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The Developer · Sep 4, 2026

Kennedy Asked CDC to Exclude Pennsylvania Measles Deaths From Federal Tally, Sources Say

The intervention followed the agency’s acceptance of the state’s findings, placing the reliability of federal outbreak reporting at the center of a political fight.

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