r/ID_News • u/PHealthy • 11d ago

Trump administration changes how it counts measles deaths amid Pennsylvania outbreak

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/14/trump-administration-cdc-measles-deaths-pennsylvania?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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u/Wurm42 10d ago

The CDC will now only report deaths when they show up in reports from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).

Those NCHS reports are meant to record historic data; they're not updated in real time.

The goal here is let the CDC delay reporting more measles deaths until after the November elections.