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- U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. changed the measles death-counting rule.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will count only deaths where measles is listed as an underlying cause.
- Death-certificate verification may take weeks, delaying the national tally.
- CDC has accepted only two of five state-reported measles deaths this year.
- Over 6,300 infections and at least eight deaths have been reported since early 2025.
