According to the state of Pennsylvania, four “total confirmed measles-associated deaths” have resulted from an ongoing outbreak. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Trump have sought to distance the deaths from measles, with the official national death count at zero.

Pennsylvania's health secretary, Dr. Debra L. Bogen, criticized the C. D.

C.'s refusal to publicly recognize the deaths. Former officials Dr. Debra Houry and Dr. Demetre Daskalakis noted that federal pushback did not occur during Texas's 2025 outbreak, suggesting partisan motivation. Kennedy fired all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, replacing experts with vaccine-skeptical allies.

At the Children's Health Defense conference, Kennedy did not mention the outbreak, while MAHA Institute president Mark Gorton called for ending the government's vaccine program.