NewsBBCIn Amish country, nurses go door to door to stop deadly spread of measles
Nurses in Pennsylvania are going door to door in Amish communities to offer measles vaccines as the US faces its deadliest outbreak since 1992, with four deaths so far.
With four measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania, health officials are hoping to get people on board with vaccines in private.
Pennsylvania health workers are visiting Amish homes to vaccinate families against measles as the state battles its deadliest outbreak in decades.
Four people have died from measles complications in Pennsylvania, the most deaths the US has seen from the disease since 1992, with nearly 4,300 MMR vaccines given at pop-up clinics.
Tensions between state health officials and vaccine-sceptic federal Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr are adding political complexity to the public health response.
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