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The epicenter of the largest active measles outbreak in the United States in over 30 years is Pennsylvania.

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Key Details of the Outbreak

• Location and Scope: The outbreak has hit Pennsylvania particularly hard, spanning across 39 of the state’s 67 counties.

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• Case Count and Fatalities: State health authorities have confirmed nearly 950 casesmarking the state’s highest concentration in three decades. Pennsylvania has reported five measles-related deaths connected to this wave.

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• National Context: Nationally, the U.S. has seen an ongoing resurgence of measles, surpassing over 2,300 cases across dozens of states, making it the most severe nationwide surge since the early 1990s.

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• Primary Drivers: Public health officials link the severity of the surge largely to declining routine MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccination coverage and increasing vaccine exemptions in local communities, allowing one of the world’s most contagious airborne pathogens to spread rapidly among unvaccinated individuals.

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