Wisconsin reports its first measles death in decades, the third in the U.S. this week

An infant in Wisconsin has died of measles, the state health department said Thursday — the third measles-related death reported in the U.S.this week.
It’s Wisconsin’s first measles-related death since 1990, the health department said, adding that a coroner had listed measles as the infant’s immediate cause of death.The news came just one day after Pennsylvania’s health department reported a measles-associated death there — the state’s sixth this year.The department said Wednesday that an unvaccinated resident in Jefferson County who tested positive for measles had died.For SubscribersFOR SUBSCRIBERS‘Everyone was mad’: How anger helped fuel Latino voter turnout and a historic Democratic shift in TexasFOR SUBSCRIBERSDemocrats’ midterm win threatens to disrupt Trump’s fragile truce with XiFOR SUBSCRIBERSScott Colom criticizes Democrats for writing off Mississippi amid close Senate vote countFOR SUBSCRIBERSAre we approaching a new era of Alzheimer’s prevention?FOR SUBSCRIBERSMaps: How the vote shifted from the 2024 presidential election to 2026FOR SUBSCRIBERSAnger over GOP education agenda fueled blue sweeps in Texas, advocates sayFOR SUBSCRIBERSMicroplastics are altering the color of the ocean, and the changes can be seen from spaceFOR SUBSCRIBERSDemocratic Senate set to thwart Trump’s Supreme Court and judicial appointmentsFOR SUBSCRIBERSHow an unlikely Virginia law could offer a path to justice after a Texas campus sexual assaultFOR SUBSCRIBERSNewly elected Democrats could become 2028 power brokersFOR SUBSCRIBERSStudents’ scrolling thousands of YouTube videos shows need for stricter rules, officials sayFOR SUBSCRIBERSEven before election, Trump’s White House was prepping for Democratic investigationsFOR SUBSCRIBERSInside the miscalculations that cost Trump control of CongressFOR SUBSCRIBERSWhat Democrats plan to do with House majority: Investigate Trump and tackle affordabilityFOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump discussing possible Hegseth replacem...