39-year-old unvaccinated woman becomes 6th measles death in Pennsylvania

A 39-year-old unvaccinated woman in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, has become the sixth person to die of the highly infectious virus amid a state outbreak that has stricken over a thousand people since it began in April.

宾夕法尼亚州富兰克林县一名39岁未接种疫苗的女性成为该州麻疹疫情中的第六名死者。自今年4月疫情爆发以来，该州已有超过一千人感染这种高传染性病毒。

The woman died on Saturday, October 10. She had several underlying health conditions and had recently tested positive for measles, according to an advisory posted on social media by Franklin County Coroner Jordan Conner. The advisory noted that the woman’s death meets the definition of a measles death set by the state’s health department.

据富兰克林县验尸官乔丹·康纳（Jordan Conner）在社交媒体上发布的公告，该女子于10月10日星期六去世。她患有多种基础疾病，且近期麻疹检测呈阳性。公告指出，该女子的死亡符合州卫生部门对麻疹死亡病例的定义。

In an emailed statement to The Washington Post, the coroner’s office said the primary cause of death was listed as “probable acute cardiac event due to possible complications of the measles.” The previous five deaths amid the state’s measles outbreak included a newborn, a 6-week-old, an 18-year-old, a 20-year-old, and a 40-year-old. All the deceased were unvaccinated; the two infants were too young to have been vaccinated.

验尸官办公室在给《华盛顿邮报》的电子邮件声明中表示，其主要死因被列为“因麻疹可能引发的并发症而导致的急性心脏事件”。在该州此前的五起麻疹死亡病例中，包括一名新生儿、一名6周大的婴儿、一名18岁青年、一名20岁青年和一名40岁成年人。所有死者均未接种疫苗；两名婴儿因年龄太小而无法接种。

As of the latest measles update from Pennsylvania’s health department on Friday, October 9, there have been 1,136 cases in the state since the start of the year—1,124 of which are from the current outbreak. Overall, 218 people have been hospitalized. The outbreak, which now spans 41 of the state’s 67 counties, shows no signs of slowing. There had been 157 new cases reported just in the previous week.

根据宾夕法尼亚州卫生部门10月9日星期五发布的最新麻疹疫情通报，自今年年初以来，该州已累计报告1,136例病例，其中1,124例来自当前的疫情爆发。总计有218人住院治疗。此次疫情目前已蔓延至该州67个县中的41个，且没有放缓迹象。仅在过去一周内，就报告了157例新病例。

A spokesperson for the state health department told the Post that it is “aware” of the new death and is reviewing the case. It will provide an update once the review is complete. Measles, declared eliminated in the US in 2000, is roaring back amid misinformation and slipping vaccination rates. The nationwide measles case count for the year has hit 4,080, the highest total since 1991.

州卫生部门发言人告诉《华盛顿邮报》，他们已“知悉”这起新的死亡病例，并正在进行审查。审查完成后，他们将提供最新情况。麻疹曾于2000年在美国被宣布消除，但如今在虚假信息和疫苗接种率下降的背景下卷土重来。今年全美麻疹病例总数已达4,080例，为1991年以来的最高值。

Pennsylvania’s outbreak is also the largest on record since that year. The US is widely expected to lose its measles elimination status when experts from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) meet in November to review US measles data. Under anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has only included two of the six deaths so far in its reporting.

宾夕法尼亚州的疫情也是自1991年以来该州记录的最大规模疫情。外界普遍预计，当泛美卫生组织（PAHO）的专家于11月开会审查美国麻疹数据时，美国将失去其麻疹消除地位。在持反疫苗立场的卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪（Robert F. Kennedy Jr.）领导下，美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）迄今为止在其报告中仅纳入了六起死亡病例中的两起。

There were three measles deaths reported in the US in 2025. Prior to those deaths, there had not been a measles death reported in the country since 2015.

2025年美国共报告了三起麻疹死亡病例。在此之前，自2015年以来，美国国内未曾报告过麻疹死亡病例。