Two Lancaster County infants previously died in measles-related events, including a six-week-old female with a severe genetic condition whose death was attributed directly to measles by Stephen Diamantoni, a Republican elected coroner in 2007. A newborn boy also died from a ruptured spleen following his unvaccinated mother’s severe labor illness, a situation state guidelines count as measles-associated despite Diamantoni’s dispute. Nevertheless, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—currently headed by anti-vaccine activist and US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—has omitted both infant deaths from federal counts under a newly instituted rule that HHS did not clarify when contacted by Ars Technica. Kennedy publicly challenged these fatalities and engaged in a fiery internet dispute with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro,
