Hochul blamed federal policies and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine activism.

New York has recorded 170 cases across more than a dozen counties, while Pennsylvania has reported more than 1,430 cases and the other six US deaths. Separately, reports say CDC leaders blocked career scientists from issuing a clinician alert about measles risks during pregnancy, delaying guidance as they consider other ways to publish it. New York has not disclosed the child’s age or further case details.

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