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  "id": 8113327,
  "title": "Pennsylvania asks CDC for emergency assistance amid RFK Jr. clash over measles",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/pennsylvania-asks-cdc-for-emergency-assistance-amid-rfk-jr-clash-over",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-17T21:43:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/6096824-pennsylvania-measles-outbreak-cdc-emergency-request/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Pennsylvania's health department has started the process of requesting emergency assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help control a deadly and rapidly spreading measles outbreak, according to a letter sent to CDC from state officials. But the request for that assistance, known as Epi-Aid, comes on the condition that the...",
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      {
        "outlet": "Forbes",
        "title": "Pennsylvania Asks For Emergency CDC Aid For Measles Outbreak—And Recognition Of Deaths, Report Says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/pennsylvania-asks-for-emergency-cdc-aid-for-measles-outbreak-and",
        "published": "2026-09-17T14:22:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Pennsylvania asks for CDC help on measles outbreak, demands agency recognize measles deaths: Reuters",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/pennsylvania-asks-for-cdc-help-on-measles-outbreak-demands-agency",
        "published": "2026-09-17T15:12:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Pennsylvania seeks CDC help on measles outbreak, demands recognition of deaths",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/pennsylvania-seeks-cdc-help-on-measles-outbreak-demands-recognition",
        "published": "2026-09-17T15:52:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Health",
        "title": "Pennsylvania asks CDC for emergency help as measles outbreak spreads",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/pennsylvania-asks-cdc-for-emergency-help-as-measles-outbreak-spreads",
        "published": "2026-09-17T16:01:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Pennsylvania seeks CDC help amid dispute over US measles deaths",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/pennsylvania-seeks-cdc-help-amid-dispute-over-us-measles-deaths",
        "published": "2026-09-17T21:08:51.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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