Pennsylvania measles cases this year have led to 98 hospitalizations and two deaths, prompting a surge in vaccinations statewide.

Measles is highly contagious and can cause pneumonia, brain swelling, long-term complications, and, in rare cases, death. Nearly 20% of people with measles are hospitalized; about 1 to 3 per 1,000 cases result in death.

A 6-week-old Amish baby with a rare neurological genetic disorder died from measles at home in Lancaster County around Aug. 18. Lancaster County coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni told Lancaster Online-LNP that the infant had Amish lethal microcephaly,

Lancaster County commissioners are facing renewed calls to create a county health department as the area remains at the center of Pennsylvania's measles outbreak.

What’s happening with measles in Pennsylvania? There is currently a disagreement between local health officials and the feds over whether there are one, two, or no measles deaths in the ongoing outbreak there.

Pennsylvania health officials are warning that visitors to a turnpike service plaza last month might have been exposed to measles. The Pennsylvania Department of Health said a person who does not live in the state tested positive for measles after stopping at the New Stanton service plaza on the westbound turnpike in Westmoreland County on Aug.