The Lancaster County coroner is urging vaccination after a third measles-associated death.
The article says Pennsylvania has reported a fifth measles-associated death as the outbreak grows.
It says 32 new measles cases were reported in Lancaster County in a single week.
The piece says Pennsylvania’s confirmed measles total is nearing 1,000 cases.
Records cited say the state tried to reach a coroner who had doubted a measles-linked death.
That doubt sparked anti-vaccine outcry, the article says, while experts still back immunization.
One report says the CDC is still not counting all of the regional deaths.
Officials say unvaccinated people face the highest risk of severe illness and death.
Read the full article on the Lancaster County measles deaths and the case counts.
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