Pennsylvania raises alarm on congenital measles Stephanie Soucheray, MA October 20, 2026

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/pennsylvania-raises-alarm-congenital-measles?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--ps59d-hTh2ReYp8IWpxIm9o8OMYpr60As50Wm-3B-Jnffi6nYGWN3n9_xdHmMPmHS_0C-KFVbzKKuaQbp8XVnucy1lg&_hsmi=445305746&utm_content=445305746&utm_source=hs_email CIDRAP: Pennsylvania Raises Alarm On Congenital Measles A new health alert from the Pennsylvania Department of Health is warning doctors about congenital measles, a disease that was once extremely rare in the United States. But now that dozens of pregnant Pennsylvania women have contracted measles in the state’s ongoing outbreak, the potentially fatal infection passed from mother to baby in utero is poised to pose clinical challenges for physicians facing a disease they’ve never seen in practice. (Soucheray, 10/20)