Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak Tops 1,000 Cases, Per Ars Technica

“Ars Technica reports Pennsylvania has 1,066 outbreak-linked measles cases as of Wednesday, the largest since the disease was declared eliminated.” — Dr. Nina Byte, on air

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on The Recap
Published 6:24 PM ET, Wednesday, October 7, 2026

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First reported by Ars Technica: “PA measles outbreak tops 1,000 cases, largest since disease was eliminated”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at 6:24 PM ET on The Recap, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: Pennsylvania.
BBN covered this story before: Supreme Court Turns Away Pennsylvania Judge's Facebook Appeal (October 7).

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Ars TechnicaPA measles outbreak tops 1,000 cases, largest since disease was eliminated

What BBN said about it

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentArs Technica reports Pennsylvania has 1,066 outbreak-linked measles cases as of Wednesday, the largest since the disease was declared eliminated.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThat's a public health failure, not a gadget.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWait, so measles is back? That's wild, bro.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAlso OpenAI just gave ChatGPT interactive visuals, so now it can show me charts of my own bad decisions.