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Health officials in Pennsylvania have announced another death related to measles, the sixth overall in the state and the U.S. since the beginning of this year.

Officials identified the person who died as a 39-year-old woman from Franklin County. The individual was reportedly not vaccinated against the virus. The county coroner described the cause of death as a “probable acute cardiac event due to possible complications of the measles.”

The state is facing a large measles outbreak, accounting for about a quarter of all measles cases identified across the country since January 1, 2026. As of Tuesday morning, over 4,260 measles cases have been reported in the U.S., 1,152 of them from Pennsylvania alone. Both South Carolina and Texas are also reporting close to 1,000 measles cases.

Notably, the vast majority of people who have tested positive for measles are unvaccinated, with only 3 percent of cases affecting a person who has received the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) shot.

Death from measles is rare but not unheard of, with about one to three deaths occurring for every 1,000 cases, some estimates show. The virus can also cause lifetime neurological and/or respiratory........

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