LowvilleMeasles killed a child in Lewis County, the state’s first death in 30 years.
New York counted 178 cases by 24 October, 170 of them outside New York City.
The US stopped domestic spread in 2000 by holding coverage above 95%, and it has since slipped below.
The CDC has confirmed 3 measles deaths nationwide this year, while Pennsylvania alone reports 5.
The US loses its measles elimination status in November if one strain keeps spreading past 12 months.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 250+ reports worldwide
- Aol leans critical
- ties the child's death to federal vaccine policy changes, quoting Hochul's attack on Washington's erosion of protections
- NDTV
- places the death within the Pennsylvania death-count dispute and the CDC's unusual confirmation process for measles deaths
- STAT
- reports the state's disaster emergency declaration that widened who can administer measles vaccines to paramedics and midwives