2026-09-29T12:41:14.08Z / 路透社
作者：西迪·马阿托莱（Siddhi Mahatole）
2026年9月29日 格林尼治标准时间12:41 更新于51分钟前
2025年3月14日，美国纽约州新海德帕克市科恩儿童医疗中心入口外悬挂着麻疹预警标识。路透社/香农·斯塔普尔顿 档案照片
- 疾控中心未确认两起麻疹死亡病例发生所在州
- 美国卫生与公众服务部告诉路透社，国家卫生统计中心已核实另一起死亡病例，麻疹被列为根本死因
- 疾控中心表示，随着调查持续及更多信息浮出水面，死亡总数可能发生变化
9月29日（路透社）——美国疾病控制与预防中心周二确认，美国今年年内出现第二例麻疹相关死亡病例，目前全美麻疹病例数持续攀升。
该机构官网发布的确认信息未指明两起死亡病例发生在哪些州，但数据显示，截至9月24日，美国境内麻疹感染病例达3659例。
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受疫情冲击最严重的宾夕法尼亚州今年已报告4例麻疹相关死亡病例，但疾控中心未将其纳入全国统计数据。
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这一数据差异成为宾夕法尼亚州州长乔希·夏皮罗与美国卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪之间争议的焦点，双方争执的核心是州政府报告的死亡病例是否应纳入联邦统计 tally。
疾控中心已转而采用国家卫生统计中心的死亡率数据来统计全国麻疹死亡人数，不再依赖各州卫生部门上报的数据——这一做法引发了审查。
约翰·霍普金斯大学健康安全中心高级学者阿梅什·阿达尔贾表示，宾夕法尼亚州统计数据与联邦统计数据之间的差距可能会削弱公众信心。
“在公众看来，这种差距要么是失职，要么是隐瞒，”阿达尔贾说道，并补充称这可能会给疫苗怀疑论者提供借口，声称这些死亡病例“是编造或夸大的”。
监管疾控中心的美国卫生与公众服务部告诉路透社，国家卫生统计中心已收到另一个州上报的麻疹相关死亡病例，并核实麻疹为该病例的根本死因。
上周确认的首例死亡病例同样是在国家卫生统计中心核实麻疹被列为根本死因后才被纳入统计的。
疾控中心表示，其正在与各州流行病学家合作制定麻疹相关死亡病例的统一定义标准。该机构称，随着更多信息出炉及调查完成，死亡统计数据可能会发生变化。
（补充了第6至7段的专家评论及第8段的卫生与公众服务部回应）
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US CDC confirms two measles-related deaths in 2026
2026-09-29T12:41:14.08Z / Reuters
By Siddhi Mahatole
September 29, 2026 12:41 PM UTC Updated 51 mins ago
A measles alert sign hangs outside the entrance to the Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York, U.S., March 14, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
- CDC did not identify the states where the confirmed two measles deaths occurred
- HHS told Reuters NCHS verified another death, with measles listed as underlying cause
- CDC said totals may change as reviews continue and more information emerges
Sept 29 (Reuters) – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday confirmed a second measles-related death in the country this year, as cases continue to rise across the United States.
The confirmation, posted on the agency’s website, did not specify in which states the deaths occurred but showed 3,659 measles infections in the US as of September 24.
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Pennsylvania, the hardest hit by the outbreak, reported four measles-related deaths this year, but the CDC had not included them in its national tally.
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The discrepancy has become the focus of a dispute between Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over whether deaths reported by the state should be counted in the federal tally.
The CDC has shifted to using mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) for its national measles death count, moving away from reliance on state health departments — drawing scrutiny.
Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, said the gap between Pennsylvania’s tally and the federal count risked undermining public confidence.
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“To the public, that gap looks like either incompetence or concealment,” Adalja said, adding that it could give vaccine skeptics grounds to argue that the deaths were “invented or inflated.”
The US Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the CDC, told Reuters that the NCHS had received another report from a state of a measles-related death and verified that measles was the underlying cause.
Last week’s first confirmed fatality was similarly added after the NCHS verified that measles was listed as the underlying cause of death.
The CDC has said it is working with state epidemiologists on a standard definition for measles-related deaths. The agency said its death count could change as additional information becomes available and reviews are completed.
Adds expert comments in paragraph 6-7, HHS response in paragraph 8
Reporting by Siddhi Mahatole in Bengaluru; Editing by Diti Pujara
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