The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to internally record two measles fatalities that were removed from its public data following a directive from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to reports released today.
Reuters reported early today that Kennedy instructed CDC Director Erica Schwartz to remove the deaths from the agency’s website. Internal sources indicated that CDC staff had already reviewed the case information and concurred with the classification of the deaths as measles-related. Despite this assessment, Schwartz proceeded with the deletion without objection.
The two individuals who died were a newborn and a child, as reported by health officials in Pennsylvania last week. Their deaths were temporarily added to and then removed from the CDC website within hours on August 30.
The deletions come amidst a significant ongoing measles outbreak in Pennsylvania, which has resulted in 540 confirmed cases to date, including 119 new infections in the past week.
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