The new CDC Director is indeed the one who ordered the count of measles deaths to be changed from 2 to 0.
“The highly unusual decision departs from the agency’s practice of including such data from state health departments, which historically make the determinations”.
[New CDC director delays adding...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/08/31/new-cdc-director-delays-adding-pennsylvania-deaths-measles-data/ )
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