Measles killed 6-week-old baby, coroner confirms after RFK Jr. disputed deaths
A six-week-old baby girl in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, died from measles, the county coroner confirmed to local press Friday. Stephen Diamantoni, a Republican first elected coroner in 2007, told Lancaster Online that the baby died at home. "I believe it was the 18th of August," he said. He also noted that the baby had a genetic condition called Amish lethal microcephaly , in which babies are born with unusually small heads and underdeveloped brains. The condition is caused by a mutation in the SLC25A19 gene, which codes for a protein involved with energy-producing enzymes in the mitochondria and is thought to be important for brain development. About 1 in 500 babies in the Old Order Amish population of Pennsylvania are born with the condition. Infants with the disorder only survive for about six months. Read full article Comments
A six-week-old baby girl in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, died from measles, the county coroner confirmed to local press Friday.
Stephen Diamantoni, a Republican first elected coroner in 2007, told Lancaster Online that the baby died at home. "I believe it was the 18th of August," he said.
“It’s long past time for RFK to stop playing games with people’s lives.”
Diamontoni confirmed to Lancaster Online that while microcephaly was present, measles was the cause of death.
The death is one of two that the state’s health department announced last week as being from measles, according to a response from the state health department sent to Ars Technica Friday. Additionally on Friday, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro shared a local news report about the coroner’s confirmation on social media. In the post , he also seemed to confirm that it was one of the deaths reported by state health officials.
