Measles Is On the Rise. CDC Should Keep Its Data Consistent

Pennsylvania officials have confirmed four measles-related deaths. Two, according to reports, are children. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been embroiled in a public battle of semantics over how to characterize the circumstances. To the rest of the nation, the debate obscures a more obvious problem. Measles — a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable and sometimes fatal disease — is on the rise.