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Pennsylvania politicians from both sides of the aisle are front and center in Dallas for ‘Trumpalooza’

While U.S. Sen. John Fetterman said he was there as a "pragmatic" senator, U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean joined some Democrats for “counter-programming.”

Sep 11 • 6:30 AM EDT • Politics • whyy.org

What health officials should learn from Pennsylvania’s measles fracas

States will need to be better prepared to defend their determinations of measles deaths.

Sep 11 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com

Fact check: Trump, RFK Jr. and others make false claims on night 2 of GOP convention

(CNN) — President Donald Trump delivered another rapid-fire series of false claims on the second night of Republicans’ midterm convention on Thursday. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did his own barrage of wrongness. And various other speakers uttered statements that were untrue, misleading or missing critical context.Here is a fact check of some of the assertions from the final day of the convention. This is not intended as a comprehensive list of Thursday’s falsehoods.Trump’s many false claimsTrump made numerous false claims, some of which he also made in his longer speech Wednesday.Trump claimed that there were “no empty seats” in the Dallas arena as he spoke Thursday, which was visibly untrue. CNN White House correspondent Alayna Treene, who was there, wrote in a live chat right after Trump made the claim that “I’m looking at rows of empty seats” and that “the idea that there are ‘no empty seats’ is just laughably untrue,” though she also said the room was mostly full. Trump has for years made false claims about supposedly never having had an empty seat.Trump further inflated one of his favorite fictional figures, claiming Thursday that “$22 trillion” in investment has come into the US; on Wednesday, he had put it at “over $20 trillion,” and even that lower figure has no apparent basis in reality. As of the time he spoke Thursday, the White House’s own website claimed there had been “$11.2 trillion” in “major investment announcements” this term, not “over $20 trillion,” and the White House figure was itself a major exaggeration of actual investment.Trump, talking about elections, lied that “there’s never been bigger cheaters” than Democrats; there is no basis for broadly describing Democrats as election cheaters. For the second straight night, Trump falsely claimed that the Biden administration allowed “25 million people” to pour into the country, though that number is nowhere close to correct. Trump again falsely claimed that former President Joe Biden and other Democrats “created the worst inflation in American history,” though even peak Biden-era inflation, 9.1% in June 2022, was far from the all-time record of 23.7%; it was a 40-year high, but the rate then fell sharply before Trump returned to office.Trump also baselessly claimed that Democrats would “defund the police” and give “voting rights and welfare to 25 million illegal aliens” if they won the midterms. Republicans will still control the White House in 2027 and 2028 and the president would be in position to veto any such changes if a Democratic-controlled Congress sought to make them, but there is no indication that Democrats want to do so. Also, even groups favoring strict immigration policies estimate that the total undocumented population is far less than “25 million” or even 20 million.As he did Wednesday, Trump claimed the US now has the world’s lowest prescription drug prices. The assertion is so broad that it is unclear what exactly Trump is referencing. But experts told CNN they highly doubt that the prices for brand-name drugs in the US are generally less than they are in other countries, and the Trump administration has not provided details to prove the claim.“It’s tough to claim that you’re getting the lowest prices anywhere in the world and then also not have any evidence to support that,” said Andrew Mulcahy, a senior health economist at RAND, while Diederik Stadig, senior healthcare economist at financial institution ING, said, “To say that the US now has the lowest drug prices in the world is at this moment not true.”And as he did Wednesday, Trump said “more Americans are working today than ever before” – which is true but nearly meaningless, since the number of people working in the US generally rises over time simply because the population rises over time.“There are more Americans working because there are more Americans. That’s the entire analysis,” Justin Wolfers, a University of Michigan professor of public policy and economics, wrote in his newsletter in August.RFK Jr.’s false claims on the pandemic, Trump’s record and moreFalse claim about Democrats and the 2024 electionKennedy unsuccessfully ran for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination before withdrawing to run as an independent and then eventually endorsing Republican candidate Donald Trump. In Kennedy’s Thursday convention speech, he complained of how the Democrats handled the nomination race.At one point, he said, “For the first time in history, they cancelled their own convention. No voter ever cast a primary ballot for Kamala Harris, no elected delegate was ever consulted; the party of ‘No Kings’ simply anointed a queen.”Kennedy is entitled to express unhappiness about how quickly Democratic leaders coalesced around then-Vice President Harris after Biden unexpectedly dropped out of the race in July 2024, after the primaries were over and less than four months from Election Day. But it’s not true that the party canceled its convention or that delegates didn’t get any say.The convention was held; it was a four-day event in Chicago in August 2024. Democratic convention delegates officially nominated Harris in a virtual roll call vote in advance of the convention. It’s true that Harris was the only candidate on the roll call ballot, but that’s because she was the only candidate who gathered enough delegate signatures to appear on the ballot.It’s clear that party elites’ backing of Harris played a key role in the unusual nomination process. But Kennedy’s specific allegations that the convention was abandoned and delegates were cut out of the process are not true.False claim that Democrats closed ‘every church’ during the Covid-19 pandemicWhile attacking Democrats, Kennedy claimed that, during the Covid-19 pandemic, “They closed every church in our country for a year.”It’s not true that every church in the country was closed for a year, nor even that every church in a Democratic state was closed for a year.Every state issued some type of guidance or order about social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic, but many states – including some led by Democrats and some led by Republicans – incorporated religious exemptions into those limitations on social interactions.According to a Pew Research Center analysis from April 2020, 15 states allowed religious gatherings to continue without a limit on their size. That set of states included Colorado, Michigan and Pennsylvania, which all had Democratic governors. And at least two states with Republican governors, Alaska and Idaho, were among the states that prohibited religious gatherings at least briefly.False claim that Trump ‘ended nine wars’Trump has repeatedly claimed that he has ended “eight wars.” Kennedy went one higher on Thursday, declaring, “President Trump has ended nine wars.”That’s false. Trump hasn’t even ended eight wars.Trump’s list of eight includes two situations that were never actually wars during his tenure: a diplomatic dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia and a mysterious supposed situation between Serbia and Kosovo. The list also includes a war, involving Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, that hasn’t actually ended despite a peace agreement brokered by the Trump administration.In addition, the list includes the war between Israel and Hamas, but Israel continues to conduct frequent attacks in Gaza despite a US-brokered ceasefire agreement. And it includes the brief 2025 conflict between Israel and Iran, though Israel proceeded to join the US in starting another war against Iran in 2026.Claim about reversing a decline in longevityKennedy speaking of the Trump administration, claimed Thursday: “We have now reversed a 30-year decline in longevity. “Kennedy referenced preliminary data that he said he had received from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week, but it’s unclear what metric of longevity he’s referring to.CDC data shows that US life expectancy had been steadily increasing for decades before a sharp drop during the Covid-19 pandemic. Life expectancy had already started to rebound in 2022, under the Biden administration, and reached a new record high in 2024 before Trump’s second term began.Preliminary data shared by the CDC in July suggests that life expectancy probably hit another record high in 2025.CNN has reached out to HHS for clarification on Kennedy’s comments.Claim that Democrats ‘lost 360,000 children’Speaking about Democrats, Kennedy said: “They somehow lost 360,000 children and they turned our federal government into the biggest child trafficking operation in world history.”Trump and other Republicans have made similar claims. But there’s no basis for the assertion that Democrats “lost” so many children or that the federal government was engaged in human trafficking.A 2024 report from the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security said Immigration and Customs Enforcement had reported that more than 32,000 unaccompanied migrant children failed to appear as scheduled for immigration court hearings after being released or transferred out of custody between fiscal years 2019 and 2023 – a period that, notably, includes two years and four months under the first Trump administration. The report also said that 291,000 unaccompanied migrant children during this period were not given notices to appear in court.The report said that ICE had “no assurances” these children “are safe from trafficking, exploitation, or forced labor.” But it did not say all the children were actually “lost” and did not definitively assert that any of them were trafficked – let alone that the government was somehow involved in a trafficking operation. And, again, the report spanned parts of both a Republican administration and a Democratic administration.Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, told CNN in 2024: “Long story short, no, there are not 320,000 kids missing. 32,000 kids missed court. That doesn’t mean they’re missing, it means they missed court (either because their sponsor didn’t bring them or they are teenagers who didn’t want to show up). The remaining 291,000 cases mentioned by the (Office of the Inspector General) are cases where ICE hasn’t filed the paperwork to start their immigration court cases.”Vance on inflation, crime and taxes on Social SecurityA false claim about the media and Biden-era inflationVice President JD Vance mocked the media during part of his speech on Thursday. But he made a false claim about Biden-era inflation while lampooning how the media supposedly challenged him over another false claim on that subject.Vance said: “The president and I would go during a campaign, we’d say, ‘You know, inflation is as high as it’s been in 100 years,’ and the fake news would say, ‘No, no, no, it’s as high as it’s been in 68 years.’ That ain’t good, ladies and gentlemen.”Mainstream journalists, at least, wouldn’t say that inflation under Biden was as high as it had been “in 68 years.” Rather, CNN and others noted that peak inflation under the Biden administration, 9.1% in June 2022, was the highest in about 40 years.Vance is entitled to make his general point that this correction still doesn’t make Biden-era inflation sound good, but his specific number was, again, wrong. And he didn’t acknowledge that inflation fell sharply under Biden after hitting the 40-year high, declining to 2.9% in Biden’s last full month in office, December 2024, and 3.0% in January 2025, when Trump and Vance were inaugurated.The rate was 3.4% in July 2026, the most recent month for which data is available.Trump didn’t end taxes on Social SecurityVance claimed, “We’ve ended taxes on Social Security.” Several other convention speakers, including Rep. Lisa McClain of Michigan, Rep. Ryan Mackenzie of Pennsylvania and Ohio House candidate Derek Merrin, similarly said the administration has achieved “no tax on Social Security.”It hasn’t. The big domestic policy bill Trump signed in 2025 did create an additional, temporary $6,000-per-year tax deduction for individuals age 65 and older (which phases out for individuals earning $75,000 per year or more), but as the White House has implicitly acknowledged, millions of Social Security recipients will continue to pay taxes on their benefits even before the temporary new deduction expires after 2028.The Social Security Administration said in 2025 that “the bill ensures that nearly 90% of Social Security beneficiaries will no longer pay federal income taxes on their benefits.Claim about violent crime rate under BidenWhile criticizing the Biden administration, Vice President JD Vance claimed Thursday that the US “became a country where violent crime exploded, unless, of course, you could afford private security.”But violent crime did not explode under Biden. In fact, as FactCheck.org reported last month, data collected and published by the FBI shows that the national violent crime rate was at a lower level in 2023 and 2024, the last two full calendar years of Biden’s term, than it was in 2020, the last full calendar year of Trump’s first term. The year 2020 was highly unusual in many ways – violent crime jumped amid the Covid-19 pandemic – but Biden nonetheless left office with violent crime lower than it was when he took over. In fact, the 2024 violent crime rate was even lower than the 2019 rate under Trump before the pandemic.There was an increase in violent crime during the earlier part of Biden’s term. But given the subsequent decline, it’s misleading at best to claim violent crime “exploded” with no further context.Asked earlier this month about Trump’s similar previous claims to have reversed a Biden-era upswing in violence, crime data expert Jeff Asher said in an email: “No, crime began dropping significantly in 2023 during the Biden administration. Murder fell at record rates in 2023, 2024 and 2025 and, while 2026 may not feature a record decline nationally, it is still on track to see a sizable double-digit decline this year. Violent crime similarly fell nationally in 2023 and 2024, though the drops were more muted than the decline that was recorded by the FBI in 2025.”Other GOP speakersMike Johnson’s false claim about the inflation Republicans inherited from BidenSome other speakers at the convention took aim at inflation under Biden. House Speaker Mike Johnson claimed that “Republicans inherited from the Biden administration record-high inflation.”That’s not true. The inflation rate was 2.9% in Biden’s last full month in office, December 2024, and 3.0% in January 2025, when Trump took over. That’s lower than the most recent rate, 3.4% in July 2026, and nowhere close to the all-time record of 23.7%, which was reached in 1920, or the highest point of Jimmy Carter’s presidency, 14.8%, which was reached in 1980.Johnson correctly said moments later that inflation reached “a 40-year high of 9.1% inflation” under Biden. But a 40-year high is not an all-time record. More importantly, Johnson didn’t explain that 9.1% was much higher than the rate Trump inherited or that the 9.1% rate occurred in June 2022, with roughly two-and-a-half years left in Biden’s term.The cumulative increase in prices from the beginning of the Biden administration to the end was also not the highest in US history. Federal figures show that beginning-to-end inflation under Biden was less than half of that during Carter’s term.What Johnson left out of his claim about a congressional resolutionWhile attacking Democrats as extreme, Johnson said: “Just last week, nearly every Democrat in the House of Representatives voted against condemning socialism and Marxism. They voted against it.”But the resolution didn’t use the word “Marxism.” And Johnson didn’t mention that the resolution wasn’t only about condemning socialism. Rather, it contained other language that Democratic leadership said was the focus of the party’s opposition to the resolution.The resolution’s first provision said it “condemns and denounces socialism in all its forms, including the Democratic Socialists of America, and opposes the implementation of socialist policies in the United States.” But its fifth provision said it “calls for enactment of the SAVE America Act,” Trump’s favored elections bill, which contains various provisions opposed by many Democrats.So while it’s very possible many Democrats would have opposed the resolution even without its expression of support for the SAVE America Act, the call to pass this elections bill served as a poison pill that ensured most Democrats wouldn’t support it.“House Resolution 1490 explicitly calls for enactment of the so-called SAVE America Act, which is the top legislative priority of far-right extremists,” Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a statement last week.A New Mexico candidate left out key context in an attack on his opponentGreg Cunningham, a Republican House candidate in New Mexico, used some of his Thursday speech to criticize his Democratic opponent, Rep. Gabe Vasquez. Cunningham said of Vasquez: “He even voted against a resolution honoring the sacrifices and service of the brave men and women in law enforcement who protect, every day, our communities.”But Cunningham left out important context about the resolution. While its focus was expressing support for law enforcement, its preamble contained statements praising the Trump administration and criticizing “leftist activists,” “progressive politicians” and “sanctuary city policies” for allegedly making law enforcement less safe.In other words, a House member might vote against such a resolution, as the vast majority of Democrats did, because they disagreed with conservative components of it, not the general expressions of support for law enforcement. (CNN has reached out to Vasquez’s campaign and House office for comment on his vote.) It’s common for parties to write resolutions in a way that would make it difficult for opponents to support but would open those opponents to campaign attacks if they voted “no.”An Ohio candidate’s misleading attack about Democrats and votingMerrin, the Republican candidate running against Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur for a House seat in Ohio, claimed in his speech, “While Democrats talk about letting illegal immigrants vote in our election, Republicans fight for proof of citizenship, photo ID and fair elections.”It’s a big country, so it’s possible some Democrat somewhere is talking about letting undocumented people vote in some election. But Merrin’s claim is misleading at best. There is no proposal from Democrats in Congress to let undocumented people vote in the 2026 midterms – the election Merrin appeared to be referring to when he said “our election” – or vote in future federal elections.CNN has reached out to Merrin’s campaign for an explanation of his claim.House Majority Leader Steve Scalise invoked a similar theme in his speech Wednesday, claiming that Democrats had voted last week “to allow illegals to vote in our federal elections.” But there was no congressional vote on letting undocumented immigrants vote in any elections.Rather, there was a vote on the non-binding Republican resolution that included multiple provisions, including one that “reiterates the notion that American elections are for American citizens only,” one supporting Trump’s favored elections bill and one denouncing socialism.Opposing that multi-clause resolution doesn’t necessarily mean someone supports voting by any non-citizens, let alone non-citizens in the country illegally.This article has been updated with additional items.CNN’s Deja Oliver contributed to this report.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.

Sep 10 • 9:46 PM EDT • Politics • applevalleynewsnow.com

Pennsylvania businesses and nonprofits face deadline on skill game machines

Businesses and nonprofits in Pennsylvania are facing uncertainty as state lawmakers prepare to decide the fate of skill game machines before an October 14 deadline.

Sep 10 • 7:27 PM EDT • Business • wgal.com

Pennsylvania's Largest Newspaper Calls Sen. John Fetterman 'An Embarrassment'

The editorial board of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the largest newspaper by circulation in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, penned a searing editorial criticizing the state's senior senator, John Fetterman. "News flash: U.S. Sen. John Fetterman is still an embarrassment. "The Pennsylvania Democrat enjoys one of the cushiest jobs in America, but…

Sep 10 • 3:17 PM EDT • Politics • politicspa.com

FOX43 News

Founded in 1952 under the call letters WSBA, WPMT-FOX43 is one of America's oldest operating UHF television stations. Over 50 years later, FOX43 is Central Pennsylvania's first choice in late news, evening comedies and major sporting events. http://www.fox43.com https://www.facebook.com/fox43news/ http://www.twitter.com/fox43 https://www.instagram.com/fox43/

Sep 10 • 10:10 AM EDT • Entertainment • youtube.com

Pennsylvania’s biggest Medicaid insurer is building political clout

Newtown Square-based AmeriHealth Caritas has boosted its political giving and lobbying. “That’s money that’s supposed to be going out to our hospitals,” said one Pennsylvania Republican lawmaker.

Sep 10 • 9:56 AM EDT • Politics • inquirer.com

BOOM! 2028 TE Luke Sohyda commits to Ohio State

BOOOM! Ohio State adds to their 2028 class with a commitment from Pennsylvania tight end Luke Sohyda

Sep 10 • 5:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Pa. Republican lawmakers say proposed Department of Health regulations pose privacy concerns

Pennsylvania’s Department of Health is facing widespread pushback from Republican lawmakers who say the agency’s plan for how it would respond to future infectious disease outbreaks would give health officials

Sep 10 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • lancasteronline.com

UToledo Health Offers Free Screenings to Detect Vascular Disease

The Great Lakes Vascular Institute in Sylvania Township offers free, noninvasive screenings for three common vascular conditions that often have no symptoms.

Sep 10 • 3:30 AM EDT • Health • news.utoledo.edu

Fetterman appears by video at GOP convention and says he’ll work with Trump

The U.S. senator from Pennsylvania described himself during his remarks as a “common-sense Democrat” who rejected socialism.

Sep 9 • 8:40 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com

Pennsylvania's measles outbreak grows to 624 cases

Pennsylvania's measles outbreak continues to grow, with health officials reporting an additional 91 new cases in the past seven days.

Sep 9 • 5:45 PM EDT • Health • 6abc.com

Pa. DOH: Measles cases this year surpasses 600

Harrisburg, Pa. — The Pa. Department of Health (DOH) today announced that 624 measles cases have been confirmed across 37 counties in Pennsylvania so far this year.

Sep 9 • 4:00 PM EDT • Politics • kten.com

Minuteman Press Franchise in Pennsylvania Named Minority Business of the Year

Jyoti Arora’s Minuteman Press Franchise in Chadds Ford, PA, is recognized by the Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry.

Sep 9 • 8:51 AM EDT • Business • thecannatareport.com

Cardinal Mooney graduate earns college football honor

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference made the announcement on Tuesday.

Sep 8 • 8:55 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Scientists confirm Newton’s gravity law

Gravity has survived its largest-scale test yet, holding up across distances of up to 230 megaparsecs, or about 750 million light-years. University of Pennsylvania physicists found that the force weakens with distance almost exactly as Newton’s equations predict, a relationship later incorporated into Einstein’s theory of general relativity. Galaxies and galaxy clusters move faster than...

Sep 8 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • theticker.org

Health experts, lawmakers push for Pa. kratom regulation; proponents warn they'll fight a ban

In Pennsylvania, kratom and more potent, related products remain legal. There are multiple bills moving through the statehouse that would ban or regulate them. But researchers warn there’s still a lot we don’t know.

Sep 8 • 4:31 AM EDT • Health • penncapital-star.com

Some Sylvan Beach businesses aren't ready to call it a season

Labor Day traditionally marks the unofficial end of summer in Sylvan Beach, but while some businesses are closing up for the season, others are hoping customers keep coming long after "Laffland" spooks its last rider.

Sep 7 • 6:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • romesentinel.com

Pennsylvania Democratic Congresswoman says her constituents are ‘upset’ with Sen. John Fetterman

Sep 7 • 3:46 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

6-week-old infant died of measles, Pennsylvania county coroner says

(CNN) — A girl born in Pennsylvania with a rare neurological disorder called Amish lethal microcephaly died of measles at around 6 weeks of age, the Lancaster County coroner said

Sep 6 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • wxow.com

Brandon McGinley: How the measles got political

In 1982, C. Everett Koop became Surgeon General of the United States. His unusual appearance — bright bowties and a mustache-less face framed by...

Sep 6 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • post-gazette.com

Camp Cranium zips ahead, despite funding uncertainty

Brain injury research and services funding faces lapsed legislation and fewer workers. Still, in rural Pennsylvania, children with acquired brain injuries gathered again this summer.

Sep 6 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • inquirer.com

Affordability takes center stage as Shapiro and Garrity craft their economic pitch for Pennsylvania voters

Exhausted by high gas prices and stagnant wages, voters most want the candidates to address cost-of-living concerns, according to a recent poll.

Sep 6 • 5:01 AM EDT • Politics • inquirer.com

Pa. Health insurers propose 2027 rate hikes as Pennsylvanians grapple with rising costs

Thousands of Pennsylvanians dropped their health plans purchased on the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace, Pennie, after the expiration of federal subsidies more than doubled monthly costs. Now, many health insurers that offer plans through Pennie are proposing rate increases for 2027.

Sep 6 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • wvia.org

Editorial: Pennsylvania measles deaths are the cost of poor public health leadership

The two recent measles-related deaths in Lancaster County, including that of a newborn, were the first in Pennsylvania in 35 years. Sadly, as vaccination rates decline across the commonwealth and

Sep 6 • 4:00 AM EDT • Health • thederrick.com

Pennsylvania’s measles crisis: Inside the nation’s largest outbreak

LANCASTER — For Hilda Smucker, the signs that her daughter was sickened with measles came soon after she arrived from camp. It started with tiny...

Sep 6 • 4:00 AM EDT • Health • post-gazette.com

The politics behind Pennsylvania's recent measles announcements

Critics accuse PA Gov. Josh Shapiro of politicizing two measles deaths in Lancaster County following clashes with HHS Secretary RFK Jr.

Sep 5 • 12:00 PM EDT • Politics • thehill.com

RFK Jr. accepts PA child died of measles, says Shapiro hastily ‘politicized’ death

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. acknowledged Friday that measles caused the death of an infant in Pennsylvania, after previously questioning the state’s reporting of two m…

Sep 5 • 11:48 AM EDT • Health • thehill.com

RFK Jr. acknowledges one measles death in Pennsylvania

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr acknowledged the infant's death but suggested the federal government would not yet recognize the fatality in official data.

Sep 4 • 11:15 PM EDT • Health • usatoday.com

Kennedy acknowledges one measles death in Pennsylvania

U.S. Health Secretary Robert ​F. Kennedy Jr acknowledged on Friday that measles caused the recent death of an infant in Pennsylvania, ‌citing information from a county coroner, but suggested the federal government would not yet recognize the fatality in official data amid a fast-growing national outbreak.

Sep 4 • 8:29 PM EDT • Health • reuters.com

Video: The C.D.C. Is Waging a Political Fight Over Measles Deaths

After Pennsylvania reported two measles deaths, the C.D.C. took the highly unusual step of challenging the state. Our reporter Apoorva Mandavilli explains how this tension between the Trump administration and states over health issues is creating confusion for Americans.

Sep 4 • 8:20 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com

C.D.C. Says No Deaths This Year Attributed to Measles

The agency’s weekly update escalates a political fight after Pennsylvania said two deaths had been caused by the virus.

Sep 4 • 6:28 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com

6-week-old infant died of measles, Pennsylvania county coroner says

A girl born in Pennsylvania with a rare neurological disorder called Amish lethal microcephaly died of measles at around 6 weeks of age, the Lancaster County coroner said Friday.

Sep 4 • 4:26 PM EDT • Health • cnn.com

Infant died of measles in Pennsylvania, coroner confirms

The Lancaster County coroner said he did not know if this death is one of the two disputed by federal health officials.

Sep 4 • 3:42 PM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com

Democrats Assail Fetterman After WSJ Report

The Journal’s reporting showed the Pennsylvania senator shirks many of his duties.

Sep 4 • 1:16 PM EDT • Politics • wsj.com

Fetterman Quiet Quits: 6 Wildest Takeaways From WSJ’s Story

A stunning new report alleges the Pennsylvania senator rebuffed meetings with veterans and children’s hospital officials while making time for Fox.

Sep 4 • 1:11 PM EDT • Politics • nymag.com

The behind-the-scenes effort to contain Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak

Public health workers are relying on word-of-mouth immunization clinics to fight the state’s growing outbreak.

Sep 4 • 11:55 AM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com

Blue Ridge Health plans new medical facility in Hendersonville

WLOS News 13 provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Asheville, NC and nearby towns and communities in Western North Carolina and the Upstate of South Carolina, including the counties of Buncombe, Henderson, Rutherford, Haywood, Polk, Transylvania, McDowell, Mitchell, Madison, Yancey, Jackson, Swain, Macon, Graham, Spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson, Union, Pickens, Oconee, Laurens, Greenwood, Abbeville and also Biltmore Forest, Woodfin, Leicester, Black Mountain, Montreat, Arden, Weaverville, Hendersonville, Etowah, Flat Rock, Mills River, Waynesville, Maggie Valley, Canton, Clyde, Franklin, Cullowhee, Sylva, Cherokee, Marion, Old Fort, Forest City, Lake Lure, Bat Cave, Spindale, Spruce Pine, Bakersville, Burnsville, Tryon, Columbus, Marshall, Mars Hill, Brevard, Bryson City, Cashiers, Greer, Landrum, Clemson, Gaffney, and Easley.

Sep 3 • 1:16 PM EDT • Health • wlos.com

Cresco buys 9 Pennsylvania weed stores from PharmaCann

The deal will increase Cresco’s store count in Pennsylvania to 27 from 18, making it the largest cannabis retailer and wholesaler in the state.

Sep 3 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com

Kennedy asked to remove Pennsylvania measles death from CDC tally, sources say

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked his new CDC director to remove a reference to two Pennsylvania deaths from the agency’s online measles tally after he questioned whether the disease contributed to the ​fatalities, three sources familiar with the situation said.

Sep 3 • 6:03 AM EDT • Health • reuters.com

‘Open your mail’: Pennsylvania begins notifying over 700,000 Medicaid enrollees about work requirements

In Philadelphia, city officials have plans to increase awareness and support services for residents who will be affected by the Medicaid changes.

Sep 3 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • whyy.org

Could PA insiders profit from political prediction markets?

Federal officials argue states can’t regulate prediction markets. 44 state attorneys general, including Pennsylvania’s, argue otherwise.

Sep 3 • 4:00 AM EDT • Politics • spotlightpa.org

Trumps' new CDC director ordered delay in counting 2 measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania

In a highly unusual move, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not counting two measles-associated deaths reported by the state of Pennsylvania.

Sep 2 • 5:22 PM EDT • Health • 6abc.com

WCU political expert explains Rep. Edwards' censure, breaks down overwhelming vote

WLOS News 13 provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Asheville, NC and nearby towns and communities in Western North Carolina and the Upstate of South Carolina, including the counties of Buncombe, Henderson, Rutherford, Haywood, Polk, Transylvania, McDowell, Mitchell, Madison, Yancey, Jackson, Swain, Macon, Graham, Spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson, Union, Pickens, Oconee, Laurens, Greenwood, Abbeville and also Biltmore Forest, Woodfin, Leicester, Black Mountain, Montreat, Arden, Weaverville, Hendersonville, Etowah, Flat Rock, Mills River, Waynesville, Maggie Valley, Canton, Clyde, Franklin, Cullowhee, Sylva, Cherokee, Marion, Old Fort, Forest City, Lake Lure, Bat Cave, Spindale, Spruce Pine, Bakersville, Burnsville, Tryon, Columbus, Marshall, Mars Hill, Brevard, Bryson City, Cashiers, Greer, Landrum, Clemson, Gaffney, and Easley.

Sep 2 • 8:21 AM EDT • Politics • wlos.com

Americans trust their doctors while second-guessing distant intermediaries—now more than ever

The general public is smiling at local healthcare providers while snarling at federal healthcare agencies, according to a survey report posted Aug. 31 by Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

Aug 31 • 8:39 PM EDT • Health • healthexec.com

C.D.C. Director Challenges Pennsylvania’s Report of Two Measles Deaths

Questioning a state’s investigation is highly unusual for the public health agency, but reflects tensions between the Trump administration and many states over health issues.

Aug 31 • 6:35 PM EDT • Health • nytimes.com

New CDC director delays adding Pennsylvania deaths to measles data

The deaths have been at the heart of a bitter political dispute between RFK Jr. and Gov. Josh Shapiro (D).

Aug 31 • 5:32 PM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com

US health officials exclude measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania from counts

RFK Jr, the health secretary, has suggested the death were ‘fabricated’ while the CDC claimed it was reviewing them

Aug 31 • 4:06 PM EDT • Health • theguardian.com

Measles deaths reported in Pennsylvania spark feud among politicians and health officials

Medical experts say the brouhaha has diverted focus from an exploding public health threat.

Aug 31 • 12:47 PM EDT • Health • pbs.org

Measles deaths reported in Pennsylvania spark feud among politicians and health officials

Medical experts say the brouhaha has diverted focus from an exploding public health threat.

Aug 31 • 12:47 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org

Officials press Pennsylvania health department on ‘measles-associated’ deaths

Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons wrote over the weekend. “If the governor disputes [the coroner’s] finding, he has a responsibility to say why in a clear, transparent way, rather than dismiss it. Nothing prevents him…

Aug 31 • 10:52 AM EDT • Health • baltimoresun.com

Pa. business owner guilty of using COVID money for personal use

A federal jury found a Pennsylvania man guilty of using COVID relief money to buy a house and a vehicle, among other things.

Aug 31 • 8:37 AM EDT • Business • wkbn.com

Public Confidence in One’s Own Healthcare Provider Remains High | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania

Americans’ confidence in their healthcare providers remains high while confidence in U.S. healthcare institutions has declined since the start of President Trump's second term, an APPC survey conducted from April 2021-August 2026 finds.

Aug 31 • 8:15 AM EDT • Health • annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org

Pennsylvania senator prepares for push to bring single-payer healthcare to the state

Sen. Nikil Saval, representing the commonwealth’s first district in Philadelphia, circulated a letter to colleagues last week announcing his plan to introduce legislation to bring universal healthcare coverage to every resident of the state.

Aug 30 • 11:04 PM EDT • Health • healthexec.com

The Family at the Center of Pennsylvania’s Measles Controversy

Two Amish parents grieving the loss of their newborn child tell their story.

Aug 30 • 7:20 PM EDT • Health • theatlantic.com

Governor Shapiro and US Health Secretary RFK Jr. trade jabs amid measles outbreak

(WHTM) — Measles mistrust and skepticism boiled over in Pennsylvania this week as deaths were announced and deaths were disputed. It led to a war of words between Governor Shapiro and U.S. He…

Aug 30 • 7:32 AM EDT • Health • abc27.com

How did nine children die in a 1991 Pennsylvania measles outbreak?

Several years ago, vaccine expert Paul Offit gave a speech to medical staff at a pediatric hospital, saying some parents choose not to immunize their children...

Aug 30 • 4:00 AM EDT • Health • post-gazette.com

Measles Outbreak In Pennsylvania— A Case Study In The Challenges Of Public Health

A public health expert explains how the measles outbreak in Pennsylvania exemplifies the challenges facing public health in America.

Aug 29 • 9:21 PM EDT • Health • forbes.com

When the Nation's Top Health Official Becomes the Outbreak's Biggest Obstacle

RFK Jr. cast doubt on confirmed measles-associated deaths during Pennsylvania's worst outbreak in decades.

Aug 29 • 10:45 AM EDT • Health • globalbiodefense.com

Pennsylvania lawmaker to propose bill establishing universal healthcare within the state

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — State Rep. Nikil Saval (D-Philadelphia) plans to introduce legislation that would establish a universal single-payer health care system in Pennsylvania. In a memo circulate…

Aug 28 • 11:16 PM EDT • Health • abc27.com

Measles deaths reported in Pennsylvania spark fight among politicians and health officials

NEW YORK — The recent announcement of Pennsylvania’s first measles-related deaths in decades has ignited a public feud among politicians and health officials who disagree over the role of the contagious disease in the fatalities.

Aug 28 • 9:51 PM EDT • Health • timesleader.com

RFK Jr. questions measles deaths in Pennsylvania

Click in for more news from The Hill{beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story RFK Jr. seizes on Shapiro’s measles statements Top Trump administration health officials are seiz…

Aug 28 • 7:59 PM EDT • Health • thehill.com

Measles deaths reported in Pennsylvania spark fight among politicians and health officials

The recent announcement of Pennsylvania’s first measles-related deaths in decades has ignited a public feud among politicians and health officials who disagree over the role of the contagious disease in the fatalities

Aug 28 • 7:18 PM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com

Trump says he will observe the 25th anniversary of 9/11 at the Pentagon

Vice President JD Vance will attend the New York observance and other administration officials will go to the ceremony in Shanksville, Pennsylvania

Aug 28 • 6:34 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

Trump says he will observe the 25th anniversary of 9/11 at the Pentagon

Vice President JD Vance will attend the New York observance and other administration officials will go to the ceremony in Shanksville, Pennsylvania

Aug 28 • 6:34 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

Trump says he will observe the 25th anniversary of 9/11 at the Pentagon

Vice President JD Vance will attend the New York observance and other administration officials will go to the ceremony in Shanksville, Pennsylvania

Aug 28 • 6:34 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

Political feud between Gov. Shapiro and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. erupts into high-stakes battle over vaccine safety

Amid a worsening measles outbreak that has sickened hundreds throughout the state, Gov. Josh Shapiro stepped to the podium during a press conference in...

Aug 28 • 5:20 PM EDT • Politics • post-gazette.com

Pennsylvania Department of Health reports 460 cases of measles in 31 counties

Death from measles, though rare, occurs in one to three patients per 1,000 cases, according to the press release.

Aug 28 • 2:47 PM EDT • Health • wfmz.com

Chautauqua County Health Department warns residents about measles

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Chautauqua County Health Department is warning residents about measles cases spreading across Western New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Measles is highly contagious.…

Aug 28 • 11:17 AM EDT • Health • wivb.com

Shapiro, Kennedy have war of words following 2 measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Department of Health this week recorded its first two measles-associated deaths in 35 years, both in people who were unvaccinated. The agency declined to provide further details, saying it was protecting patient privacy.

Aug 28 • 9:26 AM EDT • Health • 6abc.com

As a measles outbreak escalates in Pennsylvania’s Amish Country, exposures rattle people at risk

Measles is showing up in places where people who can’t be protected have to live, work or go to school.

Aug 28 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • cnn.com

Josh Shapiro is battling RFK Jr. over measles, and the politics are getting messy

A feud between the Pennsylvania governor and health secretary sparked by this week's reports of measles-related deaths laid bare the increasingly polarized politics of public health.

Aug 28 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com

Josh Shapiro is battling RFK Jr. over measles, and the politics are getting messy

A feud between the Pennsylvania governor and health secretary sparked by this week's reports of measles-related deaths laid bare the increasingly polarized politics of public health.

Aug 28 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com

Trump officials cast doubt on Pennsylvania measles death claims

Top Trump administration health officials are openly questioning the circumstances of two deaths that Pennsylvania officials attributed to measles. “We don’t know exactly what happened in P…

Aug 27 • 6:03 PM EDT • Health • thehill.com

Pennsylvania measles deaths prompt concerns for NJ health leaders

NJ health officials are urging people to stay up to date on immunizations following two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania.

Aug 27 • 3:55 PM EDT • Health • newjerseymonitor.com

A tragic Pennsylvania death is drawing attention to a growing health threat

Pennsylvania health officials confirmed that one of two measles-related deaths involved an infant as the state’s outbreak grows.

Aug 27 • 9:37 AM EDT • Health • cleveland.com

Baby among 2 reported measles deaths Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, health officials say

Pennsylvania officials say an infant was among the two unvaccinated patients who died while being infected with measles.

Aug 27 • 5:55 AM EDT • Health • 6abc.com

2028 Dem hopeful slaps Trump admin with lawsuit over mail-in-voting after major SCOTUS victory

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro joins 23 states suing USPS over Trump-backed mail-ballot rule, arguing Congress—not the president or Postal Service—sets federal election rules.

Aug 26 • 3:03 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

State sues Snapchat over alleged addictive features and adult content for kids

Pennsylvania is suing Snapchat parent Snap Inc. over allegations that the app encourages compulsive use among minors and misrepresents its safety and age-appropriate content

Aug 25 • 9:27 PM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com

FOX43 News

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Aug 25 • 3:40 PM EDT • Business • youtube.com

2 die from measles in Pennsylvania, health officials say

Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said Tuesday.

Aug 25 • 1:11 PM EDT • Health • abc7chicago.com

2 measles-related deaths reported in Pennsylvania, the state’s first in 35 years

Both people were unvaccinated. Their deaths, the first ones reported in the U.S. this year, came as the country registers the most measles cases in any year since 1991.

Aug 25 • 11:03 AM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com

Two people in Pennsylvania have died from measles

Two people have died due to measles in Pennsylvania, the state Department of Health said Tuesday. Both individuals were unvaccinated.

Aug 25 • 9:50 AM EDT • Health • cnn.com

Pennsylvania reports two deaths from measles, health department says

Pennsylvania reported two ​deaths related to ‌measles on Tuesday, the first such deaths ​in the ​state in 35 years, ⁠health officials said.

Aug 25 • 9:38 AM EDT • Health • reuters.com

Penn State CTSI releases 5-year impact report

For many communities across Pennsylvania, persistent challenges in access to care, chronic disease burden and health equity remain significant hurdles. Over the past five years, Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute has worked to bridge this gap with scientific discoveries that don't just stay in the lab, but are translated into real-world, sustainable health solutions.

Aug 25 • 8:50 AM EDT • Science • psu.edu

2 people die from measles in Pennsylvania

Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said Tuesday.

Aug 25 • 8:50 AM EDT • Health • abcnews.com

Allegheny Health Network and The START Center for Cancer Research Announce Strategic Collaboration to Expand Patient Access to Early-Phase Cancer Trials

/PRNewswire/ -- Allegheny Health Network ("AHN"), a 16-hospital integrated health system serving western Pennsylvania, and The START Center for Cancer Research...

Aug 25 • 8:01 AM EDT • Health • prnewswire.com

The science behind later school start times

As Pennsylvania districts consider later bells, Penn Medicine sleep and neuroscience experts explain why adolescent biology can make early school start times especially challenging.

Aug 25 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • penntoday.upenn.edu

John Fetterman’s Popularity With Republicans Surges, Poll Finds

Pennsylvania Republicans now view John Fetterman, the state’s Democratic senator, more favorably than its sitting G.O.P. senator, a New York Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena poll found.

Aug 25 • 5:48 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com