<p>U.S. health officials and government agencies are currently not including two recent measles-associated deaths in Pennsylvania in their official counts. This decision has raised questions among health experts.</p><p>Debra Houry, former chief medical officer of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), stated, “This is highly unusual.” She pointed out that similar exclusions did not occur with three deaths reported from measles in Texas and New Mexico last year.</p>
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US health officials do not include recent measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania counts
U.S. health officials are excluding two recent measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania from their counts, a decision described as unusual by former CDC chief medical officer Debra Houry. This contrasts with previous cases in Texas and New Mexico where deaths were included in the counts.
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