Measles-associated deaths in the United States have reached 10 in 2026 after Pennsylvania and Wisconsin each reported one more, with Pennsylvania logging 1,542 confirmed cases this year and Wisconsin 651. Al Jazeera reports that Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr asked the CDC not to count deaths its director was told to exclude from the federal tally of six, a dispute experts warn breaks with longstanding WHO and CDC tracking practice, as the country risks losing its measles elimination status.