[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-coroner-confirms-measles-killed-six-week-old-pennsylvania-baby":10,"sections":41},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":30,"tags":31,"sources":36,"feedback":40,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":40,"total_tokens":40},6093,"coroner-confirms-measles-killed-six-week-old-pennsylvania-baby","Coroner Confirms Measles Killed Six-Week-Old Pennsylvania Baby","A Pennsylvania coroner confirmed measles caused the death of a six-week-old girl with a rare genetic condition, amid disputes over outbreak fatality counts.","A Pennsylvania coroner has confirmed that measles killed a six-week-old baby girl, adding an official record to a death that had become a point of public dispute.\n\nLancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni, a Republican first elected to the post in 2007, told Lancaster Online the infant died at home, likely on August 18. Diamantoni said the baby also had Amish lethal microcephaly, a genetic condition marked by unusually small heads and underdeveloped brains. The disorder is caused by a mutation in the SLC25A19 gene, which affects mitochondrial enzymes important for brain development, and occurs in about 1 in 500 babies born into Pennsylvania's Old Order Amish population. Infants with the condition typically survive only about six months regardless of other illness.\n\nThe coroner's statement matters because it puts an official, on-the-record cause of death behind a case that had already drawn public scrutiny. It also highlights how a measles outbreak can intersect with rare, life-limiting genetic conditions, complicating both individual prognoses and outbreak death tallies.\n\nThe confirmation comes after RFK Jr. had publicly disputed measles death counts tied to this outbreak.","[\"measles\",\"public health\",\"outbreak\",\"rfk jr\"]","2026-09-04T20:22:41.000Z","2026-09-04T21:50:40.534Z","2026-09-04T21:50:52.424Z","published",null,[24],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Replace the closing line ('A fragile baby...until a preventable virus arrived') — it's an editorializing fragment rather than a factual closing statement, and the 'preventable' framing is misleading since a six-week-old is too young to receive the MMR vaccine, so end instead on a factual line (e.g., outbreak case\u002Fdeath count or next reporting step).","resolved","general",[32,33,34,35],"measles","public health","outbreak","rfk jr",[37],{"name":38,"url":39},"Ars Technica","https:\u002F\u002Farstechnica.com\u002Fhealth\u002F2026\u002F09\u002Fmeasles-killed-6-week-old-baby-coroner-confirms-after-rfk-jr-disputed-deaths\u002F",0,{"sections":42},[43,48,53,58,63,68,73,78,83,88,93,98,101,106],{"name":44,"slug":45,"count":46,"latest_published_at":47},"AI","ai",3385,"2026-09-04T22:17:36.000Z",{"name":49,"slug":50,"count":51,"latest_published_at":52},"Security","security",565,"2026-09-05T00:03:08.000Z",{"name":54,"slug":55,"count":56,"latest_published_at":57},"Policy","policy",300,"2026-09-04T22:18:34.000Z",{"name":59,"slug":60,"count":61,"latest_published_at":62},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":64,"slug":65,"count":66,"latest_published_at":67},"Hardware","hardware",152,"2026-09-03T09:26:48.000Z",{"name":69,"slug":70,"count":71,"latest_published_at":72},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",97,"2026-09-04T15:29:18.000Z",{"name":74,"slug":75,"count":76,"latest_published_at":77},"Science","science",96,"2026-09-03T22:30:00.000Z",{"name":79,"slug":80,"count":81,"latest_published_at":82},"Software","software",73,"2026-08-18T07:51:50.000Z",{"name":84,"slug":85,"count":86,"latest_published_at":87},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",69,"2026-08-18T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":89,"slug":90,"count":91,"latest_published_at":92},"Startups","startups",54,"2026-09-04T23:36:14.000Z",{"name":94,"slug":95,"count":96,"latest_published_at":97},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":99,"slug":30,"count":100,"latest_published_at":18},"General",37,{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":107,"slug":108,"count":109,"latest_published_at":110},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]