Wisconsin reports measles death of a baby, first death in over 35 years
Next week, experts will determine if the US has lost its measles elimination status.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/11/wisconsin-reports-measles-death-of-a-baby-first-death-in-over-35-years/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
"The coroner listed the immediate cause of death as measles", but we don't know if the infant had an underlying health condition.
This scaremongering and politicization of health has to stop.
If Ars Technica did minimum reporting, it would be a direct question to Wisconsin's state epidemiologist, Dr. Ryan Westergaard: Did the child have any significant preexisting medical conditions, or was the death attributable to complications arising from measles in an otherwise healthy infant?