A 40-year-old Pennsylvania woman has died from complications linked to measles, marking the third measles-related death reported in the state this year.
The woman died Saturday, according to Jefferson County Coroner Greg Furlong, who described the case as “measles-related” in a Facebook post.
Furlong did not release her identity, identifying her only as a Jefferson County resident. The rural county is located about 50 miles, or 80 kilometers, northeast of Pittsburgh.
“This is a heartbreaking loss for the family and an unfortunate reminder that measles can be a serious and potentially life-threatening disease,” Furlong said in the post.
The coroner’s post did not disclose whether the woman had been vaccinated against measles and said no additional information about the case would be made public.
Pennsylvania’s two earlier measles-related deaths this year involved infants, both of whom died in August. In one case, a coroner said measles itself was the cause of death.
One of the infants, a boy, died shortly after birth following a ruptured spleen. Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni said the boy had measles, but the illness did not contribute to the spleen rupture.
Measles was instead listed as a “significant condition” at the time of his death.
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The second infant, a 6-week-old girl with a genetic disorder that made her especially susceptible to infections, died from measles, Diamantoni told The Associated Press.
The girl was born with Amish lethal microcephaly, a condition that results in an unusually small head and an underdeveloped brain. Children born with the condition generally live for six months or less.
The first dose of measles vaccine is typically given to infants around 1 year old, meaning neither infant was old enough to be vaccinated.
As of Friday, Pennsylvania had 676 measles cases in 37 of the state’s 67 counties. Of those cases, 124 involved hospitalizations and four people who were vaccinated against measles, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
The three measles-related deaths reported by state and local officials as of Sunday did not square with figures of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which showed no such deaths this year.
“The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) does not currently have any death records from 2026 that indicate measles is the underlying cause,” read the CDC website Sunday.
Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, and Republican President Donald Trump’s administration have clashed over details of the two previous deaths in the state.
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