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Child dies of measles in New York, seventh US measles death this year

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New York health officials reported a child's measles death, the state's first in over 30 years and the seventh in the US this year. Six of the deaths were in Pennsylvania, which has over 1,430 cases this year. The article links the outbreaks to falling vaccination rates and criticises the US health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., for his past and current stance on vaccines.

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