NY Declares Measles ‘Emergency’ as Neighboring PA Surpasses 1,000 Cases in Largest Outbreak in Decades

Photo: Afghan evacuees receive the Measles vaccine from 30th Medical Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command personnel at Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Germany September 18, 2021. Photo credit: SFC Aaron Duncan via DVIDS. Public Domain. Article by Stephen Prager. Common Dreams – October 6, 2026.

As measles cases surge around the country—including in neighboring Pennsylvania, where the largest outbreak in decades is surging—New York declared a measles “emergency” on Monday. The statewide emergency declaration, announced by Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, marks the first issued by a US state since last year, when the US saw over 2,000 cases of the illness after decades of it having been essentially eliminated. […]

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