宾夕法尼亚州报告第三例麻疹相关死亡病例

宾夕法尼亚州报告了一名40岁女性因麻疹并发症死亡，这是该州疫情中的第三例死亡病例13。此前已有两名婴幼儿因麻疹相关原因去世，其中一例婴儿因脾脏破裂而亡1。杰佛逊县首席副验尸官杰森·斯蒂弗表示："麻疹可导致任何年龄人群的严重并发症"1。

截至上周，宾州在37个县报告了近700例麻疹病例，疫情主要集中在兰开斯特和米夫林县的大型农业社区1。在未接种疫苗的患者中，每5人中有1人需要住院治疗，每1000名患者中有1至3名儿童死亡1。美国疾控中心数据显示小学入学者的疫苗接种率持续下降，包括麻疹、腮腺炎和风疹疫苗的接种率1。

美国卫生部长罗伯特·肯尼迪曾要求疾控中心从其统计中排除宾州两例死亡，称其中一例由遗传疾病引起1。

Pennsylvania has confirmed the death of a 40-year-old woman from measles-related complications, marking the state's third fatality linked to its ongoing measles outbreak 1. This latest death represents a significant escalation in the crisis, which has already claimed the lives of two infants, one of whom died from a ruptured spleen 1.

The outbreak has spread rapidly across the state, with nearly 700 confirmed cases reported across 37 counties as of last week 1. The disease has concentrated primarily in large agricultural communities in Lancaster and Mifflin counties 1. Among unvaccinated individuals, one in five measles patients require hospitalization, and an estimated one to three children per 1,000 measles patients die from the disease 1. Jefferson County health officials confirmed this was their county's first measles-related death 2.

The outbreak coincides with declining vaccination rates among elementary school entrants across the United States, including for the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine, according to CDC data 1. Jefferson County's chief deputy coroner, Jason Stiffler, emphasized that "measles can cause severe complications in people of any age" 1. Additionally, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy previously requested that the CDC exclude two Pennsylvania deaths from its statistics, claiming one was caused by a genetic disease rather than measles 1.