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Last updated Saturday, November 7, 2026 — 3:30 AM EST
Health officials confirmed the death of an unvaccinated infant in southwestern Wisconsin, the state’s first measles fatality since 1990 and the third US measles-associated death this week, bringing this year’s toll to at least eight.
New York health officials reported the state’s first measles-associated death in more than 30 years, a child in rural Lewis County, as the statewide outbreak reached 178 cases this year.
Dr. Jennifer Shuford, the CDC deputy director and chief medical officer appointed by President Trump in April, will leave the agency Nov. 12, the latest departure in a cycle of leadership turnover at the agency.
French authorities confirmed the first known human case of the Shamonda virus, a livestock virus mainly found in cattle, in a patient in Lyon who died in early October.
